Goat living in house - county wanted it gone - Forum

Rachel Payne February 5, 2015 at 10:44pm

Looks like they were training her to head butt humans, too. Sigh.

I think she could have adjusted to barn life with other goats. It may have been a longer period of time than the typical adjustment to a new home/herd, but I really don't think it would have been too traumatic, especially if someone introduced her slowly (like one or two goats at first rather than a whole herd). I personally feel like animals can instinctively recognize their own kind even if they've not seen them since birth. I could be wrong, though.

Glenna Rose February 5, 2015 at 9:05pm

Sadly, after being a house goat all that time, a change would likely be more difficult for her than most goats. She might be expected to live with other goats who would be strangers in all ways to her. She would be heartbroken. It's a true shame that they did not learn more about goats being goats rather than trying for her to be an alternate dog.

Diane Kennedy February 4, 2015 at 4:30pm

That's very sad. The poor goat! She probably would have been better off if they were forced to get rid of her and she ended up with people who would take proper care of her.

Glenna Rose February 4, 2015 at 3:34pm

I did get a response. Sadly, it was one of those good news, bad news things.

His response: "They did. But unfortunately Gigi died two years later in 2011.

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Glenna Bowman <glenna@iinet.com> wrote:
Recently, I came across some articles about Gigi. However, I don't find any that indicate what the final outcome was.

What was the outcome; did they get to keep their pet?

Thank you,
Glenna

Glenna Rose February 4, 2015 at 12:42am

I sent an email to the reporter. It will be seen if he answers if he is even with the paper still. Yes, I noticed that about the balloons - really good move, not.

Diane Kennedy February 3, 2015 at 2:25pm

If they keep letting her eat Mylar balloons, they won't have to worry about a long term solution. Poor goat! And I won't even get started on letting her watch Jerry Springer.

Glenna Rose February 1, 2015 at 10:54pm

This is the latest I found:

http://www.bikerornot.com/Event/21282/Print

Winding River Farm (Bev) February 1, 2015 at 9:27pm

Hope they got to keep her - I think they could be house trained. I have a 20 ft trailer turned into a milk room - and I have never had a goat accident in there as yet. Poor little goat would have a terrible time turned into a goat in the barn. Real trama.

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