This kind of goat is a representative breed that can be used for both milk and meat. It has contributed to the improvement of dairy goats in the world, and many famous dairy goats are related to this breed. It is native to the Saanen Valley in Switzerland and has a long history. Ewe is a famous dairy goat.

Most of these rams, ewes, and ewes have no horns and short white hair. The rams have longer hair on the front and sides. Male sheep weigh about 75 to 90 kilograms, and ewes about 50 to 60 kilograms. Because this kind of sheep has a docile temperament, good adaptability, strong heredity, large milk production (600kg to 1200kg a year), and a milk fat rate of 3.8-4.2, it is bred all over the world.

In Fenyang dialect, it is called: Yang gūolǜ, the ewe is called female Yanggūolǜ, and the ram is called Saohu

In the past, when children were born in farmers’ families who lacked milk or had little milk, they would have to wait for milk or milk powder. Where there is a shortage, the goat's milk is used to feed it. The child who is fed well is called: "The one with big foreign milk". In addition, adding complementary food to a child is called: ci (ci), and when the child does not have enough milk to eat, it is called: ci (grandma).

Why is the Saanen goat called Yang gūolǜ?

In the past, our country collectively referred to Western countries as Western countries, and foreigners as foreigners. The items or animals they introduced to China were naturally labeled with the word "foreign". Matches - foreign fire (also called foreign que'er in Fenyang dialect), kerosene lamp - foreign oil lamp, fine cotton cloth - foreign cloth, enamel basin (bowl) - foreign porcelain basin (bowl), opium - foreign cigarette, tomatoes - foreign persimmons , potatoes-potatoes, rickshaws-foreign rickshaws, record players-foreign opera boxes, cement-cement, etc. Furthermore, the handkerchiefs worn on the heads of people in northern Shaanxi are called sheep belly handkerchiefs, not foreign belly handkerchiefs (just because they look like the stomach lining of a sheep).

There is also a vegetable with lumpy roots like ginger that grows underground and small yellow flowers on the branches (mostly used for pickling) called Jerusalem artichoke, also called ghost ginger. In the past, people derided foreigners as foreign devils. Everyone must be familiar with the sanctimonious Chinese people described by Mr. Lu Xun as "fake foreign devils."

The Saanen goat was introduced from Switzerland, and our country has always had native goats. Goats are called gūolǜ in Fenyang dialect, so they are called foreign gūolǜ.

These two little goats (young rams that were geldings) were raised with Saanen goat milk from an early age. This kind of goats are called companion-raised goats.