Goats Think They Are...But They Aren't!

I mentioned in my last artical on goats that most goats won't act like dogs. But that is only some goats. We had a goat named Thelma and Thema thought she was a dog. She loved attention and people. So much so that she about drove us all crazy! She'd stand below the window in the lower pen and Maa at us until we came out and gave her attention. She'd break loose and come up to the porch! She also got very protective of us. When Jules was really little she was playing outside with some of us older kids. While, we had gotten permission to ride down the hill below our house and back again but she was too small to ride a bike. Jules, as anyone who knows her will tell you, loves to talk to anyone who will listen. While we were gone (you can see the entire house from the hill we were riding down) some people on four wheelers came by the house and stopped when they saw her. She just talked away to them and since we were riding away from her, we did not see it.

Thelma saw it though! She got up to the porch and made such a noise about it Mom came out to see what was wrong with her! Thelma was not pleased with the strangers sitting in the driveway (there is a road up into the forest by our driveway, see). Jules, though I'm sure I need not say it, learned a lesson in not talking to strangers.

Goats think they are many things that they are not. Dogs, indoor pets, birds... They also think they are smaller than they are. They just love sticking their heads through things! All goats have horns, girls and boys alike. These horns curve back over their heads. This means that they can stick their heads through the holes in the fence but they can't get them out again. You won't believe the hours we spent getting their heads out!

Goats also think they are fashion models. We had a bottle baby named Frosty. Since her mother wouldn't take her, I got to bottle feed her from birth. She was the sweetest goat you could ever meet and loved us kids, though not in the slightly annoying manner of Thelma. Frosty, believe it or not, loved to play dress up. She, like me, loved the hats best. And she looked pretty good in them too!

Girl goats think they are boy goats!

Goats think they are LOTS of things. Most the time, they aren't any of those things. Berating them won't help your case, they'll just chew their cud and ignore you. Smart as they are, they don't understand what you're saying!

Hope you all enjoyed!

Mandy