Wright showed market goats for one year but didn’t like having to deal with selling them.
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“We looked into pygmy goats and we liked how they looked and that they’re pretty friendly,” Wright said.
This year was his second showing pygmy goats, which often aren’t sold for slaughter.
The main differences between a meat goat and pygmy goat are their size and the amount of meat on the animal, said Trinity Moss, who was showing pygmy goats at the fair Monday for the first time.
“I started showing pygmies because I didn’t want to show anything that I had to get rid of,” Moss said.
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Most people use the pint-sized animals for breeding, Wright said.
“Some people just keep them as pets,” he said.
When contestants are in the arena with their goat, the judge is looking at the loin, rump, shoulders, neck and the rib cage of the animal while also taking other factors such as their gait and appearance into consideration.
The pygmy breed has grown in popularity over the years as pets and have also been incorporated into activities such as yoga.
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