The present study was conducted during 2003-04 in Dharwad district of Karnataka state. Data was collected form 30 women involved in goat rearing, using a pre-tested structured interview schedule. The findings were, (i) The participation of the women was found to slightly higher in regular activities than in the health activities, followed by marketing activities. (ii) Number of mandays consumed by regular activities was maximum, which was followed by health activities and marketing activities (iii) Regarding decision making pattern, the decisions were made by wife alone in the activities; caring the animals and fixing the time of milking. Husband dominated in the activities like fixing the price of the produce, where to sell the produce, while joint decisions was seen in deciding the number of animals to be reared, spending the income and health aspects etc.