My goats are dorks

[Minelson]

Whenever Gretta, Frankie & Flossie are in their pen (and not running free on the property) they want out. Every time they hear the house door open they cry for me to let them out. Baaaaaaaaaa!!!!!! Well, this morning I let them out of the stall in the barn, I had to get something out of the shed in their pen and they followed me in there. I left the pen with the gate open so they could browse around the property or hang out on the driveway...their favorite location. They are STILL in the pen! They don't know the gate is open. And they are crying every time they hear the door open to come out. Dorks!

[lupiefarmer]

Ahh, isn't dorks a strong word! Well trained maybe. We just opened up our garden to our goats. I opened the fence and the mesh chicken fence and brought a scoop of grain in with me. I poured into one of their feeders and the first one to be brave was one of the "baby" girls... she is about 6 months old. Well, you would have thought she had 6 heads the way the others looked at her. They finally decided that this was not a trick and came in to eat but it took the last of them about 2 hours to get up the nerve to cross over that line.

I love the quirkiness of goaties. They are certainly interesting.

Thanks for the laugh - I can just picture them standing there screaming.
Laurie

[Minelson]

Originally Posted by lupiefarmer

Ahh, isn't dorks a strong word! Well trained maybe.
Laurie

I use the word dork very lovingly

[Nancy_in_GA]

We have a tube gate on our barn opening that swings around and fastens to the outside of the barn when it's open. Picture trying to open the gate to the barn with 12 goats behind it. If I continue there are always at least 2 or 3 that stay behind and get trapped between the barn and the gate. Then they start backing out.

I've opened this gate probably 100 times and maybe half have learned to just run around the gate from the beginning, but there are still a couple that go all the way. Do they think this is some kind of game, or is this an example of dorkiness?

[Minelson]

Nancy, it sounds like an example of total dorkiness to me...

[Goat Servant]

Smart dorks!?

[crazygoatgal]

Thats it!!! The new "ism" that perfectly describes the intelligence of goats ------
"Dorky Smarts" . It works, don't you think?

[ShyAnne]

I had a goat that liked to crawl under a fence to get into a bunny pen. Unfortunately she was bigger than the hole and would get stuck. This was a daily occurrence. Didnt she remember that she got stuck yesterday? Or do they just wake up forgetting everything? LOL. Goats are Dorks!
I can totally see them crying to be let out! LOL

[jill.costello]

My wether can be "shoo-ed" into his house EVERY TIME. You'd think after being shoo-ed to the "catch area" about 100 times, he'd learn NOT to go in there! Nope. Makes life easier for me for worming, shots, hoof trims, etc, but JEEZ! What a DORK!

[Goat Servant]

And what about the doe in the ring who is a perfect lady until she rounds the place where the judge is looking and lowers her head and balks?
SMART A>>DORK

And they know who you want to catch for meds or anything. Super Smart Dorks.