CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Dairy Goat Association will present its first-ever Goat Fun Run to Cheyenne on Sunday, June 9.
The run will take place at Sun Valley Park, 522 Cottonwood Drive in Cheyenne. President of the Wyoming Dairy Goat Association Anne Larson said the run is intended “to bring education opportunities to the area and to help get the community to meet with our ag [agriculture] producers in a new way.”
The Wyoming Dairy Goat Association has been doing similar events since the 1980s, the most famous of which is the Fuzzy Goat shows. This new event is a fun way to bring more families to learn and understand about goats, according to the association.
Check-in is at 9:30 a.m., with the run starting at 10. It’s a 1-mile track that is meant to be fun with no competition, so participants can go at their own pace. Participants can race solo or with a fuzzy goat friend. The event will end at noon.
There will be different stations throughout the event with experts and goats in every section. There is a goat obstacle course to be traversed with a provided goat companion, a milking demonstration that will allow the whole family to get familiar with how to properly milk a dairy goat, a Q&A station with several goat experts who have 30 years of farming experience with goats, a place to pet baby goats and a station to dress goats in costumes.
The association plans to have around 30 goats at the event, but suspects more will be brought. It will also bring several popular goats from previous events, including Cotton from the Goat Fuzzy show; goats from the Kiss a Buck for a Buck event; Basil, everyone’s favorite milker; and the baby goats.
The registration fee is $10 prior to the event, or $15 the day of.
There will be no food or drinks offered at the event, and attendees cannot bring their own goat or any other pets to the event. This is for the security and safety of the goats at the event, according to the association. Additionally, the goats should not be fed outside food because it can get them sick.
This is a family-friendly event that all people, no matter their experience with goats, are encouraged to attend.
“We are looking forward to whole families in the community coming up and sharing these amazing goats with us,” Larson said.
The Wyoming Dairy Goat Association is seeking additional volunteers for the event. Volunteers can contact Larson at anne@wyopineranch.com and can check out the association’s Facebook page for further information.
