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| You hear of racehorses having a goat as a friend. Does anyone use a goat for their horse's traveling companion in the barrel racing world? Interested to know if anyone does this and takes the goats to rodeos or super shows with their horse. What type and gender goat is best? |
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| LEslie WIllis and "Brookstone Forever" have a goat. She just won the BBR slot race on this horse with its goat buddy helping! |
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  A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | astreakinchic - 2015-05-07 3:10 PM
LEslie WIllis and "Brookstone Forever" have a goat. She just won the BBR slot race on this horse with its goat buddy helping!
Good old Kinder!
That's exactly who I was going to say something about. Seems to work for them for sure! |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Yep. A young lady and her friends take a goat with them. This goat will follow them while they ride through the streets ... just like a dog. I had a pygmy that picked my black mare to buddy up the most. When she layed down he was laying on her back. when she was getting up he would plant himself in the middle of her back and stay there he layed on her back while she was eating or walking around. I would take her out to saddle up . the goat would follow jump on the fender of the trailer and jump on to her back. When it rained he stood under her belly. he got along with the other horses just as much. he was a hoot. Goats are awesome. |
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 Buttered Noodles Snacker
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Location: NC | I know a lady who bought a goat for her mare for when going to the big 3 day events to keep her calm in the stall. helped her mare alot. |
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Location: Kansas | Following, I want one for my gelding. |
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Location: Arkansas | My grandpa kept goats with his racehorses. My Mom visited with Leslie Willis at the BBR while waiting to see Dr. Ford. She had the goat with her horse even to see the vet. IMO, its cheaper and better than meds! We have a goat that runs with our horses. SHE lets us know when they are doing something they shouldn't or she thinks they shouldn't be (getting out, into feed, running the pastures), lol.. |
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| No goat. But we did get Vegas her own mini pony. I know on the track, goats tend to disappear. If I were getting a goat, I'd probably look into a willie (neutered male). I'd stick with a dairy breed or dairy cross. Less likely to end up on someone's grill than a meat goat. Most pygmys I've been around are crazy or mean. You definitely want one that's been well handled from birth. Goats are pretty pricey right now. If you go to a sale barn, don't go to the first sale of the month. That's when the prices are really high on goats. Or around holidays (especially Muslim ones). |
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Saint Stacey
| Single raised goats tend to be better because they act more like dogs than ones raised in a goat herd. |
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | I have thought about it because Clifford does not handle being alone very well, but so far I haven't given him a goat of his own. It might be worth trying because he is a nightmare if I leave him alone at the trailer even for a few minutes. He used to eat with a nanny goat we call Sweetcakes but she has grown up and is now out with the rest of the goats all the time. |
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Location: midwest mama | What do people do when they have the goat at a barrel race with them?
I understand they will go in the stall with the horse, but what about when the horse is tied to the trailer? or when you are warming up and running?
Pardon my ignorance, but I have never been anywhere that someone has a goat with them. LOL |
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She's a Tough One
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| I tried it. Didn't work for me personally. Goat bonded to horse, horse didn't bond to goat. I do know it has worked for some because it was recommended to me for a buddy sour horse. |
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| OldSchoolCowgirl - 2015-05-08 3:26 PM
What do people do when they have the goat at a barrel race with them?
I understand they will go in the stall with the horse, but what about when the horse is tied to the trailer? or when you are warming up and running?
Pardon my ignorance, but I have never been anywhere that someone has a goat with them. LOL
You can just throw them in the back of the trailer or stick them in a large dog crate. I personally think a mini pony is a better option. It's easier for a horse to bond to another equine than it is a goat. |
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| The lady who won our NBHA state show in 2013 and then won the entire Senior 1D at our state show in 2014 hauls a goat around with her to shows.
Some places won't let you have any other animal in the stall with your horse so always check before you go. |
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 The Color Specialist
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Location: Washington. (The DRY side.) | I think if a horse HAS to have a buddy, a mini or pony is the better option. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my goats, however, some of the horses...Not so much! Some of the horses love them, others want to take a chunk out of them.. I would also be concerned for the goat if you were somewhere where you had to tie to the trailer rather than use a stall. What would you do with the goat? Sure, goats can be tied up, but, the way everyones dang dogs always run a muck, that isn't really safe for the goat. |
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Location: Montana | The cutiest little white pig showed up at our barn and our yearling thinks she is his best buddy. They play and then share feed. I do not like pigs but little thing is SOOO cute. |
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A goat friend for a nervous horse to bond to?