Just found this video and was wondering if anybody has better hiking buddies than these? www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1jDG0tBm90
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Hiking Buddies
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Perhaps a llama but I don't really know for sure. Even if so, I'm pretty sure a goat is a much more affordable animal to keep and more widely availble. They are fantastic aren't they? Not only did they"make" the climb, but they seemed to actually enjoy it!
Yes but not to many on the list are domesticated and not many of those would make the climb with such ease; I like canine company too but not even my wolf hybrid would have had to work for it. As would burros and mules. Llamas are the only other domesticated animal I can think of that would be that at home on the cliffs; especially with a load on their backs.
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Magic! The wife and I have often talked about getting some sort of pack for the dogs, but even when we had a goat we never thought of it!
Dreadhead
Bushcrafter through and through
reckon i could get a goat through customs for norway?
Might be interesting. Especially since Norse mythology tells of Thor having a chariot pulled by a pair of goats! Which on some nights he would roast and eat, then bring the bones back to life the following morning.
Dreadhead
Bushcrafter through and through
and the name on my passport is Hamish Half-Goat Odinson. i could convince them its my distant relative
I knew the half goat bit would be useful.and the name on my passport is Hamish Half-Goat Odinson. i could convince them its my distant relative
Having a pack goat would be great. I like the idea so much I looked at the best breeds for it. Apparently, they will happily carry 20% of their bodyweight.
Much better than a dog I reckon. They won't chase animals. They don't need carried food. You don't have to shout "FENTON!"
Much better tasting than curried dog too.
Much better than a dog I reckon. They won't chase animals. They don't need carried food. You don't have to shout "FENTON!"
Much better tasting than curried dog too.
BOD
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
BOD
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
You know for a moment I though that a goat would be nice to lug the extra kit around - sure footed and all that - in the jungle then I remembered that they stake a tethered goat as tiger bait :yikes:
True enough that. There are a couple of guys over on BCUSA that hike with pack goats, one of them in New mexico where there is a sizeable mountain lion population. He says he's had no problems. I also know of (not personally but "of") several outfitters that use pack llamas out west and apparently it hasn't been a problem for them either.
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