mrparks: I still laugh about the goat that only respects one man.

It's like you're staring into the void and the void says 'hey dude, remember that goat that only respects one man?" and then it laughs with me.


Hurm hurm hurm. Aaah hurm hurm hurm. I'll get you next time.

https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/i-think-about-this-a-lot-goat-only-respects-one-man.html

We used to have some pygmy goats and the billy would climb on top of our minivan.  I was a teenager and I became known as "the goat whisperer" because for the most part, they'd do what I wanted them to.

I mostly made them come by shaking their food in a bucket and they recognized the sound. However, when they were close by, I could make them move one way or the other depending on how I was angled towards them. It seems like goats have a body language that consists of angles and turning.

If I was facing them head-on, they would typically come towards me.  If I was facing my side to their front, they would head in a direction to get in front of me.  I could make them go the other way simply by turning 180 degrees.  However they would only do this if I was looking directly at them, sort of making eye contact.  If I was just walking around unaware, they wouldn't interpret it.

Anyway, it was a good experience...we eventually had to give them away because they were really focused on eating the neighbors' garden and even I couldn't dissuade them. Cabbage and tomato plants must be really tasty.  We had a good relationship with the neighbors and wanted to keep it that way.