Greetings from Australia

[Nanno]

From my experience with the Rookie the saddle places itself on the back of the goat.

^ This has been my experience too. 

Here's a goofy photo of my packgoat bowing to a crowd at a goat show last year. He's wearing the Rookie saddle without panniers, and because of the funny angle of the goat you can really see how the saddle conforms to his back. It flattens along the bottom edge to a wider load-bearing surface and follows the curvature of the spine. I could use this same saddle on my double-wide, withers-less boy who had a fairly deep dip behind his shoulder.