Posts tagged "goat"

Animals riding on turtles. Our favorite trend in pet videos continues on apace.

Sometimes you don't even know that your life is incomplete until you see a video like this and realize, "Oh! There's been a baby-goat-sized hole in my soul this entire time and now I need to adopt a baby goat so that I can be a whole human being."

I no longer can say with certainty what a goat sounds like. 4-year-olds have no questions about what goats say, because their See 'n Says told them. But one day they'll grow up and see video footage like this, and that's how you enter your long, dark night of the soul.

Of course, I've seen the popular "Goat Yelling Like a Man" video before. But I always assumed that was an isolated, freak case. Now here comes another goat with an otherworldly voice to make me question everything I thought was true.

Hey, wait a second. Those two goats should meet. To the video doubler!

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MIND=BLOWN

This is a special goat. He's the first one to take a stand against the tyranny of human signs. He doesn't care what our signs say. He doesn't give a damn. We humans can try to push each other around with our rules, but we're not gonna tell goatkind what to do.

This goat isn't out for himself. This isn't a solo act of rebellion. This is a revolution. Like Hazel the rabbit or Aslan the lion before him, this goat is a leader. This is a call to all goats everywhere to ignore signs! Especially signs that say not to climb on rocks. Because that's what goats do.

This goat has a message. "Goats! Don't be oppressed by the humans and their signs! Climb on the rocks, even when a sign tells you not to! Or don't; it's your choice. I'm not here to tell you what to do. That would make me no better than the sign. Goats are making decisions for themselves from now on!"

via Buzzfeed

If anybody's got a case of dance fever, it's this brown goat. Possibly the cutest barnyard animal ever, this little thing goes hip-hop-to-the-hip-hip-hippity-hop like a billy goat going berserk on the dance floor.

The man with the moves is a 3-week-old orphan Nubian goat who wants nothing more than to please his new mama by showing her that he's paying attention to her fancy footwork.

"What I'm doing now is called ashiatsu, and it's a form of deep-tissue massage performed by walking barehoof on someone's back. What it does is it hits all your trigger points and your pressure points, and it's great for realigning your chakras and your chi and, like, all that stuff. What? Yes, of course I'm licensed! I received my training from the Daily Squee School of Barnyard Massage. Now hold still so I can feng shui your shoulders."

"So, who's up for a jailbreak?"

Remember the story about the goat and the Great Dane who had fallen in love after being rescued together at a downtown wedding venue in the Dallas area? Now the two inter-species soul mates -- Minelli the goat and Judy the Great Dane -- have been separated thanks to a state law that differentiates between pets and livestock.

The unlikely pair had until now been inseparable after they were rescued by animal lover Sandra Harrison on June 25. However, a tragic phone call came to the rescue center Tuesday that was destined to break up the odd couple's love fest. "I got a call that said, 'Dr. Fling, you're in violation of state law. State law says any stray livestock must be collected and impounded by the sheriff's department,'" East Lake Pet Orphanage veterinarian Karen Fling tells KXAS-TV.

Shortly thereafter, the livestock deputy arrived at the East Lake Pet Orphanage with a trailer and hauled heartbroken Minelli away. Apparently, both Minelli and Judy had a rough go of it for awhile, but both are bouncing back.

According to Dr. Fling, Judy is back in "good spirits," while Minelli the friendly goat has reportedly made a few new friends.

While the rest of us were celebrating Independence Day fireworks over the weekend, Judy, a female Great Dane and Minnelli, a male goat, were experiencing a different kind of spark, one of the romantic variety. The unlikely lovebirds were found wandering the grounds of a Dallas-area wedding venue last week, KTVT reports.

As the pet blog Dogster noted, Judy and Minnelli absolutely adore each other.

The unusual couple is currently in the care of the East Lake Pet Orphanage, where Judy paces and whines and Minnelli bleats sadly every time the two are separated from one another. They spend so much time together, East Lake Pet Orphanage veterinarian Karen Fling told KTVT that Minnelli acts more like a dog than a goat.

Authorities aren't sure how the pair came to be roaming the wedding site. For now, the shelter is looking for the animals' owners, KTVT reports. But if no one comes forward, the dynamic duo will be placed in a home that can take them both.

"They act like a little married couple," Fling told KTVT. "They eat together, sleep together, walk together. They're literally inseparable."

It ain't over 'til the bearded goat sings.


More Funny Pet Pictures

This goat is shamelessly reinforcing goat stereotypes, and setting back the Goats' Rights Movement by at least three months.

You would think that goats are probably the worst-suited animals for tree climbing . There is no way a goat could climb a tree. Won't happen. Can't happen.

You'd be wrong.

Watch this crazy video of a goat climbing a tree with Jackie Chan-esque grace. How does he get back down? Just keep watching.

We recently wrote about the ASPCA's top 10 pet poisons of 2009. Included on the list were human foods that can make pets sick, including avocados. Little did we know that one little green fruit would inspire such a flurry of comments from people who argue that their dogs love the key guacamole ingredient. So we decided to set the record straight.

According to the ASPCA, the avocado plant contains a substance called persin. "Different species of animals have different toxic reactions to avocados," said Dr. Tina Wismer, the senior director of veterinary outreach and education at the ASPCA. "Animals such as birds can develop respiratory distress, fluid build-up around the heart, and death. Horses, rabbits and goats can develop both mastitis [inflammation of the mammary glands] and cardiac problems. They also get a build-up of fluid under the skin in the face and chest."

"In dogs, cats and ferrets there are no reliable reports of poisoning," she added. "However, dogs commonly ingest the pit and it can get stuck in the digestive tract."

One other thing to keep in mind: different varieties of avocado contain different amounts of persin. So even if your pet rabbit or horse has eaten avocados without a problem in the past, the same might not be true in the future. The common Guatemalan variety seems to be the most worrisome, the ASPCA notes. And avocado leaves contain the most persin, Wismer told Paw Nation.

So what's the verdict? If you have a pet bird, horse, or rodent, absolutely keep it away from the guac. If your dog adores avocados, he can probably keep on enjoying them. Just make sure to keep those pesky pits far out of reach!

Cats? Dogs? Iguanas? Played out. The hot new family pet just might be the pygmy goat. Publications like the San Francisco Gate and the New York Times are reporting that more and more people are choosing goats as pets.

Many urbanites are reclaiming the art of growing their own vegetables, and even keeping bees and chicken coops, so why not goats? Pygmies are particularly well-suited for urban and suburban yards. They stand 17 to 23 inches tall and are said to be as intelligent and good-tempered as some dogs. Plus, they provide milk and cut your grass for you. They range in cost from $100 to $300 -- cheaper than a lawn mower, and way cuter.

But before you pick up your new pet, check local laws to avoid grazing violations or other snafus. And because they are herd animals, you'll need to get more than one. Your neighbors are going to loooove that.

It's a story that starts off like a bad joke: Why did the goat cross the road -- or should we say, the Hutchinson River Parkway?

In the case of an emaciated baby Nubian goat found wandering in New York City on September 1st, he was most likely saving his hide from being sold at a live meat market. The east Bronx area isn't new to goats on the lam (sorry!) as two others, Isabella and Duncan, were also found in bad shape walking through the borough in July, reports the New York Daily News. The lucky refugees were rescued by animal control and are now living at Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, NY. Paw Nation spoke with Farm Sanctuary national shelter director Susie Coston about how this latest goat is doing and his chances for rehabilitation.

Does the goat have a name?
Not yet -- we usually wait to see their personalities come out. He's been so out of it we haven't really gotten to know him yet. Just today he started talking and making some normal little goat sounds. We'll name him when we know him a little better.

How is he doing?
The mobile vet is checking on him, because he's still dehydrated. He doesn't have a good appetite, and he's on antibiotics for pneumonia. He's definitely loaded with parasites. He's emaciated and very weak and tired. We've had much worse pull through so we're hoping he will too -- he just needs a week of really good care.

He's only about a month old. He's a Nubian, so he'll eventually be about 200 lbs. Baby goats usually aren't mortified by the presence of humans, but these city ones are mistreated -- we always find them diseased and full of parasites. It's mind-boggling to me that they are sold for meat.

Why do you think he was wandering in the Bronx?

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