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    Thread: Cricket doesn't like hiking
Post: RE: Cricket doesn't like hiking

Thanks Nanno! I will try this. Do you think the whip would also help with the running around behavior of the other two goats- my other problem on the trail is that Tito, who's just a big mommy's boy, ...
Dandelion Training at Home and On the Trail 3 1,388 11-13-2023, 09:09 AM
    Thread: Cricket doesn't like hiking
Post: Cricket doesn't like hiking

Want to know the key to having a great pack goat herd that will follow you anywhere? Have a lead doe who is bonded to you, well-trained, and will follow you, and the rest of the goats will just follow...
Dandelion Training at Home and On the Trail 3 1,388 11-11-2023, 03:51 PM
    Thread: Cull or not to cull
Post: RE: Cull or not to cull

My friend has a Nubian/Toggenburg who is a similar screamer: she bellows angrily at us, FEED ME, starting in the morning, and when I am working on this farm I pretty much have to revolve my day around...
Dandelion Goats at Home 3 2,471 11-02-2023, 08:04 AM
    Thread: would anyone be interested in a book about goat packing?
Post: RE: would anyone be interested in a book about goa...

You are totally correct. :)
Dandelion The Campfire 6 2,555 10-25-2023, 02:08 PM
    Thread: would anyone be interested in a book about goat packing?
Post: RE: would anyone be interested in a book about goa...

Target audience: Anyone, really: I'd like to keep it light and entertaining, and I'll try not to use swear words (though this can be difficult of course when you're speaking to goats).
Dandelion The Campfire 6 2,555 10-24-2023, 10:20 AM
    Thread: would anyone be interested in a book about goat packing?
Post: would anyone be interested in a book about goat pa...

I'm a writer and I can tell when a new book idea is brewing...do you guys think people would be interested in a story about life on the trail with goats? The story may be low on human characters, as I...
Dandelion The Campfire 6 2,555 10-23-2023, 02:25 PM
    Thread: Baby pack goats
Post: Baby pack goats

3 2 month old pack goats, Toggenburg/Nubian/Alpine, horned. Pictures coming soon. Bedrock, CO, you pick up.  Very calm, come from a great male Togg who has produced wonderful, calm babies. They are:...
Dandelion Classifieds 0 771 06-20-2023, 12:16 PM
    Thread: Toggenburgs
Post: RE: Toggenburgs

Toggenburg milk is the best I've had (we also have Nubians and Alpines), sweet and creamy, high producers and very easy to milk (at least the ones I have are). The broad backs are great, and I think t...
Dandelion The Campfire 6 3,485 05-20-2023, 01:56 PM
    Thread: Toggenburgs
Post: RE: Toggenburgs

Interesting, I really have no idea. I know Boers have a reputation for being big and lazy (I have no experience with them), Alpines are buttheads, Toggenburgs are big and calm...could be they all bala...
Dandelion The Campfire 6 3,485 05-18-2023, 08:33 AM
    Thread: Toggenburgs
Post: Toggenburgs

I am wondering if there are any other Toggenburg fans out there? I have been breeding and working with them the past couple years. I think they're great, and underrated as pack goats. I use a Toggenbu...
Dandelion The Campfire 6 3,485 05-15-2023, 07:58 AM
    Thread: taking orders for spring baby goats
Post: taking orders for spring baby goats

My two goats are pregnant and will be giving birth around March. Taking orders now for the babies- milk goats and pack goats- mothers are Alpine and Alpine/Toggenberg mix, and father, Andre, is a pure...
Dandelion Classifieds 1 1,450 11-26-2022, 12:47 PM
    Thread: Are Toggenburgs really that different?
Post: RE: Are Toggenburgs really that different?

I have Togg cross baby packers (with some Alpine and Nubian parentage), and I have nothing but good things to say about them. They are all very sweet and friendly. The 3/4Togg/1/4Nubian boys, Andy and...
Dandelion The Campfire 7 6,202 07-10-2022, 04:02 PM
    Thread: anyone used pellets or compressed hay bales?
Post: anyone used pellets or compressed hay bales?

Hey, I was wondering if anyone had experience feeling alfalfa pellets or compressed bales? It wouldn't be my first choice, but my area is experiencing hay shortages due to bad weather conditions. I am...
Dandelion Goats at Home 3 3,212 07-02-2022, 01:02 PM
    Thread: Do nubians ever quiet down?
Post: RE: Do nubians ever quiet down?

So glad to hear that wethers are the quietest (since 5 of my 8 goats are wethers)!
Dandelion Training at Home and On the Trail 8 6,510 06-30-2022, 03:03 PM
    Thread: Do nubians ever quiet down?
Post: RE: Do nubians ever quiet down?

I don't have Nubian wethers- 2 of my wethers are 1/4 Nubian, and they are only loud when they first see me when I come home, they come running to me baaing with their ears flapping up and down adorabl...
Dandelion Training at Home and On the Trail 8 6,510 06-30-2022, 10:12 AM
    Thread: Making $ from goats?
Post: Making $ from goats?

Does anyone have any ideas on how to make money with my pack goats? I have 5 baby wethers, obviously it will be 3 years before they are ready to pack, and I need to make the decision of whether to ...
Dandelion Goats at Home 1 2,063 06-27-2022, 10:50 AM
    Thread: Do nubians ever quiet down?
Post: RE: Do nubians ever quiet down?

As far as my experience goes, no.
Dandelion Training at Home and On the Trail 8 6,510 06-27-2022, 10:19 AM