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05-04-2016, 06:09 AM
Hello Charlie Horse
RE: Bonding with young goats also new Puppies.
Puppies First: I have always had a new puppy in bed with me the first few days to bond(After weaning) My adult dogs are bed hogs.
Goats: I can see the worth of napping with a goat as you describe.
I do it a "Little" different here though.
Granted when the Stow Away goats showed up here they were much older than Saltlick's and had been handled well.
Not from a pack goat prospective just the way the owner treats all her goats.
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I helped them bond to me by just hanging out with them.
They free range in the brush around BC-1 and I can not walk up to horse barn without "Escort"
Now, just about whenever I settle down for a nap with the radio on or a audio book running on the deck the
"goat boys " come running and settle in around, they will get up and go off station to browse or do their "Duty"
I call that respect for their bedding area and me, no wet sleeping bags.
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Fuzzy the new boy on the block, is learning from the Old Boy's that it is more fun to be part of my herd than to run.
He was a squirmy bundle when I first caught him to bring him into BC1.
Now he has learned to jump up on the goat bench,settle down next to me when I take a nap on the deck.
Steal the deck chair to lay down in, if I am not in it, he is still small enough it is comfy for him.
The big boy's are allowing him to get close to them with out running him off.
That means less target practices for me with my air soft pistols on them. (Big Boys)
Oh well, behaved/herd oriented goat versus targets, I'll take the well behaved goats.
They are staying in a group when they go out to browse in the brush
Just yesterday I caught all three and my dog Max "snuggled up" in the shade under my trailer napping.
I had to process a bunch of digital pictures to send out of storm damage here on the computer, it took a while.
I got that done walked out and all 4 of them came out from under the trailer. They were waiting for me to come out.
So I had to rest my eye's with a nap and listen to a audio book. I kicked back in the deck chair put a audio book on,
(I do not use ear buds) so whatever I play is on speakers. I do the same on a hike with the boy's. Unless I want quiet.
Everybody gathered round and went back to relax mode.
So here is my question to you CHARLIE HORSE dose napping on our deck with Fuzzy next to me and the rest of the critters relaxing around me "Qualify" and sleeping bag time?
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Fuzzy Story:
I put a tarp over the deck chair to protect it.
Fuzzy spent a good 15 minutes trying to get the tarp off using his horns,head completely under the the tarp, biting it trying to pull it off "HIS" chair. Nothing worked , he finally just jumped into the chair and tromped the tarp down so he could lay down. I was in a different chair watching and got some pictures I have yet to process.
There should be some good ones of "Goat Determination"
Happy Trails
hihobaron, Fuzzy,Pete,and Sam
RE: Bonding with young goats also new Puppies.
Puppies First: I have always had a new puppy in bed with me the first few days to bond(After weaning) My adult dogs are bed hogs.
Goats: I can see the worth of napping with a goat as you describe.
I do it a "Little" different here though.
Granted when the Stow Away goats showed up here they were much older than Saltlick's and had been handled well.
Not from a pack goat prospective just the way the owner treats all her goats.
======================================
I helped them bond to me by just hanging out with them.
They free range in the brush around BC-1 and I can not walk up to horse barn without "Escort"
Now, just about whenever I settle down for a nap with the radio on or a audio book running on the deck the
"goat boys " come running and settle in around, they will get up and go off station to browse or do their "Duty"
I call that respect for their bedding area and me, no wet sleeping bags.
===========================================
Fuzzy the new boy on the block, is learning from the Old Boy's that it is more fun to be part of my herd than to run.
He was a squirmy bundle when I first caught him to bring him into BC1.
Now he has learned to jump up on the goat bench,settle down next to me when I take a nap on the deck.
Steal the deck chair to lay down in, if I am not in it, he is still small enough it is comfy for him.
The big boy's are allowing him to get close to them with out running him off.
That means less target practices for me with my air soft pistols on them. (Big Boys)
Oh well, behaved/herd oriented goat versus targets, I'll take the well behaved goats.
They are staying in a group when they go out to browse in the brush
Just yesterday I caught all three and my dog Max "snuggled up" in the shade under my trailer napping.
I had to process a bunch of digital pictures to send out of storm damage here on the computer, it took a while.
I got that done walked out and all 4 of them came out from under the trailer. They were waiting for me to come out.
So I had to rest my eye's with a nap and listen to a audio book. I kicked back in the deck chair put a audio book on,
(I do not use ear buds) so whatever I play is on speakers. I do the same on a hike with the boy's. Unless I want quiet.
Everybody gathered round and went back to relax mode.
So here is my question to you CHARLIE HORSE dose napping on our deck with Fuzzy next to me and the rest of the critters relaxing around me "Qualify" and sleeping bag time?
===============================================
Fuzzy Story:
I put a tarp over the deck chair to protect it.
Fuzzy spent a good 15 minutes trying to get the tarp off using his horns,head completely under the the tarp, biting it trying to pull it off "HIS" chair. Nothing worked , he finally just jumped into the chair and tromped the tarp down so he could lay down. I was in a different chair watching and got some pictures I have yet to process.
There should be some good ones of "Goat Determination"
Happy Trails
hihobaron, Fuzzy,Pete,and Sam