posted 5 years ago
Absolutely nothing?
Sorry, I have an inconvenient song in my head.
(We-thers, HMPH! Ye-ah! What are - they good for/absolutely NOTHIN'!)
This only applies to fibre, but I have heard that in some cases, wethers make better fibre. I had previously only applied the use of wethers to dual-purpose operations, but other than for meat and hide, I couldn't see the use, and most people I have talked to about it prefer lamb to mutton.
I hadn't thought of the training companion for canines angle, though. That's brilliant.
-CK
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein