Posted on 03/16/2010 12:53:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I’m used to Freeper cat and pit bull lovers—but I never expected a thread full of goat owners!
They look hungry.
You need to stretch that fence. Its floppy, critters can get under and over it.
My uncle had a Pygmy goat, almost round he was so fat in the middle.
My uncle would tell men he loves to play. Put your boot on his horns and push him.
The goat would rear up on his hind legs and crash into your lifted boot.
After a couple time my uncle, now laughing, would say “try to stop”.
You could stop, but the goat wouldn’t. His horns reached almost waist high when he reared up.
Caprine ping.
My fence is in no condition to contain anything. But, some day...
I had a neighbor in Washington State who bought a goat. They kept it tied in the back to eat up all the undergrowth in the woods. My dog started barking one night — she was indoors with me. She just wouldn’t shut up. A pack of feral dogs attacked my neighbor’s goat on its tether and killed it. I felt terrible that I hadn’t gone out, but I was alone in the woods and we had mountain lions, bear, etc.
My neighbors were stupid people. I was glad to move away.
It has since been stretched. We were in the process of putting up the wire when the photo was taken. I do appreciate your post though ... it was an important thing to take note of.
I now have two miniature donkeys that are guard animals for my goats, after an incident with a dog from a neighboring community. That dog is no longer a threat to anything.
As an aside: There was a FReeper who posted just a while back on a thread having to do with campaign signs being ripped down in yards.
He mentioned that he donned some gloves, rubbed poison ivy all over his McLame/PALIN! yard sign. The next morning the sign was gone, and the next day the neighbors teen-aged son had an awful bad case of poison ivy. I had to laugh.
I could get some use out of that stuff if we had it...
I felt so sorry for my neighbor’s goat — he was just helpless being tied to a chain.
Also, goats are very gregarious and to have just one is almost cruel, unless there are other animals that will actually play and keep it company.
Can we get the goats to clear out Congress? That way there would be no chemical residue...
Annabelle and Jezebelle
You’ve taught them to eat at a table. Next: silverware.
I whole heartily agree. Goats are very social, never get one, always two or more, and dont get any bucks unless you plan on raising them. And if you get a buck, keep him seperate from the does till breeding time and get him a wether(castrated buck) to be buddies with, so he wont be lonely.
A cousin of mine has a pair of goats that follow him everywhere on his farm including when he’s riding the tractor. They are more like dogs than goats. They hang out under the porch when he is inside and he pens them up at night.
Once again proving what a diverse and interesting bunch of folks we are. I have bully dogs, goats and a cat.
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