SWEDY -- Alpine -- Born ? (1995) / Sent to new home (1999) |
PACO -- Oberhasli/ LaMancha -- Born 1993/Died 2001 1998--polioencephalomyelitis took him out of the pack string. We keep him a few more years, but he never packed again. |
ORION -- American Oberhasli -- Born 1996/ Died 1999 Accidentally let into the barn with the grain. |
LEVI -- Oberhasli/Lamancha -- Born 1994/Died 1999 Accidentally let into the barn with the grain. |
BUCK -- LaMancha -- Born ? (1991)/ Died March 2001 |
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. |
SPOT -- Alpine/Saanen/LaMancha -- Born ? (1991)/Died October 2001 He was aloof but lovable. |
RIGEL -- Alpine/Nubian -- Born ? (1996)/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. |
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.) |
STAR -- Alpine -- Born 1994/Died September 2002 Accidental Death at State Fair. |
TOPPER -- Alpine -- Born ? (1996)/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. |
CHARLIE -- Toggenburg/Nubian -- Born ? (1993)/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. |
ALTAIR -- Alpine/Nubian -- Born ? (1996)/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. |
STAR - LaMancha -- Born 1998/ 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. |
CHOCOLATE -- Oberhasli/LaMancha -- Born ? (1993)/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. |
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 |
GEMINI -- Alpine -- Born 2001/Sold to another goat packer in 2006 Mischief's look alike, he had the same heart and will to work. He was just too small to for our needs. Sent to new home with Rainier. |
RAINIER -- Alpine -- Born 2001/Sold to another goat packer in 2006 Willing and able, he was just too small for our use. Send to new home with Gemini. Never 'fit in" with our herd. |
FROSTY -- Saanen -- Born? 1999/Died 2007 The only "no horn" goat we've used. He was gentle and loving and a hard worker. Old age and a record had winter fook him from us. |
ARIES -- Oberhasli-- Born 1996/Retired 2007 One of the original packers, he worked hard and earned his rest. Wnet to a new home to be a horse companion in the spring of 2007 with Blu. We were notified that he did in 2008. |
BLU -- Alpine -- Born?? (1999)/Retired 2007 Steady good worker, retired due to arthritis. Went to a new home to be a horse companion in the spring of 2007 with Aries. |
| ARCTIC -- Saanen -- Born ? (2001)/Killed
2007
He had heart and wil, was hard working -- and he is why we hate neighbor dogs. A neighbor's pitbull dug under the fence and harried our goats, nipping and biting at them. Arctic got the worst of it and had one of his ears torn totally off, into the inner ear; also his neck was torn a lot. We had no choice but to put in down. We had him less then a year and have no pictures of him. :( |
TAZ -- Oberhasli -- Born 1996/Died 2008 The last of the origianl string of pack goats, the original "Energizer Goat" he had a bottomless well of endurance; his loss to old age was a very sad day. |
CASTOR -- Saanen -- Born 2005/Died 2007 One of two we got as babies, got untreatable intestinal parasites in his second year and didn’t recover. |
POLLUX -- Saanen -- Born 2005/Died 2007 One of two we got as babies, got untreatable intestinal parasites in his second year and didn’t recover. |
CRATER -- Alpine -- Born 2000/Retired 2008 Good worker, but he was a bully to the point it made him incompatible with our ever increasing herd. He went to new home with a no horned buddy that we got free and didn't want to keep. Both were donated to a boys’ home in Provo Utah area. He also had fallen pasterns and could only do limited distance hikes. |
RIGEL -- Alpine -- Born 2005//Stolen 2008 Although there was never any proof, we believe he was stolen on the trail. We was steady and a hard worker, was with his herd “alpha” (Clay) on the trail for his first hike. The trail was inundated with “unprepared” and unsupervised teenage boys. 15 minutes later the boys vanished and so did Rigel and all the equipment he was carrying (tents, sleeping bags with pads, clothing, light bulky stuff needed for the cold Uinta nights. Including the saddle and packs.) No trace of him was ever found, despite Clay and all the rangers looking for him until the snow flew. |
Houdini -- Born 2001/Died 2008 Good large worker, good personality, acquired in 2006 as an adult rescue with his companion Shorty, we had him for too short a time. Unknown cause of death. |
Haanz -- Born ?? (2004)/Died 2010
His cause of death is unknown. He came to us as a companion to Faanz, adult rescue. We only had him a few winter months; he died before we got to leave his abilities. He had a good friendly personality and hopes for him. Had him too short a time for pictures. :( |
MISCHIEF -- Alpine -- Born 1999/Retired 2010 He lived up to his name in spades; but always good ones. He got his abdominal wall punchured or herniated and was retired in early 2010. When we sold off some of the herd in August he when free with the younger ones to be the "Grandpa" teacher. He was a good steady packer and even after his injury still loved to walk with the rest. |
SHORTY -- Oberhasli Mix -- Born 2001 SOLD in late August of 2010 to a packer who wanted adult, trained packers, but did not intend to do the weight or distance we require of our boys. Good packer, just I bit small for our needs. |
COCO -- Oberhasli/LaMancha -- Born 2004 SOLD in late August of 2010 to a packer who wanted adult, trained packers, but did not intend to do the weight or distance we require of our boys. Good packer, just I bit small for our needs. |
SOCKS -- Alpine -- Born 2004 SOLD in late August of 2010 to a packer who wanted adult, trained packers, but did not intend to do the weight or distance we require of our boys. Good packer, just I bit small for our needs. |
FLASH -- LaMancha -- Born 2005 SOLD in late August of 2010 to a packer who wanted adult, trained packers, but did not intend to do the weight or distance we require of our boys. Good packer, just I bit small for our needs. |
TELESTO -- Apline/Toggenburg -- Born 2004 SOLD in late August of 2010 to a packer who wanted adult, trained packers, but did not intend to do the weight or distance we require of our boys. Good packer, just I bit small for our needs. |
JUPTIER -- LaMancha -- Born 2008/Sold 2010 Just didn't grow. He went with Titan to the neighbor. |
TITAN -- LaMancha Mix -- Born 2009/Sold 2010 Fathered a son on the neighbor's Doe at 8 months of age. We finally gave him to the neighbor when the son got bigger than him. |
Capricorn -- Alpine/Nubian -- Born 2000/Died 2010 He got a nervous disorder where he couldn’t stand or walk correctly. Treated once but relapsed a month later and we decided to put him down because of his age. |
GOATEE -- Alpine -- Born 1999/Retired 2010/Died December 2010 The pride and joy of our herd for 9 years we knew he was fading in the spring. He lasted until the winter got too cold for him. This one will be greatly missed for a long time to come. For being the herd dominate he was as mellow and loving as you can ask a goat to be. |
IO -- Alpine -- Born 2001/Died 2010 Colorful of coat and a steady packer. The weather got abnormally cold very quickly. He was old but it was unexpected. We just found him in a barn one morning. He will be missed. |
WINGMAN -- Alpine -- Born 2006/Died 2010 He was much too young. We got him in the early fall to replace our aging goats. The best guess is he got UC that we didn’t catch fast enough to save him. And he had such excellent potential too. |
CAYENNE -- Anatolian/Great Pyrenees -- Born 2009/2011 Livestock Guardian Dog: She was good at her job; too good for a city environment. She could go over a 6 ft fence with ease and though every cat or dog within a mile was a threat. After a year of dealing with it and not being able to curb the behavior and the dog catcher collecting her we had to let her move on to other, larger pastures. |