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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2013, 07:47:05 am »
Maybe I'll send you the last critter that wondered into our yard Tracy.  A cat could probably fit in that box if it was folded properly.  I hadn't thought about horns.  He has a long way to go before it would be big enough for a horn bow.  I bet I could get plenty of tip overlays from it though. 
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Offline Stickboy

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2013, 08:29:48 am »
Awesome story! That was a good way to start my day. If a lot of time and attention is spent on them at a young age, goats really are supposed to train up like dogs. There's an old PA issue about using goats as pack animals. I read on a book called "The Pack Goat"...interesting stuff. Likely my stomach would get the better of me and a fire pit would be in his future.

Enjoy your new pet!
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Offline Marks

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2013, 11:52:31 am »
Quote from: Stickboy on May 29, 2013, 08:29:48 am
Awesome story! That was a good way to start my day. If a lot of time and attention is spent on them at a young age, goats really are supposed to train up like dogs. There's an old PA issue about using goats as pack animals. I read on a book called "The Pack Goat"...interesting stuff. Likely my stomach would get the better of me and a fire pit would be in his future.

Enjoy your new pet!

I can't wait to go hiking one day and pass a guy and his pack goat!!! hahaha. That goat will keep you warm on those lonely camp nights too. haha.
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Offline Parnell

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« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2013, 12:34:32 pm »
Bring it down to Pappy's and let it get "lost" for a little while... >:D
Bet it'll turn up drowned in the creek or somethin!
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #19 on: May 29, 2013, 02:30:45 pm »
Wow arent you lucky................stupid goats.......
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Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2013, 02:48:36 pm »
Laugh... mini pack animals.... :)
Nice... but.. can't you let it graze?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2013, 05:40:56 pm »
Goat rawhide makes great backing material and cabrito is good on the BBQ.
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Offline Stickboy

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2013, 10:24:05 am »
Osage, maybe you could see if you're wife will train the wee beastie as a pack animal? ;)

I almost got a pygmy last year with the intention of trying to train it for packing, but decided against it as I wouldn't have time for training (and the idea of a hunting MTB was more attractive). It would still be great to have one as a hiking companion though.

SquirrelSlinger, from what I've read, they will graze; but maybe Osage can give us some first-hand experience if we can talk him into training one ;P
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #23 on: May 30, 2013, 12:17:32 pm »
I'll let the wife do the training.  He will live out his days fat and happy in our pasture with the other goat and pony.
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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #24 on: May 30, 2013, 12:26:04 pm »
Just please please please, never offer me any  goat cheese?????????????????????????????
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #25 on: May 30, 2013, 12:51:07 pm »
Never had goat cheese but the best ice cream I have ever had was home made with goat milk.
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #26 on: May 30, 2013, 01:50:53 pm »
I'll graciously pass on the kitty :P Make up a harness for the little guy and use him to pull out the deer you shoot , since an ATV didn't wander onto you place ;)


Tracy
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Offline RidgeRunner

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #27 on: May 30, 2013, 05:29:08 pm »
My dad has kept goats since I was just a wee kid myself.
Outlaw is right about the goat milk icecream.  Man it is so good.

Goats will graze some but they are much more browsers like a deer.
They love blackberry briers, kudzu, Japanese honeysuckle that sort of stuff.
They like a bit of shade in the hot summertime also.

I have read several "Pack Goat" stories over the years.

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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #28 on: May 30, 2013, 10:31:14 pm »
When I trim the low hanging osage limbs out of the yard I throw them over the fence.  The goats will strip every leaf and every last bit of bark off of them. 

The dumb thing is already a pain in the butt.  He learned how to jump and balance on a board and then up and over a fence seperating part of the pasture.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Another dumb goat
« Reply #29 on: May 30, 2013, 11:17:18 pm »
Friends of mine bought their son a goat for a pet.  The little billy was about a year old and loved his pet boy.  One day the boy was bent down on one knee tieing his shoe while waiting for the bus to pick him up for school.  The billy saw the top of the boy's head and thought it was in invitation for play.  Mom looked out the window just in time to see the impact and her son go flying. 

Being an ER nurse, she knew the convulsions her son was experiencing while unconscious were serious, so she threw him in the truck and headed for town at 100 mph. 

Two days later I was dressing out some of the best meals I ever had.  Mmmm, cabrito!

OO, your shoe is untied.  >:D
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