dididog Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Clearly done for a bit of a laugh but without any real forethought to the repurcussions... some guy takes his (pretty placid) goat to a really busy dog park... watch here. I for one would be extremely annoyed if that happened while I was at a dog park, some of those dogs came very close to a horn or a hoof to the head and I'm sure could have been pretty badly hurt. Even after seeing that most of the dogs were uncomfortable he still let it off the leash... Sadder still is people feeling the need to tell their dogs off because they are reacting badly to the goat which is fair enough as I assume most city dogs have never seen one! Really irritates me when people do stupid things to their animals for social media attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korbin13 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 That poor goat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsfevr Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 The goat had better manners than the dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sezy Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 The goat had better manners than the dogs Agreed! Poor Gary being harassed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dididog Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Well I spose if all of those dogs were as used to goats as Gary was used to dogs they probably would've reacted a bit differently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Just shake my head, poor bloody goat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denali Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 i saw this the other day.. I was bit worried that he was going to catch a dog with his horns. My dog would have gone crazy if we were there.. and likely would have been hurt for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 gary was so cool & collected !! I'm surprised the dog owners were so accepting! why on earth would gary want to put it on his FB page though? I'm sure not many other goats wanted to see it :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaJ Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 That guy was just stirring up - I liked the way the Lab came round the front and had a good look and a tail wag and the BC tried to herd it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankdog Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I think it's cruel and irresponsible. Putting the goat in a situation where he could be attacked and putting the dogs at risk of attacking an animal. Unacceptable for an owner of any animal to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavNrott Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 In my opinion the goat owner is a fool. Why would he even think of taking a goat to a dog park? I'm sure the goat would have been stressed with all those naturally inquisitive dogs and it put the dogs in danger of being impaled by those horns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 ;) ...he apparently does lots of stuff which he has on his FB page ... CLICK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sash Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 What a stupid thing to do with a bunch of animals not used to each other... I feel sorry for the stressed out goat and for the dogs or people that might have been gored if the goat did panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Badly behaved dogs. Goat owner appears to be a complete numpty. Goat was very stressed, and why the hell would you take a goat to a dog park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee lee Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 ;) ...he apparently does lots of stuff which he has on his FB page ... CLICK Well, so that was Gary I saw up at kings cross on Saturday night. :laugh: Honestly what a silly thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajirin Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Goat headbutts hurt [especially with horned goats]. I've had many deep bruises on my legs from my Carl [who's about the same size and horn size as Gary] and that's just from him playing. So for a dog who's smaller rib bones could easily be broken from a playful headbutt [or even a fearful headbutt]. Had a mate who's ridgeback got a few broken ribs from a polled sheep that he went to close to in a paddock. I usually like the Gary the Goat stories, but this one was a bit silly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denali Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I usually like the Gary the Goat stories, but this one was a bit silly I agree. they can be quite funny :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 That poor goat My initial impression, too. But I wonder how stressed out he was actually? He did have good recall, but that's not to say he should have been allowed into the dog park. I wonder if the council knows and just doesn't care? I think the dog owners were just as irresponsible, too, but probably don't have much understanding of the damage a hard headed animal can do. No way I'd be allowing my dogs to harass a goat, leash free area or otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salukifan Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 The worst kind of attention seeking behaviour IMO - one that placed goat and dogs at risk. I'd have called the rangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 The worst kind of attention seeking behaviour IMO - one that placed goat and dogs at risk. I'd have called the rangers. Agree totally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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