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Anybody home?
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07/19/08, 09:34 PM
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Awww, I would let her in my house. 
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07/19/08, 09:36 PM
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She DID come in when I opened the door. I didn't expect her to rush right in, and thank goodness DH wasn't home at the time or he'd have my hide!
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07/19/08, 10:01 PM
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LOL What a cute picture! We had Gretta get in 3 times and Frankie once. If it were up to me, I would throw some diapers on them and have them stay with me in the house. I wonder if a goat could be house trained???
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We have a Nigerian that was hand-raised in the house and she marches right in when you open the door. Cute little thing but its just not, uhm, sanitary.
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07/20/08, 06:31 AM
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I have a bottle fed boer who will do the same thing.She rushes in behind you .Or she will tap on the door with her front hoof.
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07/20/08, 07:06 AM
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Aw, c'mon! Lemme in, Mom! 
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07/20/08, 07:31 AM
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07/20/08, 09:40 AM
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My 2 YO Oberhasli wants sooo badly to come in the house. She really hates the dog (for reasons of her own) and cannot understand why the dog gets to come in and she doesn't. She will follow the dog to the door and try to just slip in behind her.
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07/20/08, 01:36 PM
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I wonder if a goat could be house trained???
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Yes, they can be house trained. We've house trained 2 pygmy girls and a boer girl. We didn't really have to work that hard at it, either. All three were bottle babies and were kept in an wire dog kennel in the house. It was very cold out when they were born. Before we fed them, we took them outside to do their business, and after they were fed we took them out to do the same. 
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07/20/08, 01:47 PM
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PennyJ......do NOT give me any ideas!!! 
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I have friends who have a LaMancha doe they milk on the front porch, when it is raining, they take her inside in the living room to milk.
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07/20/08, 02:31 PM
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QUICK! Before the owners find her, throw her in with the rest of the Saanens! Spray them all with white stock paint and say that they are all yours! Oh Patty stop it!
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07/20/08, 03:55 PM
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I'm not trying to CarolyngRenee, believe me! Now I really like my goats, but when hubby and daughter brought that first one in the house I about flipped when I discovered it was STAYING in the house for more than a few minutes 
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07/20/08, 04:02 PM
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Yes, they can be house trained. We've house trained 2 pygmy girls and a boer girl. We didn't really have to work that hard at it, either. All three were bottle babies and were kept in an wire dog kennel in the house. It was very cold out when they were born. Before we fed them, we took them outside to do their business, and after they were fed we took them out to do the same. |
So do they just want to go potty outside? So they hold it until they go outside? I can't picture my goats being able to hold it...
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07/22/08, 09:24 PM
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At first, when they are just starting, they will have an occasional mess in the crate. We trained ours like we did our dogs that we've had in the house. When we can't keep a constant eye on them, we take them out to do their business then put them back in the crate until next feeding. Then, when feeding time comes, we take them out before feeding, bring them in to feed, give it a few minutes after feeding, then take them back out to relieve themselves.
My daughter's pygmy got so good that before we could totally trust her, she would paw at the door of the crate to be let out to go. 
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07/22/08, 10:07 PM
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Wow...you are giving me ideas that my hubby will probably not be too fond of!
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07/22/08, 10:19 PM
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Goats are simply not house animals. They might be potty trainable but their natural curiosity, need to graze, and large appetite means they should NOT be housed indoors... They will get into everything, on counters, your table, your bed. And goats don't know NOT to poo inside. They poo often and should NOT be trained to 'hold' it until it's convenient to let them out. It's cute while their babies once in a while but even when newborn kids can tolerate extremely cold weather and should ideally be housed outside to acclimate to the weather. If they have snug housing and a mother/siblings to cuddle up with, they will be just fine.
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07/22/08, 10:32 PM
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I realize that goats are not meant to be in the house and we do not keep our goats in our home. This was just an example of what happened when we had to bottle feed some babies and it was too cold for them to stay outside. When it was time for them to go and live outside with the rest of the goats, we did it slowly and properly. These goats are now thriving and we made sure that they were thriving before they went back out to stay.
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07/22/08, 10:47 PM
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Quote:
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I realize that goats are not meant to be in the house and we do not keep our goats in our home. This was just an example of what happened when we had to bottle feed some babies and it was too cold for them to stay outside. When it was time for them to go and live outside with the rest of the goats, we did it slowly and properly. These goats are now thriving and we made sure that they were thriving before they went back out to stay.
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Ohhh...I thought they were always living in your house! 
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