In Loving Memory
Goats -and dogs- we have loved and lost over the years.
Was friendly, like the hiking,but not the endurance for long trips
 SWEDY -- Alpine -- Born ? (95) / Sent to new home (99)
A loyal friend, he hated not be able to pack the last two years we had him
PACO -- Oberhasli/ LaMancha -- Born 93/Died 2001
1998--polioencephalomyelitis took him out of the pack string.
We keep him a few more years, but he never packed again.
He understood what breaks were for -- lunch time
ORION -- American Oberhasli -- Born 96/ Died 99
Accidentally let into the barn with the grain.
extremely friendly, we miss the head rubs
LEVI -- Oberhasli/Lamancha -- Born 94/Died 99
Accidentally let into the barn with the grain.
He taught the other how it was done
BUCK -- LaMancha -- Born ? (91)/ Died March 2001
He was one of the best we ever had. 
He had the heart, loved to hike, but never have a chance
ZEUS -- Alpine -- Born March 2000/Died June 2001
Non Regenerative Anemia -- we know he stopped growing at one year and just got weaker and weaker until he just died. 
Hey Mom! Need an uphill push?
SPOT -- Alpine/Saanen/LaMancha -- Born ? (91)/Died October 2001   He was aloof but lovable.
Don't look at me... I'm too new to know anything.
RIGEL -- Alpine/Nubian -- Born ? (96)/Died May 2002
We don't know how his leg/hip got broken, but it did. We had not other choice on this one but to put him down. 
Did it have to rain. I hate a wet pack.
DENALI -- American Eskimo -- Born 1989/ Died 2002
    (While the boys had their dominance order, because 
   of this 15 lb dog we did not have a "trail leader" among 
       the goats. She fully usurped that position while she lived. She loved the out of doors. May she Rest in Peace.)
So what if I have the same name. I had it first.
STAR -- Alpine -- Born 1994/Died September 2002
Accidental Death at State Fair.
I do NOT have Giraffe Legs
TOPPER -- Alpine -- Born ? (96)/Died April 2004
We got him as a "rescue" after he had been badly mistreated and malnourished. He proved himself worth the effort of rehabilitating many times over.
A fence jumper..Who me?
CHARLIE -- Toggenburg/Nubian -- Born ? (93)/Sent to new home Fall 2004
Bow-legged and everything a pack goat should not be, but he didn't know it and performed excellently for us. He started packing as a companion with horses, and we sent him to be a field companion to them again when age just made it so he couldn't keep up anymore.
I wonder if they remembered to latch the gate?
ALTAIR -- Alpine/Nubian -- Born ? (96)/Died September 2004
The "Half-horn" goat. He rubbed his horn till it broke off. And he keep on working. He was one of the strongest packers we had to date.
Lost to wolves in the Salt River Range of Wyoming.
Rambunctious. I have to be in front.
STAR - LaMancha -- Born 98/ Died September 2004
In your face LOVABLE. Everyone loved Star. Big for a LaMancha he loved people and they loved him back. 
Lost to wolves in the Salt River Range of Wyoming.
Hold still Dad, I want your attention.
CHOCOLATE -- Oberhasli/LaMancha -- Born ? (93)/Died June 2004
Lovable, friendly and loyal. Never lost his Alpha place in the herd. Worked hard right up to the day he died. Heart failure June 2005, died in his sleep.
What do you mean I belong with the goats?
BUSTER -- Anatolian Shepherd -- Born 2001/Sent to new home  July 2005
People oriented, he was not the livestock guardian we wished him to be. Excellent with small children, we found a home for him where he could protect children rather than "play" with small goats.

Hercules -- Saanen/Boer/Alpine -- April 14, 2005/November16, 2005
His death was a city accident. I wind storm blew a plastic sack into the pasture. He ate it, and died for it. And he was showing such a wonderful and loving personality too.
Height 23" -- Weight 

 
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