Excellent. Good on the city of Rocklin. I grew up on a farm, and we used goats like that regularly. They basically anything, and are generally happy about it. Heed the warning about the male ones though. As a kid, I ended up bumped a few times, not thinking... No harm done, and good entertainment for others, who somehow found it possible to watch it happen, without finding it possible to shout a friendly warning...
Ours loved the thorny plants, and went for them and thicker grasses every time.
I've a natural immunity to poison oak, BTW. My mother ended up with a nasty case of it, while I was busy gestating! It was not known until a camping trip, where I basically had chosen a patch to relax in. Nothing significant happened! It's not genetic, because I had come in contact with my brother, who reacted normally to the stuff.
IMHO, I think it's really cool to use the dog. Ours were never that well trained, though they were good for short stints. Nice looking dog too. Bet he's really happy!
Great! Just intercepted the following message that the goats are coming back, maybe in time for UPEW:
<snip> Hello,
The City of Rocklin notified us that goats and sheep will return again this year to graze in some of the fields around our business park. Enjoy the change of scenery between mid-February and May. You can help by not placing any yard clippings, rat poison or potted plants in the open space area. Please minimize disturbance to both the grazing herd and companion dogs and do not allow pets into the open space area while the goats and sheep are grazing.
<snip>
Wonder if quadcopters will be a hazard to the goats. I can imagine that the goat-keeper dog won't like these things buzzing overhead!
What is that fence made of? Is it painted metal or plastic coated? Is it plastic net style fencing? Doesn't appear that they have any electrified sections, just the dog to keep them in?
I was wondering about the fence also. And what's the purpose of the battery cable clamps that are in the bottom of the second photo? It looks like they are just clamped on the fence.
I have a resident goat next door. It has 2 supervisors. They think they are in control too, whenever you get near then they start yaping like anything. Having said that, these "supervisors" are smaller than the goat itself so its hard to take them seriously.
Don't be fooled by their disguises. They may appear to goats, but actually they are Arduino spys keeping up on the latest Parallax initiatives. I highly recommend that you double your security and hire an additional night watchmen.
Hey Ken: I'm reviving this thread because your goats just arrived down here in So Cal on the Palos Verdes peninsula. Nice ocean view, eating everything in sight. It's a big petting zoo for all us city folks!
If you look up falling goats on you tube, there are a few videos of a particular breed of goats whose defense mechanism is to freeze and fall over. They can't help it, if you frighten them they just fall over and it takes a minute or two before they can get up. Its really funny.
Are they all males? It seems like someone would actually set up a goat's milk dairy and goat's milk cheese. And of course, the females are less trouble than the male of most species....
They're back - several hundred of them moving quickly across the adjacent property.
Notice the temporary fence.
Remember this really instinctive dog shown on the first page of this thread? Well, he's back and he's smarter than ever. This time he did something that really surprised me (maybe because I only own a cat). Basically, he found a nice way to get out of the goat fence through a creek that goes underneath the road by Parallax. In this photo, he's outside of the goat pen and across the road, keeping guard of the whole situation from 200 feet away. Outside of the goat pen he had a really good vantage point, letting him supervise the whole crew from a distance. While casing the outer perimeter he kept his eyes pegged on his crew.
I parked my car and watched him go back and forth from the goat pen to total freedom several times.
Remember this really instinctive dog shown on the first page of this thread? Well, he's back and he's smarter than ever.
Dogs can be unbelievably smart. Except for one thing: I have never met a dog able to loosen a stuck chain (maybe they're out there but they hide really well). Watch a dog smart enough to understand everyday speech (I've met two, they were almost humanlike and would, literally, do the shopping for you - unsupervised), and still unable to unwind their chain from a pole or if it gets stuck between something. They always drag the chain, it never occurs to them to move the other way to fix the problem. Amazingly stupid and smart at the same time..
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Ours loved the thorny plants, and went for them and thicker grasses every time.
I've a natural immunity to poison oak, BTW. My mother ended up with a nasty case of it, while I was busy gestating! It was not known until a camping trip, where I basically had chosen a patch to relax in. Nothing significant happened! It's not genetic, because I had come in contact with my brother, who reacted normally to the stuff.
IMHO, I think it's really cool to use the dog. Ours were never that well trained, though they were good for short stints. Nice looking dog too. Bet he's really happy!
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He uses an FT-817, one of the radios I have. I don't think that he has his goats communicating with other goats, yet.
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<snip> Hello,
The City of Rocklin notified us that goats and sheep will return again this year to graze in some of the fields around our business park. Enjoy the change of scenery between mid-February and May. You can help by not placing any yard clippings, rat poison or potted plants in the open space area. Please minimize disturbance to both the grazing herd and companion dogs and do not allow pets into the open space area while the goats and sheep are grazing.
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Wonder if quadcopters will be a hazard to the goats. I can imagine that the goat-keeper dog won't like these things buzzing overhead!
Ken Gracey
Maybe you can sell a set of ELEV-8 quadcopters as the latest technology in goat herding. A few of them buzzing around should get them moving....
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You don't want to absorb the liability associated with flying contraptions over other people's private property and animals, and public roadways?
Really "what could possibly go wrong?"!
Ken Gracey
Bruce
Sometimes it's nice to be king... <smirk>
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Why nothing can go wrong....... go wrong.... goe rong.........
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Bright red from quadcopter crash or yellow from a rapid fire paintball gun. Tough decision - we need an exterior decorator for this call.
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Just like at the mall.
Not sure how it all fits into reducing CO2 emissions though.
Nooooo!!!(Falls off the chair with hands covering his face..)
I just found out! Ken did what he had to do. Replacing Penguins with Goats confirms global warming and glacier meltdown.
I urge everyone to keep their cute little Penguins indoors, providing fresh batteries and a proper cool climate for their continuing survival.
Notice the temporary fence.
Remember this really instinctive dog shown on the first page of this thread? Well, he's back and he's smarter than ever. This time he did something that really surprised me (maybe because I only own a cat). Basically, he found a nice way to get out of the goat fence through a creek that goes underneath the road by Parallax. In this photo, he's outside of the goat pen and across the road, keeping guard of the whole situation from 200 feet away. Outside of the goat pen he had a really good vantage point, letting him supervise the whole crew from a distance. While casing the outer perimeter he kept his eyes pegged on his crew.
I parked my car and watched him go back and forth from the goat pen to total freedom several times.
Don't get any ideas ....
-Tor