Goats ain't dumb...... Unbelieveable....

Anonymous-0 · Sep 2, 2012

I would have never believed it if I didn't do it myself.......
Went to the local wildlife park/petting zoo (?) for a walk after brunch today...
Made the usual round and was in the little goat area... Just me and the wife and a couple older folks there at the time. Wife was feeding a couple and I got some feed and was going to go give it to wild hog babies... A goat came and jumped on a bench by me beggin.... I fooled with it a couple minutes and it enjoyed the attention... In just a few minutes I had it shaking hands like a dog..... Gotta go back with a camera, but the way it hung around and tried to follow me outta the pen, we may end up buyin it :roll:

ericlb · Sep 2, 2012

lol nope goats arent dumb, they just look that way i got one here that can escape the goat pen and i cant figure out how its doing it, the pen is pipe and pole, 5 foot tall with horse fence which is buried in the ground along the bottom, and the goat still gets out, only the one, the other 2 wont do it,

37chief · Sep 2, 2012

When the girls were little, we had a couple goats in our back yard. They ate every living thing, plus their food. Don't get the goat you will regret it.

Spook · Sep 2, 2012

I have one that opens and closes a sliding barn door by herself. I hook it open during the day, so the chickens don't get shut out. In the evening, I unhook it, the female closes the door for the night. In the morning, she opens it. If I let my dogs into her pasture, she retreats to the barn and closes the door. She likes her barn!!!

bison · Sep 2, 2012

They are smart alright:roll:,..Tie a goat to a 1000' rope and it will still be choking itself trying to reach the grass beyond the end of it.

wisbaker · Sep 2, 2012

When we first moved to the farm one of our wise old
neighbor told us everything you need to know about
goats "you don't want one"

Fleeter · Sep 2, 2012

Ya - goat stories - I had goats years ago. Bought a doe originally to provide milk for my daughter. Bred her and ended up with two more bucks. Tried to keep them in a fenced pasture at the back of my property. They could get through, over or under any fence I could build. They were always up at my house eating my fruit trees, chewing up my window sills and porch railings or standing on my car roof. Had one that used to climb trees. One day the wife left the trunk of the car up while getting the groceries out. One of the goats ran up, tore out the whole piece of trunk weather stripping and ate it. One of the bucks who was probably close to 150 lbs used to butt my old German shepherd at every opportunity. One day I heard a thump and a groan as the goat hit him again. He just turned and grabbed the buck by the throat. By the time I got him free from the dog his eyes were bulging pretty good. That goat left the dog alone after that. Had to dig the droppings out of my daughter's mouth once 'cause she thought they were raisins.

Traditional Farmer · Sep 3, 2012

I have around 200 meat goats and they're pretty easy to deal with really.People that have problems with goats should own sheep since they need to have an animal thats not smarter than they are.

Bret4207 · Sep 3, 2012

Have goats and sheep along with the rest of the livestock. People with goats who've had them for more than a little while know how to build real fences. Electro net is a Godsend.

bison · Sep 3, 2012

(reply to post at 03:27:13 09/03/12)

oats are nnalert food,they're the only ones that eat them,the harder they stink the more they want them.
Keeping goats is also a good way to learn how to cuss and to get into fights with the neighbors.

Anyway,that's my experience with keeping goats in my old country. :wink:

Goats ain't dumb...... Unbelieveable....

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