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RE: Goat jumping on car

sleboers — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:21:19 GMT

I've come to the conclusion that the more insane a goat (such as my suicidal boer doe) is and the heavier and bulkier it is, the more it likes to jump on the car. And leave dents and hoofprints...

RE: Goat jumping on car

Sue Weaver — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:07 GMT

Well, over the years we've learned that if we want a decent-looking car, we have to keep it in a pen away from the animals. Seriously. We have well over an acre of yard, such as it is (this is northernmost Arkansas: think scrub grass and rocks) and though our animals have safe, secure night pens, they wander through the yard on their way too and from their grazing areas every day.

When we got our present car, we parked it inside of a cattle panel fence to keep it nice. Then one night we forgot and Keira, my elderly Arabian, perversely scraped her teeth along the hood many times over night. Then (my husband works with autistic adults), one of John's clients beat on the hood with his fists. At that point we started leaving it in the yard and one of the goat kids decided it is their trampoline.

A few weeks ago I looked out and Tallulah, one of our nearly 200-pound Boer does (the one that jumps tall fences with ease), was standing on the hood. Fortunately she is John's favorite goat, so she simply earned a blast from the SuperShooter (kept full of water and just inside the door for just such purposes) instead of being accosted.

We're now in the market for a newer vehicle, so it's time to put up the cattle panel car corral again.

Life with animals is rarely simple. :o)

Sue

RE: Goat jumping on car

sleboers — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:04:20 GMT

Pull him off and have a come to Jesus meeting. Always works.

RE: Goat jumping on car

dalejohn49 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:55:13 GMT

Make up a rope harnes, tied around the head or horns and connected to a rope tied just behind the front legs. The object is to prevent the goat from raising its head too high. If it can't raise it's head, it will not jump

RE: Goat jumping on car

Sue Weaver — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:16:04 GMT

Actually, the shock collar would work. I've never used one but know a number of people who have used them as a last resort to train goats not to jump up on them and it's worked quite well.

If you use one, yell "off!" or a similar command and then count to three or so before activating the collar. Pretty soon when the goat hears "off!" he'll quickly respond, then you'll know you don't need the collar any longer.

Maybe my goats stopped at a younger age because most of them are Boers and they bulked up at an early age. This Nubian buckling who is currently into car-climbing is very, very agile, so he might not outgrow it as quickly. :o/

Sue

RE: Goat jumping on car

BnF — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:49:40 GMT

The goat that is jumping on the cars is a year old. The others are pygmies so they can't jump that high. I hope he grows out of it soon, because we like to take them out of the pens to walk around the yard and hang out with us. We were thinks of using a dog shock collar, but not sure if that will work or if appropriate.

RE: Goat jumping on car

BnF — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:22:56 GMT

I'm attached so a BBQ is not an option, Yet.

RE: Goat jumping on car

Sue Weaver — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:50:13 GMT

Oh, this is funny! As the Hobby Farms board was loading I glanced out the window and noticed Martok, my new future Nubian buck (he's 6 weeks old) tap dancing on our car (fortunately, a car now well past its prime).

Is your goat a kid? The good news is that kids usually outgrow their car-climbing phase. Most of our bottle babies have engaged in car and truck climbing but as adults, none of them do it.

In the meanwhile you'll have to pen up the goat or the car. Seriously, when our car was newer, we kept it inside of a 'pen' constructed of cattle panels, because we've never found anything to dissuade kids from climbing.

Sue

RE: Goat jumping on car

wilded — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:23:51 GMT

We had one that would jump on a car anytime it was parked. Put the goat in another pasture or have a BBQ.

Goat jumping on car

BnF — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:39:33 GMT

Help.....my goat keeps jumping on the cars! Any suggestions?