Hello vorlon!

** On Sunday 20.12.20 - 21:55, vorlon wrote to Blue White:

Goats have attitude and sheep are dumb. ^-)

Used to have a goat growing up, and it was like a small
bull but with big horns. The thing would always run at
people and try to get them.

Having raised goats in the past, I found that the little ones
enjoyed the "push" of the challenge more than the hit. They'd
like to play king-of-the-hill on the objects that they could
climb onto and then butt heads to try and push each other like
playing a tug-o-war.

Generally the animals are quite friendly and not agressive at
all. I generally had success training the "run and hit"
attitude out of them by simply pressing my leg or hand against
their heads to allow them to push. Then after a few minutes of
that game, and a good scratch, I'd give them a treat -
carrots, corn, or whatever they liked. Next time, they
wouldn't sneak up on anyone for a collision. Instead, they
would stop as if to want to play the pushing game + the treat
reward.

No such luck when when we had older male goats from the stock
yards that seemed to be allowed to be agressive all the time.

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** On Sunday 20.12.20 - 21:55, vorlon wrote to Blue White:

Goats have attitude and sheep are dumb. ^-)

Used to have a goat growing up, and it was like a small
bull but with big horns. The thing would always run at
people and try to get them.

Having raised goats in the past, I found that the little ones
enjoyed the "push" of the challenge more than the hit. They'd
like to play king-of-the-hill on the objects that they could
climb onto and then butt heads to try and push each other like

We we got the only one we had it wasn't a kid anymore, so that game
hadn't been introduced into it's brain. %-(

Generally the animals are quite friendly and not agressive at

all. I generally had success training the "run and hit"
attitude out of them by simply pressing my leg or hand against

[...]

wouldn't sneak up on anyone for a collision. Instead, they
would stop as if to want to play the pushing game + the treat

It was a long time ago (40 Years), and it had good days and bad. On the
good it was an excelent goat, on the bad... The devil was posessing it.

It roamed around the padock with the horses, so thought it was boss.




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Re: Used to have a goat growing up..
By: Ogg to vorlon on Sun Dec 20 2020 09:04 am

Hello vorlon!

** On Sunday 20.12.20 - 21:55, vorlon wrote to Blue White:

Goats have attitude and sheep are dumb. ^-)

Used to have a goat growing up, and it was like a small
bull but with big horns. The thing would always run at
people and try to get them.

Having raised goats in the past, I found that the little ones
enjoyed the "push" of the challenge more than the hit. They'd
like to play king-of-the-hill on the objects that they could
climb onto and then butt heads to try and push each other like
playing a tug-o-war.

Generally the animals are quite friendly and not agressive at
all. I generally had success training the "run and hit"
attitude out of them by simply pressing my leg or hand against
their heads to allow them to push. Then after a few minutes of
that game, and a good scratch, I'd give them a treat -
carrots, corn, or whatever they liked. Next time, they
wouldn't sneak up on anyone for a collision. Instead, they
would stop as if to want to play the pushing game + the treat
reward.

No such luck when when we had older male goats from the stock
yards that seemed to be allowed to be agressive all the time.

--
../|ug

That sounds lovely man.

If I could take care of more animals I would bring goats in :-) And a pig. I have a soft spot for pigs.
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