We took some 2 year olds out for a first trail walk. Everything was going great till my helper in the back lost her llama. Took about 3 hours to round it up. But I definitely wouldn't want to do it alone.
We did have a guy here is SE Arizona have his goats attacked by a lion while he was in his tent. If I remember right he was able to kill it with his pistol or something like that. I think the goat survived too.
We've got a couple girls we picked up from Scott at Lander. Great folks. The females we got from there have been awesome. Very athletic and easy to handle.
I run sopris myself. I'm a cheap wad, but my buddy has the black thunders and they are much nicer than my sopris, and tend not to slide...
Your gear should be fine. Those folks aren't looking for gear, just food and water.. But its flippin nuts down here right now. Depending where you are, if you're south of I 10 you'll see some of the rodeo first hand.
So an update, I got my health certificates done. First trip to Colorado, no one stopped or ask. Second trip, I was pulled over by a NM livestock agent, then ran into a CPW officer and both asked for paper work. So it was a good thing we got it done.