Post by Jenny on Nov 10, 2006 18:01:37 GMT -5
I think you may be right about them just thinking that's their territory. But none of the goats we had before ever did that. I never thought about leading them around the perimeter of the area we'd like them to stay. Don't know if it's too late for that now or now. I was just thinking, though about the goats we had before. We did have some pack goats that were used to roaming, but they were confined most of the time because the family lived sort of in a "subdivision" (by Alaska standards 
) They were really people goats and stayed really close to us. The other goats we had were all brought out here shortly after weaning and had been confined. This new herd is actually from two different herds. The largest doe who has established herself as the "queen" 8 years old, very large, and is used to being left out all day browsing wherever she wanted to go. Well, we're hoping that once we get more snow (this is a very high snow area usually) that it will be too much work to fight getting so far away and will just stick to our trails closer to the house.
So far, we still have the rest of the goats. But, last night I heard something howl. I was in the house and didn't hear it when I went outside to listen. The dog has been growling and barking frequently the last couple of days.
) They were really people goats and stayed really close to us. The other goats we had were all brought out here shortly after weaning and had been confined. This new herd is actually from two different herds. The largest doe who has established herself as the "queen" 8 years old, very large, and is used to being left out all day browsing wherever she wanted to go. Well, we're hoping that once we get more snow (this is a very high snow area usually) that it will be too much work to fight getting so far away and will just stick to our trails closer to the house. So far, we still have the rest of the goats. But, last night I heard something howl. I was in the house and didn't hear it when I went outside to listen. The dog has been growling and barking frequently the last couple of days.