The Call of the Goat

[where I want to]

I just read in another thread about the special words to call their goats. Got me thinking about my own calling in the goats.
It's "goatie-oatie-ohs."

The horses are addressed by their own names followed by "dinner." Otherwise they wouldn't bother to come.
But the goats- they come no matter what- it makes me laugh to see them running with ears flying, rumens swaying and punctuated by baas.
Yours do the same?

[Ranger]

Mine never let me get far enough out of sight for me to have to actually call them.

[Goat Servant]

Bwahaha Ranger! Everybody knows when grain time is around here. All I gotta do is walk out the back door, even if it isnt.

[Mainelyhappy]

I am new to goats. Luna, my Sannen doe, comes at a dead run when I call her. I always have a treat in hand, that helps!

Daryl

[Donna1982]

Ours come to GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS or a shaking of a potato chip bag. Here lately the chip bag is what I have to use. To much good browse for them to come see what crazy mom wants.

[Minelson]

Hee hee! Goatie-Goat -Goats! Goatie-Goats! Yep...they look like 3 quarter barrels on sticks running towards me with their rumens a swayin!

Horses...Joey! Spencer! Come on! ..... same thing but more like elephants on sticks with their grass filled guts a swayin

LOVE IT!

[Backfourty,MI.]

We have a whistle we use for the goats & they come running from where ever they are when they hear it.

Our Guinnea's we use a high pitch sounding voice & say "Here Guinnea, Guinnea, Guinnea!"
They come running too when they here us call them, they look like funny looking balls with little heads on top.

[Pony]

Here, it's just "Goatie-goatie-GOATeeee!"

[ozark_jewels]

If I speak loudly to *anything* they will come......but if they have a nice section of pasture and they already got milked.....they will ignore me unless I call with that certain pitch "com'on girrrrrrrrls!!!".
That brings the dogs in too.....and the cats.

[anita_fc]

GOATeeeeeeees! GOATeeeeeees! <thunderinghooves>

[Ford Zoo]

I'm sure my little Dottie goat would laugh if she could read this. Out of all the goats, she's the one that knows just the right call to get me down to the barn for her!

[Sonshine]

All I have to do is walk to the barn and they all come running. Most of the time just opening the back door to the house will get them all to the fence calling for me.

[bwanaswan]

I just pick up a bucket with grain in it and shake it. They come running from the farthest pasture to get in the barn.

The little buggers seem to know when I want to get something done in the barn, when I try to sneek in to without them knowing they all jump

Kicking them out of the barn is the hard part. Goats is lazy, especially in the morning. The big girls that is, the kids are like a herd of wild beefaloes and ya gotta protect yourself or they will run you over

[RedSonja]

Here it's just a sing-song, "Go-oats, go-oats, go-oats." If it's close to feeding time they come running. If it isn't they may or may not show up, because they have the run of our 20 acres and stuff themselves full all day long.

-Sonja

[ShadowfaxFarm]

LOL...do any of ya'll have goats that know their names? I say a specific name and that doe comes to be milked.

[RedSonja]

My adult goats all know their names. Whether or not they answer to them depends on their mood and my supply of treats at the moment.

-Sonja

[LoneStrChic23]

I just say "Hey girls!" & they are rushing to the gate

Bleuberry & Ginger know their names & will answer to them......Even if I've just put out fresh food, if I say one of their names, they'll stop eating & look at me to see if I want then to come...... They also know milking order.

I say "Lets go Bloopers" & Bleu follows me out of the gate & dashes past me to hop on the stand......

I milk Bleu, then Ginger, then Casper....... If I try to screw up the order, it's chaos.

[Ruby]

Here we just call Rick-y, Lu-cy and they all three come running. UNLESS Ricky has gotten out, then he ignores us.

[Alice In TX/MO]

Doaty Doats!!

Also have a song to the tune of the chicken dance.

Then there's the song to the tune of "Little Boxes on a Hillside" except mine is "Little Goats."

[beccachow]

I find just breathing when I am outside brings them all running, crying and ready to complain about the latest insult in the field...you know, rain, sun too hot, bird looking at them and making faces... In fact, they like to visit me on the kitchen porch when I am inside and they have gotten out, knocking at the storm door...you know, just to make sure I am ok.