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MuseRider

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6. I LOVE the sheep story!
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 11:48 AM
Dec 2012

Awesome story

If you ever take photos of this please think about posting them. How adorable this is.

The longer I work with and observe animals the more amazed I am by them and their abilities. I was terrified when I first combined dogs and cats, worked fine. Dogs, cats and baby goats. Worked fine. I am a little leery of chickens and the dogs and cats. Will have to be very careful if I ever make it to chickens.

All of that donkey behavior sounds studdy but like you said, training would be helpful. I keep everything away from my horses. Not the usual around here but since all my horses were cutting trained and are out in pasture together I have had too many close calls with goats, cats and dogs. They want to cut them but they also end up getting way too close. Since I do not use them for cutting they have to cut something I suppose. I would hope to keep the donkey or burro or whatever close to the house grazing with the goats and maybe have the chickens around with them. The pastures are up a ways from the house. I am nervous about the goats alone around the house, coyotes will come right up on my porch from time to time so I have to watch them with a very close eye.

Please don't forget to get a picture if you can, how sweet that is!

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Anyone want to talk about goats? [View all] MuseRider Nov 2012 OP
I don't have goats. LWolf Nov 2012 #1
A former DUer MuseRider Nov 2012 #2
Like this: LWolf Nov 2012 #5
I LOVE the sheep story! MuseRider Dec 2012 #6
I have a good sized herd of boer and boer/spanish goats. rad51 Nov 2012 #3
Share if you like. MuseRider Nov 2012 #4
I will try to share a story or 2 soon. rad51 Jan 2013 #8
Ow! MuseRider Jan 2013 #9
Mid March I'll post a few pics of kids as they are born. My arm is healing, rad51 Jan 2013 #11
Perfect! MuseRider Jan 2013 #12
I just found this group and I am a goat lover :) truegrit44 Dec 2012 #7
I was given a book called MuseRider Jan 2013 #10
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