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Miracle the Bionic Goat
Add to Favorites Little Miracle was an incredibly lucky pygmy goat kid. A traumatic birth left her so disabled her owner and rescuer needed to decide whether or not to …
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10 Amazing Benefits of Owning a Goat
Add to Favorites For most goat people, the benefits of owning a goat far outweigh the hard work and high learning curve. Yes, they can be destructive little escape artists, …
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Feral Goats: Their Lives and Loves
Add to Favorites Feral goats live wild in many habitats due to widespread release of domestic animals over the last 250 years. Sailors, such as Captain Cook, released dual-purpose goats …
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Selecting a Dairy Goat Breed
Add to Favorites The fun of having goats starts with choosing which goat breed to get and plenty are available to choose from. More than 200 goat breeds have been …
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9 Things to Consider Before Raising Goats for Milk
Add to Favorites Thinking about raising goats for milk? There are many goat milk benefits, including making goat cheese or learning how to make goat milk soap. But there are a few things to consider …
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Therapy Goats: From Hoof to The Heart
Meet a special type of caprine: Therapy goats. They’re on an important mission: To bring love, affection, laughter, and calmness to people ailing in mind, body, or spirit.
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Are Goats Smart? Reading Goats’ Minds
Are goats smart? And why is it important for goat owners to understand how goats think?
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How Do Goats Think and Feel?
Add to Favorites Have you ever wondered what your goats are thinking and how they feel about life? Such questions encouraged Elodie Briefer, a Swiss animal behavior researcher specializing in …
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The Natural Lives of Goats and Their Kids
Add to Favorites Despite thousands of years of domestication, goats still retain most of their natural behavior when learning, exploring and socializing. I expect you’ve noticed how a dam leaves …
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Bucks Enjoy Enrichment Exercise
Add to Favorites By Alex Becker – Dairy goats are social, energetic creatures. While most breeders keep several does together in the herd, often bucks are penned separately, mostly because …
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