Anybody ever teach a goat tricks?

[friendlyearth]

WE have one that taught himself to open gates with his mouth perhaps that is a skill they are born with?

 

[Guinea Goonie]

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[CaGoatLady]

Oh, yeah, my first goat, a one day old Nubian, liked to walk up and down our brand new Corvette; I never let my husband see it.

 

[KinderKorner]

Oh oh! I just found this thread.

I want to give my input. Even if this has been unactive for a while.

Of course you can teach them tricks. I believe the intelligence gene is stronger in some then others though. Some learn quicker than others.

I have a goat that I bottled raised. She lived in the house, and was potty trained. She knew to stay in the yard, and come when called. And I lived in a neighborhood with houses only like 30ft away.

She walks very very well on a leash, she is cart trained and pulls me around the snow on a sled. She loves to ride in the car, and obediently lays down and sleeps on your lap when going on rides.

She can moonwalk, bow, shake hands, rear, dance, and answer yes and no questions. She knows what no means and knows not to jump on the cars. She knows how to open gate latches, and open shed doors. Goaite will headbutt play very softly if you ask her to. She yells when you yell. She can teeter totter, and balence on a board on one brick, she knows how to jump up on things, and jumps through and over things like hoops and hurdles. She can stay, backup, trot, pull things and play dead.

She can learn a new trick in about 2 minutes. When you have food she is completely focused and will do anything to get it.

She just had kids about 3 weeks ago. I was outside playing with them today. And I noticed one of the kids pawing my leg to be petted. Hmm. I took her leg ad shook it saying 'shake' then let go and scratched her head. In just a few minutes I taught a 3 week old kid to shake hands on command, and if you snap your fingers and say up she will rear onto her back legs and stand up until you lower your hands.

Maybe Goatie pasted on her smartness to her kids. Or perhaps goats are really smarter than you think.

I have two other goats who can walk on their hind legs, and give kisses.

Either way. My goats are 10 times smarter than my dog. And the only thing that holds them back is my small imagination to come up with new tricks.

 

[CaGoatLady]

Oh Kinder, I forgot about this thread, your house sounds like mine! My goats aren't smarter than most of my dogs because I mostly have Border Collies. But, they are very, very smart and besides goats' intelligence, I think, because they don't have that extra bit of thinking about something else, like dogs do, the goats are easier to teach and they learn a lot faster. My dogs always have their own agenda that gets in the way of their learning because they think they're smarter than me.

 

[KinderKorner]

Yes. Goats are really carefree animals. They only seem to think about one thing at a time. So once you get their attention such as with food, they will do anything and everything to get it.

And once they learn something they don't forget it... ever.

lol That means if your ignoring them, they will begin to do their tricks all in the row to get you to notice them. lol

 

[CaGoatLady]

Yes, that's what happens. My most recent student was my little lamb, Lewis. I taught Lewis how to shake when he wants more bottle, but now he walks up behind me and paws at my back.

 

[pamelamarxsen]

I just started working with my Nigerian dwarf goats doing tricks. Here is a video...