Interesting read, Mike, thanks for posting. Having descended from Irish
immigrants on both sides of my family, I have known many old Irish goats in
my day.
Charlie
On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 11:29 AM Mike Bloor <admin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jan,
>
> The problem is figuring out what a goat finds "attractive". Every
> goat we have ever had found the grazing just beyond their reach far
> more attractive than the identical plants they were trampling in an
> effort to reach that little bit further.
>
> One goat escaped from her pen with the express purpose, it seems, of
> standing on the bonnet of my new car for the afternoon.
>
> Besides domesticated goats, we have the wild variety living near us -
> https://oldirishgoat.ie/
>
> Mike
>
> At 04:15 08/06/2021, you wrote:
> >Yea, what Mike said!
> >
> >Further regarding fencing, the key to fencing goats is to make life
> >more attractive *inside* the fence than outside it.
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