Who Would Prefer a Goat

[Gonzo]

I don't have a pygmy... but I'm trying to convince my husband that I need 2 of them to have around to keep our chickens safe! they're soooo cute!

 

[hikerchick]

gonzo&hispeeps :

I don't have a pygmy... but I'm trying to convince my husband that I need 2 of them to have around to keep our chickens safe! they're soooo cute!

and of course I have two for sale!!!!!!!​

 

[Blooming chicks]

I have said the same thing in another post...that if I had goats first I would not have dogs. I love my dogs, but absolutely no more after they pass on.

 

[Indiana hens]

Never eaten dog but goat is yummy!

 

[CaGoatLady]

I think my goats are more well-behaved than my dogs. Goats have a different agenda than dogs and I have all super smart dogs, mostly Border Collies, who try to challenge me, while the goats just want to do anything for a treat.
I agree, I would sleep with my goats if I could. There's something exuded from my goats that makes me drowsy when I sit by them; it's like an instant hypnosis that really, really relaxes me. I actually do sleep with my goats because if I sit and then lie down on my back deck, my big Boer Walter will come up and lie down right up against me and we'll take a nap together. My other goats do the same thing, but only if Walter hasn't taken up all the room.
My UPS guy is scared of my goats because the big ones always look like they're going to jump the fence when he's there. My goats all protect me from anybody, even my husband, when I'm out back with them.
I think, because my goats all see me as Mama, and are very dependant on me, I would have to say that I could live without some of my 7 dogs, but I would die if I had to give up a goat. Dogs can be re-homed and live a happy life, but because all of my goats were bottle-fed and I've had them since birth, nobody else would be able to handle them or put up with their obsessive attentiveness towards me.

 

[aaronzclark]

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Sounds like you had or have a bad time with your goats, my goats are trained to come when called stop doing what they are doing etc. I would take my 4 pygmies over my dog anyday

 

[aaronzclark]

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YOU GO GIRL!!

 

[aaronzclark]

gonzo&hispeeps :

I don't have a pygmy... but I'm trying to convince my husband that I need 2 of them to have around to keep our chickens safe! they're soooo cute!

You might as well go ahead and get 6 because my the time you get the two and keep um for the first month you will be dieing for more just like I was​

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

Sounds like you had or have a bad time with your goats, my goats are trained to come when called stop doing what they are doing etc. I would take my 4 pygmies over my dog anyday

bad time? nope! goats are fine to milk and get out there and eat all that darn poison ivy but i'm not sold on them as lovey-dovey at all. come when they call - sure so do my hens; know who to woo to get the special treats? sure - so do the cats.. heck even the cats come when i call them - and yes by name. scare the UPS guy? heck my rooster even kept him in the truck one day and the gander goes after strangers... for that matter even the GANDER comes when i call him by name and after our ....ahem... 'understanding' (see my signature)... i even find him a little snuggly.....

so nope nope nope. not sold at all on those goats. dogs rule; goats....well heck... what rhymes for goats.. drool? heck i dunno but no way am i giving up my extra good working dogs and i'd sell those goats in a hot second for the right price. or maybe one day we'll have a big ol' goat BBQ.

still just the 'goat liker not lover'

ps you guys need to train them dogs!​

 

[KinderKorner]

It's no contest for me. I had a great dog, super smart. But he has passed on now. And what am I stuck with. A crazy, biting, great Pryeness mutt that is huge and tackles you, and chases everything and blah. Sure I love her. But gosh darn does she get annoying some times.

I believe I have the smartest goat in the world.

Not kidding

Goatie my first, a Pygmy/Fainting cross. Was bought at two days old. She lived in the house for months. And YES! She was potty trained.

Since then we have purchased a farm and she lives outside now. But to her disgust. She does not know she is a goat in any way because she was only raised with dogs her first year of life.

We now have a total of 9 goats, with 4 being pregnent. And Goatie to this day still hates every single one.

She gets out of 6' chainlink fencing with rebar pounded along the botton to keep her from digging out. If a goat gets within 5ft of her she head butts them flying. (Which by the way is quite annoying)

She runs free, and sleeps on the front porch by the door. She knows her name and will run to me if I ever call her.

She listens to me and me only. She is a stinker for anyone else and everyone but me hates her.

She will do anything for food. She loves Bar-B-Que potatoe chips the best.

She walks on a leash, can pull a cart, heck she has even pulled me on a sled in the snow.

She can shake hands, bow, rear, dance, moonwalk, and even answer yes and no questions!

If you yell at her, she yells right back. It is funny, but obnoxious at the time when your mad at her for eating your flowers.

She is the most spoiled goat on the earth. And so exciting she is due to have a baby in two weeks! It took 9 months for her to finally let our buck do his stuff. She doesn't want any goats near her at all. And will actually snort and wipe her nose on you dramaticly if she smells one.

Her most favorite thing to do is to ride in the car. Anytime you open the door she jumps in and lays down. As soon as it starts she falls asleep with her head on my lap.

I love her to pieces and have taken her to parades, picnics, parties, and trick or treating. She will wear clothes.

She greets us at the driveway when we get home, and will follow our car.

She is the best pet anyone could ever ask for. And 100 times smarter than my new dog. Although my old one is greatly missed, god rest his poor soul. Goatie was very happy to step right in as the family 'dog'. And too this day she still thinks she is.

She is 3 years old now. And just as rotton as ever. And yes some dogs are great. And mine was. But that was a once in a lifetime dog, and I will never find another. I am just not satisfied with any other dog now that I have had the best. But believe me I still love dogs, even my stinker puppy. But goats are characters that are in their own catagory.