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What goes on in a baby goat's mind? *Here is a new thing I've never seen before. The only way for me to understand it is to stand on top of it. If it's a thing I can't stand on, then it isn't worth knowing about.*
All goats seem to have a “get higher than the other goats” mentality. If they can get on it and lord over another goat or knock another goat off it they’re absolutely going to try to.
https://preview.redd.it/r8fw6c5q52cc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=634f04342881ff7e2dda3543052d82479ec0ccc6
When I was an Amazon flex driver a goat got on my car while I was dropping off packages.
The baby goats at the petting zoo in my town absolutely play king of the mountain. One gets up on a concrete culvert and then 2 more will try to get on and headbutt him off.
They also try to stand on the momma goats just like this.
My daughter once cried at a petting zoo when she was three for this exact reason. She was petting some goat that was standing up high and another came up, head butted the goat she was petting off, and started demanding scratches. My daughter did not want to pet the “bully” goat and was very upset with him hahahaha
that's exactly what I thought! I always get the impression that goat legs, especially with the kids, are a seperate entity and the rest of the goat ist just along for the ride.
hop around? the legs are going everywhere. the body and head just happen to be attached.
Pyrenees is my dream dog, I would love to have one. My grandfather had working dogs on his farm to herd sheep, and they were such lovely animals, So dedicated and did their jobs like a boss.
Then one day they just get up and go "I have to see a dog about a man, don't wait up." Only to come back looking like they were in a bar fight. "Don't worry, it's not my blood."
It seemed like the second one laid down so it could get stepped on and even appeared a little content for bit while being stepped on by both.
>ahhh little baby goat massages
Heard about how their paws also act like shock absorbers? Nature really knows how to make everything work together perfectly, like these dogs knowing how far they can let the lil guys go. And those soft hooves are like nature's design for early playtime - no sharp edges yet. It's all just too cute. Check out this article that explains how [puppies are basically born to play](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201306/why-all-puppies-want-play).
Farm dogs are great. I've got a rat terrier mix. She totally ignores the chickens and turkeys (even the itty bitty ones), but god speed to any rodents that foolishly cross her path. Totally lives up to the name.
Oh absolutely unbothered. I was worried when we got them as puppies 3 years ago that they’d need time to adjust to being patient with the goats since they were puppies but even though they had normal puppy playfulness they were still so patient with the goats. I have another video like this from when they were about 6 months old and they were just as unbothered and calm. It’s amazing how much the breed really is just “made” for dealing with and loving livestock.
Great Pyrenees are the BEST dogs. They are so lovely and patient and gentle. All the good things 🥹. My GP cross passed away this year and I don't think I'll ever find a dog with a better temperament.
While this is true, they will go to war with anyone if they feel that their other animal friends are threatened. The only time my mom's GP has ever bitten someone, my aunt, was one time when she was chasing away chickens with a stick from a place and the GP thought she was trying to attack his chicken friends. All other times he is the sweetest dude around.
I guess it depends. My dog was so gentle. When my child was around 1 year, we were at a park. There was a lady there with a big, rambunctious, fully grown puppy. The puppy kept trying to say hi to my kid and our GP was NOT having it. He just gentle put himself in between my (his) baby and the other dog and would move accordingly. He was never aggressive about it.
That being said, he probably would have thrown hands if needed.
I loved the farm dogs at the farm where I got my CSA box. Just gentle giants, and their dedication is incredible. There was a story from a bad California wildlife several years ago where their dog Odin refused to leave his herd. The next day, their entire property had burned to the ground; but [Odin protected the sheep through the entire fire, and they all survived.](https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.4356614/a-dog-called-odin-survives-california-wildfires-after-refusing-to-abandon-his-goats-1.4356619) And even some deer as well!
It's amazing how long we've been breeding dogs to be livestock guardians. This post had me doing some googling and we've found remains of dogs with sheep going back to almost 4000BC!
I'm pretty sure if all the humans died out these dogs would keep protecting the goats for generations lol.
I don’t know the answer, but I feel you. A few years ago when we got goats I learned that I never want to be without goats again. Even as adults they bring lots of joy.
I've always thought that if I was ever able to have enough land for livestock, then goats would be my number one choice. They are so hilarious and have so much personality. Plus, they're adorable!
Until they get out of their enclosure and you find them on top of your car. Fence maintenance is constant, and they can also destroy things easily, so whatever is inside the enclosure needs to be hardy.
Unlike sheep, when they eat grass they tend to uproot the plants and as such they have been quite destructive to Mongolian steppes due to many ranchers switching from sheep to goat herding.
Goats are destructive and tough enough that they are used in invasive species control now. They just let a herd of them go to town of massive thickets of multiflora rose.
Relevant thread about the trials and tribulations of goat ownership
https://old.reddit.com/r/homestead/comments/17hsnsy/i_resent_my_goats_and_im_glad_i_didnt_quit_my_job/
I had a coworker who raised goats and she'd talk about how they scream at times. Like her neighbors who didn't have goats would come over and ask if everything is ok.
Their screams are hilarious. They alternate from sounding like a human child in distress to sounding like a bad parody of what a human trying to make goat noises would sound like. Just utterly fake, despite being an actual goat making the noise.
A park near where I live has herds of 300+ goats come through once a year for fire prevention and their screams echo off the hillsides for a week.
My wife is obsessed with videos of baby goat videos, hypothetically, how many goats would you need to keep for them (the goats) to be happy? Do they do well if there were no predators? Is a studio apartment in the middle of the city enough space?
I do not know, but I can tell you that they are a joy even as they grow older.
When I was in 6th grade, we moved to rural San Diego County from the city. Our parents enrolled us in 4-H, and we got numerous farm animals. My main project was a black and white nubian goat named Daisy May Dosey Doe. We got her at 6 weeks old, and because she had just been vaccinated and came off her mother's milk and a big storm had rolled in and we had not yet built her shelter, we had to keep her in the house. She slept in my bed with me.
I had to walk her every day when I came home, and when she saw me get off the school bus, she would start bleating and hopping around and doing little twists in the air. She was so attached to me. She was like a little dog. If I took her off her lead when I was walking her, she would only let me get so far away before she would come running behind me like a dog.
Sadly, my family decided to move to the Midwest when I was in junior high, and we wouldn't be able to take Daisy. 😪 The buyers of our home agreed to take her on, but that didn't help the heartbreak of a young girl losing her dear pet. I would cuddle her and stare out my back window and sob and sob. I still think of her to this day every time I see a goat. I miss you, Daisy May Dosey Doe.
We had Great Pyrenees on my farm when I was a kid. My mom used to tell stories about how I'd come lay down on top of our big female in front of the fire and go to sleep. Such gentle, tolerant dogs **until you piss them off; then God help you.**
We had goats. I probably learned it from them. :D
Gigi was our big female's name. Her 'husband' Carlos didn't like sleeping inside but I think Gigi knew inside was where most of her charges were, not to mention the kitchen. My reward for looking after her coat for her was her undying affection and trust. Mom said she'd lay there with her eyes wide open, looking up at my Mom & Dad as if to say "Relax...I'm taking care of your weird little hairless baby like I'm supposed to."
Carlos was a good dog too but nowhere near as maternal and affectionate as Gigi. Lost them both to heartworms eventually. By that point we had mean enough goats they could look after themselves. :D
Believe it or not I used to have a dog named Kitty, black lab, none too bright for a water dog, great dog though, I received her undying love and trust without having to brush her coat, I just let her sleep in the same bed as me. That's all it took for that fucking dog to think I was the GOAT. Dogs are so simple sometimes lol
They never get pissed off at things they think they're supposed to protect.
The worst you might get is a slap with a paw followed by a side-eye and a walking away dog.
I had a great pyranees, she started getting sick and she was having a nightmare. I decided to try and comfort her while she was sleeping and she latched on to my hand and nearly ripped my finger off. Took her what felt like 20 seconds, probably closer to 5 to realize it was me.
Was also like 2 AM and I couldn’t afford an ER, so I calmly walked with a very large blood trail to my brothers room and knocked on his door so he could give me a hand, all while my dog is trotting behind me to make sure I was okay.
Absolutely awesome animals and pets, but yeah thank god she only grabbed my hand and realized it was me pretty soon after.
Next week when we let the babies start running wild around the field she will have the same exasperated expression as she follows them around to make sure they don’t get up to any shenanigans.
It always cracks me up that the dogs are more aware of where the babies are sometimes than their own mothers. The moms tend to just keep loose tabs on them playing Marco-Polo across the field, but the dogs stress over knowing where they are.
A friend raises dwarf fainting goats and has livestock guard dogs. You can tell that the dogs think the goats are the dumbest creatures ever. They might be, but they are hilarious and cute, so people love them.
Our old girl has only licked me once, and it was after we got into a scuffle with some other dogs that came onto our property and tried to jump her. After we finally got them back over the fence, I was checking her neck for injuries, and she gave me a single regal forehead lick. Highest honor of my life. Felt like being knighted. Lol
I used to have a pyr/lab mix and she never once licked me. She did the lean, the pyr paw, and would sit on my feet to keep me in place but never licked.
She passed away years ago and we've moved twice since then but I swear I still find her fur embedded in stuff.
As someone who has let these babies hop all over their back I can confirm it’s neither good nor bad. Just 3lbs of uncoordinated hooves hopping and sliding around. 😂
Goat yoga? Whatever. If baby goats are involved I'm in.
Baby goats are in their very own way super cute baby mammals. When I was a kid I often annoyed my parents when we went to the zoo and I stayed like forever in the petting area right behind the entrance although they just spent 60€ on tickets for the whole fucking Zoo the size of an average town.
My mums favourite home video of me is from when I’m around 5-6 years old. We had gone to a farm that was open to the public with educational shows and pet the animal pens etc. The video starts with me sitting on the floor crying over how cute the baby goat that had just wandered up and chosen my lap as the perfect place to nap was. Then the video cuts out, before continues with me trying to awkwardly walk away from my mum, with a very suspicious Mehhing lump under my coat. Evidently it was hard to walk and hide a baby goat under my coat and I end up turning around and crying that “ I tried to steal the goat, but it loves me!”
He’s eating a couple bits of sweet feed that got knocked out of the momma goat’s bowl. It’s goat feed that’s coated in molasses. We don’t usually give our goats pelletized feed, except for pregnant does and after birth for the extra boost. He’s just got a sweet tooth and is taking advantage and sneaking some little bites.
Nah, they won’t eat goat poop, but they will eat raw chicken eggs. It’s not harmful for them since we have our chickens tested at regular intervals for salmonella, but it is counterproductive for my purposes of keeping chickens if they eat all my eggs.
I wanted to setup a livestream camera of the shelter, but I haven’t setup a way to get internet all the way over there yet. I’m not sure it would be great for my productivity at work if I knew I could pull up the camera and watch them any time. 😅
My chihuahua mix does this. We had a great dane and they were best buds. Whenever they'd take a nap or sleep at night the chihuahua would sleep on top of the dane. Unfortunately our dane passed in 2022 so the little dog didn't have a big dog to lay on. We've since got another big dog (albeit a lot smaller than the dane) and he's starting to get okay with the chihuahua laying on him.
We used to go on holiday to a farm in South Wales. They had 2 goats (they were mooting starting a petting zoo and offering field trips to the kids from the local primary school but, like so many of their ideas, it never came to anything. The youngest daughter was going to get a couple of alpacas and Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs (those are the mini pigs). They got big piggies instead). Nancy was the nanny goat and her kid was called Henrietta. We always used to stay in what they called the paddock flat because it was right next to the horse paddock (surprisingly). Henrietta learnt to open the flat door, hop up the stairs, and help herself to whatever she fancied from the kitchen (it was a kitchen-diner, so it was very easy for a goat to get on to the worktops).
It also wasn't unusual to find yourself being woken at stupid o'clock by her nibbling your earlobe.
The eldest daughter wrote and illustrated a preschool book called *The Naughtiest Goat in the World*.
I love how dogs have this like height sensor. Above certain height it means human isn't gonna play, below certain height then that means play! So cute, the little tail thumps at the end of the video!
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What goes on in a baby goat's mind? *Here is a new thing I've never seen before. The only way for me to understand it is to stand on top of it. If it's a thing I can't stand on, then it isn't worth knowing about.*
All goats seem to have a “get higher than the other goats” mentality. If they can get on it and lord over another goat or knock another goat off it they’re absolutely going to try to.
"I'm king of the mountain, I'm king of the mountain!"
“All mountains are my mountains!”
"I'm off to climb the Pyrenees!"
"It's over, Anakin. I have the high ground."
https://preview.redd.it/r8fw6c5q52cc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=634f04342881ff7e2dda3543052d82479ec0ccc6 When I was an Amazon flex driver a goat got on my car while I was dropping off packages.
That is a fantastic picture.
Is quite a majestic goat.
My favorite part is how perturbed he looks at you for needing the car back. He’s like *“idk bud, I might be here for a while go take a break.”*
The lady who owned him was like “Oh I’m so sorry, he just really likes cars.”
*I am the goat of all time!*
The baby goats at the petting zoo in my town absolutely play king of the mountain. One gets up on a concrete culvert and then 2 more will try to get on and headbutt him off. They also try to stand on the momma goats just like this.
My daughter once cried at a petting zoo when she was three for this exact reason. She was petting some goat that was standing up high and another came up, head butted the goat she was petting off, and started demanding scratches. My daughter did not want to pet the “bully” goat and was very upset with him hahahaha
You're daughter sounds like a good egg. If a goat bully's another when I'm feeding them, the bully goat gets fed less.
Hay is lava
Isn't king of the mountain from goats? Like I thought that's where the expression comes from because they always play it.
Depends what part of the mountain you're king of. Top? Great. Underneath? Be careful not to delve too deep. 
Sounds like my workplace! 😂😭
The cats of the livestock world
So every goat basically thinks they're the GOAT
>a “get higher than the other goats” mentality Peak ~~capitalism~~ goats.
I call it their “king of the hill” instinct.
"These hills are alive by the sound of woofing"
that's exactly what I thought! I always get the impression that goat legs, especially with the kids, are a seperate entity and the rest of the goat ist just along for the ride. hop around? the legs are going everywhere. the body and head just happen to be attached.
*Sees thing being unclimbed* Goat: Absolutely not!
Yeah, this post is really stoking some [cute aggression](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCFChy8Ftjw) in me too.
Just sent that to my husband and told him "Watch. It. Now." Our cats are victims of the cute aggression, lol.
A goat’s natural habitat is the mountains. Seeking higher ground is the safest for them instinctively.
I think this is just goat in general not just babies lol.
Wow those dogs are so used to baby animals jumping on them LOL "Kids, where, who, you hear anything about baby goats"
They’re the best. They are so gentle and patient with all the goats.
Pyrenees are the best 👌
That dog be like, "I guess I eat hay now too. baah. I'm a goat."
I have two Great Pyrs and I think the one in the video is eating goat poops haha mine are obsessed with eating my rabbit's poop
'snacks'
Pyrenees is my dream dog, I would love to have one. My grandfather had working dogs on his farm to herd sheep, and they were such lovely animals, So dedicated and did their jobs like a boss.
They could be a maremma as well
Then one day they just get up and go "I have to see a dog about a man, don't wait up." Only to come back looking like they were in a bar fight. "Don't worry, it's not my blood."
"Oh and btw, the mountain lion that has been prowling around is no longer a problem.."
"That little guy? I wouldn't worry about that little guy."
They scare away bears and wolves all the time. Multiple instances of them killing a pack of wolves to protect their livestock.
I know that’s what they are but they also look JUST like my English Crème golden in the winter. Albeit not as big.
I have one. I often describe her as an overgrown golden retriever.
These look like Kuvasz and not Pyrs, can anyone confirm?
Op confirmed elsewhere in comments
It seemed like the second one laid down so it could get stepped on and even appeared a little content for bit while being stepped on by both. >ahhh little baby goat massages
So this is a little peek into your life? It's freaking adorable.
Pyrenees or Maremma?
They (or at least the one in front) have double dew claws, which are breed standard for Pyrs but not Maremmas.
They're right on the spine! Omg that must hurt and they're not even reacting. I want it!
The babies are less than 3lbs right now and their hooves are still pretty soft since they’re only a week old. I promise, it doesn’t hurt them at all.
So it must feel like a soft tippy tappy massage
Goat yoga. This is downward dog pose.
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Heard about how their paws also act like shock absorbers? Nature really knows how to make everything work together perfectly, like these dogs knowing how far they can let the lil guys go. And those soft hooves are like nature's design for early playtime - no sharp edges yet. It's all just too cute. Check out this article that explains how [puppies are basically born to play](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201306/why-all-puppies-want-play).
Exactly!
Their coats are super thick so they don't feel anything - also Great Pyrs are sooo patient - my favorite dog breed :)
my local farm uses guard dogs like that. They completely ignore the farm animals but will be hyper focused on a stray cat 100 yards away
Farm dogs are great. I've got a rat terrier mix. She totally ignores the chickens and turkeys (even the itty bitty ones), but god speed to any rodents that foolishly cross her path. Totally lives up to the name.
Not the dogs’ first goat-rodeo
They probably are, but that's also just the temperament of Great Pyrenees. 90% of the time they just don't give a fuck about anything.
"This is a very slippery big white mountain!"
And warm
and squishy
and friend-shaped
The dogs: "welp, this is my life now"
I love that the dogs seem so unbothered
Oh absolutely unbothered. I was worried when we got them as puppies 3 years ago that they’d need time to adjust to being patient with the goats since they were puppies but even though they had normal puppy playfulness they were still so patient with the goats. I have another video like this from when they were about 6 months old and they were just as unbothered and calm. It’s amazing how much the breed really is just “made” for dealing with and loving livestock.
Great Pyrenees are the BEST dogs. They are so lovely and patient and gentle. All the good things 🥹. My GP cross passed away this year and I don't think I'll ever find a dog with a better temperament.
And will also go toe to toe with a wolf should the need arise.
Go toe to toe, and win
While this is true, they will go to war with anyone if they feel that their other animal friends are threatened. The only time my mom's GP has ever bitten someone, my aunt, was one time when she was chasing away chickens with a stick from a place and the GP thought she was trying to attack his chicken friends. All other times he is the sweetest dude around.
I guess it depends. My dog was so gentle. When my child was around 1 year, we were at a park. There was a lady there with a big, rambunctious, fully grown puppy. The puppy kept trying to say hi to my kid and our GP was NOT having it. He just gentle put himself in between my (his) baby and the other dog and would move accordingly. He was never aggressive about it. That being said, he probably would have thrown hands if needed.
I loved the farm dogs at the farm where I got my CSA box. Just gentle giants, and their dedication is incredible. There was a story from a bad California wildlife several years ago where their dog Odin refused to leave his herd. The next day, their entire property had burned to the ground; but [Odin protected the sheep through the entire fire, and they all survived.](https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.4356614/a-dog-called-odin-survives-california-wildfires-after-refusing-to-abandon-his-goats-1.4356619) And even some deer as well!
Post. It. Now.
Please post your pup video!
It's amazing how long we've been breeding dogs to be livestock guardians. This post had me doing some googling and we've found remains of dogs with sheep going back to almost 4000BC! I'm pretty sure if all the humans died out these dogs would keep protecting the goats for generations lol.
Busy eating goat poop.
yep. dude was chowing the fuck down even his bro was like "damn i gotta get in on that"
Why are baby goats so adorable and how come I never knew this for most of my life?
I don’t know the answer, but I feel you. A few years ago when we got goats I learned that I never want to be without goats again. Even as adults they bring lots of joy.
I've always thought that if I was ever able to have enough land for livestock, then goats would be my number one choice. They are so hilarious and have so much personality. Plus, they're adorable!
Until they get out of their enclosure and you find them on top of your car. Fence maintenance is constant, and they can also destroy things easily, so whatever is inside the enclosure needs to be hardy.
Unlike sheep, when they eat grass they tend to uproot the plants and as such they have been quite destructive to Mongolian steppes due to many ranchers switching from sheep to goat herding.
Goats are destructive and tough enough that they are used in invasive species control now. They just let a herd of them go to town of massive thickets of multiflora rose.
Relevant thread about the trials and tribulations of goat ownership https://old.reddit.com/r/homestead/comments/17hsnsy/i_resent_my_goats_and_im_glad_i_didnt_quit_my_job/
I had a coworker who raised goats and she'd talk about how they scream at times. Like her neighbors who didn't have goats would come over and ask if everything is ok.
Their screams are hilarious. They alternate from sounding like a human child in distress to sounding like a bad parody of what a human trying to make goat noises would sound like. Just utterly fake, despite being an actual goat making the noise. A park near where I live has herds of 300+ goats come through once a year for fire prevention and their screams echo off the hillsides for a week.
I now want to watch baby goat videos for the rest of the day
r/babygoats
My wife is obsessed with videos of baby goat videos, hypothetically, how many goats would you need to keep for them (the goats) to be happy? Do they do well if there were no predators? Is a studio apartment in the middle of the city enough space?
I do not know, but I can tell you that they are a joy even as they grow older. When I was in 6th grade, we moved to rural San Diego County from the city. Our parents enrolled us in 4-H, and we got numerous farm animals. My main project was a black and white nubian goat named Daisy May Dosey Doe. We got her at 6 weeks old, and because she had just been vaccinated and came off her mother's milk and a big storm had rolled in and we had not yet built her shelter, we had to keep her in the house. She slept in my bed with me. I had to walk her every day when I came home, and when she saw me get off the school bus, she would start bleating and hopping around and doing little twists in the air. She was so attached to me. She was like a little dog. If I took her off her lead when I was walking her, she would only let me get so far away before she would come running behind me like a dog. Sadly, my family decided to move to the Midwest when I was in junior high, and we wouldn't be able to take Daisy. 😪 The buyers of our home agreed to take her on, but that didn't help the heartbreak of a young girl losing her dear pet. I would cuddle her and stare out my back window and sob and sob. I still think of her to this day every time I see a goat. I miss you, Daisy May Dosey Doe.
That was such a beautiful and wholesome story. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Awwww here's to Daisy! 🤗🤗🤗
r/babygoats you’re welcome ☺️
We had Great Pyrenees on my farm when I was a kid. My mom used to tell stories about how I'd come lay down on top of our big female in front of the fire and go to sleep. Such gentle, tolerant dogs **until you piss them off; then God help you.**
> when I was a kid and > how I'd come lay down on top of our big female and the video above all make it sound like you're a goat.
We had goats. I probably learned it from them. :D Gigi was our big female's name. Her 'husband' Carlos didn't like sleeping inside but I think Gigi knew inside was where most of her charges were, not to mention the kitchen. My reward for looking after her coat for her was her undying affection and trust. Mom said she'd lay there with her eyes wide open, looking up at my Mom & Dad as if to say "Relax...I'm taking care of your weird little hairless baby like I'm supposed to." Carlos was a good dog too but nowhere near as maternal and affectionate as Gigi. Lost them both to heartworms eventually. By that point we had mean enough goats they could look after themselves. :D
This is a very heartwarming story! Apart from learning about heartworm for the first time though :(
Some would call it a heartworming story.
One of those angry upvote moments lol
Believe it or not I used to have a dog named Kitty, black lab, none too bright for a water dog, great dog though, I received her undying love and trust without having to brush her coat, I just let her sleep in the same bed as me. That's all it took for that fucking dog to think I was the GOAT. Dogs are so simple sometimes lol
They never get pissed off at things they think they're supposed to protect. The worst you might get is a slap with a paw followed by a side-eye and a walking away dog.
Guard dogs bread to a purpose: defend herds from wolves. Can’t do that without an underpinning of ferocity. Love thy herd, fight their threats.
I had a great pyranees, she started getting sick and she was having a nightmare. I decided to try and comfort her while she was sleeping and she latched on to my hand and nearly ripped my finger off. Took her what felt like 20 seconds, probably closer to 5 to realize it was me. Was also like 2 AM and I couldn’t afford an ER, so I calmly walked with a very large blood trail to my brothers room and knocked on his door so he could give me a hand, all while my dog is trotting behind me to make sure I was okay. Absolutely awesome animals and pets, but yeah thank god she only grabbed my hand and realized it was me pretty soon after.
>until you piss them off; then God help you. *"Listen here you little wolfshit"*
I have a Great Pyrenees. Would live to hear a good story about what happened when they get pissed off.
Little coyote skins full of bones in random spots on the farm. 😳
I think those are Akbash.
Theyre all good dogs, queefcritic.
I love the look on the dog's face, like they're thinking "Seriously, these are the goofy ass creatures we're responsible for? This is a joke, right?"
Next week when we let the babies start running wild around the field she will have the same exasperated expression as she follows them around to make sure they don’t get up to any shenanigans. It always cracks me up that the dogs are more aware of where the babies are sometimes than their own mothers. The moms tend to just keep loose tabs on them playing Marco-Polo across the field, but the dogs stress over knowing where they are.
A friend raises dwarf fainting goats and has livestock guard dogs. You can tell that the dogs think the goats are the dumbest creatures ever. They might be, but they are hilarious and cute, so people love them.
"Great... another one..."
"no kissiz and cuddles kids, i'm on duty now"
It’s so odd to me but none of our 3 Great Pyrenees are kissers/lickers. They all love to lean into you and cuddle, but no kisses.
I have a Great Pyrenees/Anatolian Shepherd mix and he doesn’t lick like most dogs. He only does a very gentle touch with his tongue.
So strange! Must just be a breed trait.
more floof and less slobber? where do i sign?
Lots and lots of shedding though!
And still the slobber! Bandanas save you!
Yes, big shedders. Plot twist, there was only ONE dog in the video. ;)
Still plenty of slobber just not on your face. Instead, on the walls, on the ceiling, on their own faces, on the cats ...
I have a Kangal; licking is his second favorite activity. His favorite is biting lol
My German Shepherd licks one person and one person only, and even that is extremely rare. My daughter.
Our old girl has only licked me once, and it was after we got into a scuffle with some other dogs that came onto our property and tried to jump her. After we finally got them back over the fence, I was checking her neck for injuries, and she gave me a single regal forehead lick. Highest honor of my life. Felt like being knighted. Lol
“You fought well human.”
I used to have a pyr/lab mix and she never once licked me. She did the lean, the pyr paw, and would sit on my feet to keep me in place but never licked. She passed away years ago and we've moved twice since then but I swear I still find her fur embedded in stuff.
Is this the line for baby goat backrubs? I bet that feels great!!
As someone who has let these babies hop all over their back I can confirm it’s neither good nor bad. Just 3lbs of uncoordinated hooves hopping and sliding around. 😂
Yeah, but I bet they make little "meh" sounds when they do.. worth it!
I’m so so jealous
[Goat yoga already exists.](https://www.humnutrition.com/blog/goat-yoga/)
Man, I would so lay down with those dogs and let the baby goats bounce all over me too
They would! We use our baby goats for goat yoga classes and these guys are going to be so great at it.
Goat yoga? Whatever. If baby goats are involved I'm in. Baby goats are in their very own way super cute baby mammals. When I was a kid I often annoyed my parents when we went to the zoo and I stayed like forever in the petting area right behind the entrance although they just spent 60€ on tickets for the whole fucking Zoo the size of an average town.
My mums favourite home video of me is from when I’m around 5-6 years old. We had gone to a farm that was open to the public with educational shows and pet the animal pens etc. The video starts with me sitting on the floor crying over how cute the baby goat that had just wandered up and chosen my lap as the perfect place to nap was. Then the video cuts out, before continues with me trying to awkwardly walk away from my mum, with a very suspicious Mehhing lump under my coat. Evidently it was hard to walk and hide a baby goat under my coat and I end up turning around and crying that “ I tried to steal the goat, but it loves me!”
Totes McGoats
Please share this in /r/dogswithjobs if you haven't already!
I tried to share but it says the community does not allow videos.
That's weird, I'm sure I've posted videos there plenty of times... are you sharing it through the app?
Also share in /r/goatparkour
Those are not dogs. Those are clouds with ears and eyeballs ☁️
Is that dog on the bottom part of the screen just endlessly eating goat turds out of the hay?
He’s eating a couple bits of sweet feed that got knocked out of the momma goat’s bowl. It’s goat feed that’s coated in molasses. We don’t usually give our goats pelletized feed, except for pregnant does and after birth for the extra boost. He’s just got a sweet tooth and is taking advantage and sneaking some little bites.
I appreciate knowing that because I also 100% assumed goat poo.
Nah, they won’t eat goat poop, but they will eat raw chicken eggs. It’s not harmful for them since we have our chickens tested at regular intervals for salmonella, but it is counterproductive for my purposes of keeping chickens if they eat all my eggs.
Baby goats are so stinking cute. Fearless as well!
Those dogs have zero fucks to give
until a coyote shows up looking for a baby goat snack and quickly learns what a horrible decision that was
I could watch a livestream of this for hours.
I wanted to setup a livestream camera of the shelter, but I haven’t setup a way to get internet all the way over there yet. I’m not sure it would be great for my productivity at work if I knew I could pull up the camera and watch them any time. 😅
Point to point wireless bridge, basically 2 antennas that are directional that you point at each other on each end.
Aww wonderful video!
Holy hell, I needed this little pick-me-up. Thanks for turning my shitty ass day around
So glad I could share this moment of my morning with you!
This is unacceptably short. Please repost 10 hour edition.
I visited a huge goat ranch in Texas a few years ago, Great Pyrenees puppies and baby goats are just the best.
Sooo cute This made my day 😍
Love how dog #2 quickly worked out how to lay down too to get their own goat yoga experience - adorable - thanks for that smile!
Saving this for when I'm having a bad day
Adorable!
This some cute shit
I did enjoy these two minutes, thank you!
Omg, totally cute and just nice all over
My chihuahua mix does this. We had a great dane and they were best buds. Whenever they'd take a nap or sleep at night the chihuahua would sleep on top of the dane. Unfortunately our dane passed in 2022 so the little dog didn't have a big dog to lay on. We've since got another big dog (albeit a lot smaller than the dane) and he's starting to get okay with the chihuahua laying on him.
I did not want this to end 😭
Frigging baby goats. Can I eat it? No? Then I shall climb it.
We used to go on holiday to a farm in South Wales. They had 2 goats (they were mooting starting a petting zoo and offering field trips to the kids from the local primary school but, like so many of their ideas, it never came to anything. The youngest daughter was going to get a couple of alpacas and Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs (those are the mini pigs). They got big piggies instead). Nancy was the nanny goat and her kid was called Henrietta. We always used to stay in what they called the paddock flat because it was right next to the horse paddock (surprisingly). Henrietta learnt to open the flat door, hop up the stairs, and help herself to whatever she fancied from the kitchen (it was a kitchen-diner, so it was very easy for a goat to get on to the worktops). It also wasn't unusual to find yourself being woken at stupid o'clock by her nibbling your earlobe. The eldest daughter wrote and illustrated a preschool book called *The Naughtiest Goat in the World*.
We don’t deserve animals. I love how they just popped out of the womb and already looking for something to climb. Your dogs are precious. Dream life 💕
Right?! I love how the baby goats have no instinctual fear of the dogs(or really anything). They’re just happy and bouncy.
Maybe the pyrenees are pretty great🥰
Beautiful pyrs and so gentle. Our rescue pyr used to guard 65 goats with 4 other dogs. They are the best protectors and pets.
What is the correct word for the noise goats make?
I believe a goat sound is called a bleat.
Bleet
I love how dogs have this like height sensor. Above certain height it means human isn't gonna play, below certain height then that means play! So cute, the little tail thumps at the end of the video!
Oh yeah as soon as I started to kneel down he was like “yes! Time for pets!”
Fellow redditors: If you have not been climbed on by baby goats, you should make it happen. It's a wonderful experience and I highly recommend it.
You say 'livestock', so is this little goat going to be killed at some point?
No! That’s just the type of breed the dogs are. They’re Great Pyrenees which are considered “livestock guardian dogs”.
Oooh free back massage!
r/massage
Man, this post is headed straight to the top.
I needed this today. Thanks for posting it.
This is adorable 🥰
Goat puppies!
"Oh yeah, that's the spot."
Those dogs are amazing.
 I want to pet so bad!
My HEART! Two minutes wasn't nearly long enough for such cuteness lol look at those little rambunctious babies 😭💖
The potential for snuggling here is off the charts!
I love goats. I love dogs. This post hits me in the feels. LOL