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Hi everyone!
Glad to have found this forum, I've been reading, trying to learn and keep the horned fur babies from tearing up my yard.

We are new to raising goats. We found our first lil man, Goadee in June on Cragslist. He is a a beautiful 10 month old, run of the mill...goat. Lol. Forgive my lack of goat terminology.

Recently, we aquired a 10 month old, male pygym goat. His name is Big Duke, but his nickname is Goatzilla. Recently, as in Monday, Goatzilla was castrated. Not a happy camper these past few days.

Looking forward to learning, and meeting people who adore these crazy beasts. Goadee is a lap goat. Goatzilla, hard to tell until he settles some. We also have four human kids, and two mini daucsunds. Not really farm dogs, but they like to think they are sheep hearders, lol.
 
#7 ·
Welcome.

Did you have any trouble with your mini dachshund around goats when you first got them? I have a mini dachshund / terrier mix.

Enjoy the day!
Erik_L
Calhoun Tn

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Erik_L said:
Welcome.

Did you have any trouble with your mini dachshund around goats when you first got them? I have a mini dachshund / terrier mix.

Enjoy the day!
Erik_L
Calhoun Tn

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Hi Erik!

At first we did. There was a mutual "What in the heck ARE you sort of thing" going on between the three of them. My younger Dauchsund, Bently, loves the challenge, and plays and jumps around like Goadee is a big ol dog. Now Duchess, who was also a rescue, is very moody. She does NOT like Goadee, but likes Goatzilla. I cant figure it out. Goatzilla is very intimidating to look at, while Goadee looks just like bambi and is very docile. They are learning to tolerate one another, I just sort of threw them all into the backyard one day and supervised. They eventually figured it out. After about three weeks of constant supervision, they all now during the day, lay right at the back door patio, together. You literally, must step over them to get to the backyard. The dogs even sneak out to the barn to sleep, and to roll in the hay when its chilly here. It to me, at first, was scary to let them together, due to the sheer size of the dogs. They figured it out. The key to me, was to show them equal amounts of love. ( as ridiculous as that sound, they, with the exception of Goatzilla, are very jealous of one another and attention). Hope this was helpful, and not too rambling? :D Alicia
 
#10 ·
Hi Alicia and welcome to the forum! I am a newbie here also. I enjoyed your post about your dogs and goats getting aquainted :).
You're absolutely right about the "constant supervision" while getting your critters aquainted. When we got our first goats, we had a dog who had just had pups. We wanted mama and her pups to get used to the goats right away. We literally had to say in the pen with the new goats, mama, and her pups, 24/7 for 3 days. We are a family of 3 and worked in shifts. It was definitely worth it. We ended up giving 2 of the pups to the people we got the goats from. They said they were the best darn herd dogs they ever had!!! The best part is, we didn't have to train them at all. They just spent their 'formative' time with the goats and naturally became very protective of them.
Anyway, hope you enjoy your stay here, I think this place is awesome!!
 
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