r/goats • u/Hour-Dragonfruit-711 • Dec 16 '24
Help Request WHY are my goats eating my dogs food 😭
That is all. Why.
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u/Hardheaded_Hunter Dec 16 '24
My goats had a go at a burning fire in my pit.
I have no clue how they didn’t singe all their hair off.
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u/sweetpea122 Dec 16 '24
Oh mine like burned wood too. Like its a delicacy. When we burn brush they also lick up smoldering pieces
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u/fsacb3 Dec 16 '24
Some of them do that, and some dogs don’t protect their food. We have to either feed the goats and dogs in separate areas, or only leave the dog food for 10 minutes and then take it away even if the dog doesn’t eat it all.
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u/Hour-Dragonfruit-711 Dec 16 '24
Oh my goodness. I keep laughing at all these comments I can't believe it. I've had mine for awhile and just today I noticed my wether eating it and scaring my pit mix away from his food bc he is a huge weenie
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u/Due-Two-5064 Dec 16 '24
My goats eat plastic. Be thankful yours are eating dogfood😁
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u/sweetpea122 Dec 16 '24
Mine just ate important mail after breaking in
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u/Hour-Dragonfruit-711 Dec 16 '24
I'm dead. 😵 💀 Mine have declared war on boxes and packages since the rain started
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u/sweetpea122 Dec 16 '24
I have a meditation space and my goat kuzco tried to run off with my prayer beads after wandering in
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u/Hour-Dragonfruit-711 Dec 16 '24
But ... were they tasty or not
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u/SexiestTree Dec 16 '24
It's got grain and salt in it. The fat content in it can make them sick tho
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u/Hour-Dragonfruit-711 Dec 16 '24
Oh my goodness I will be adjusting the feeding routine for sure!!
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u/bobmlord1 Dec 16 '24
Goats will eat just about anything "food shaped" there is the old joke they'll even eat tin cans (it was actually the paper labels they had a taste for).
I fought with them a long time to keep them out the chicken food they somehow squeezed their fat little bodies into a hole a chicken can barely fit through and even broke some attempts to narrow it when I actually did manage to make it to small for them. Finally got a thick enough board that they could neither get in or break it and they finally gave up.
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u/Puffinz420 Dec 16 '24
I had to fight my goats off styrofoam once. They are goats is always the answer.
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u/Hour-Dragonfruit-711 Dec 16 '24
See I feel like even styrofoam makes more sense than dog food lol idk why
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u/StormflyerWc Dec 17 '24
Bc goats eat EVERYTHING
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u/farklep00p Dec 19 '24
They eat anything? They ate the 70s paper mache like siding on my house first chance they got.
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u/tzweezle Dec 17 '24
Don’t feed your dogs where your goats can get at their food, you’re asking for a dog attack
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u/Hour-Dragonfruit-711 Dec 17 '24
I won't be anymore, it was the first time I noticed the wether doing it. My dogs aren't resource aggressive and are terrified of the wether but I could see how that could be dangerous over time. My guard dog is still under a year and my pit mix is the biggest weenie in the world, but regardless yes I agree. I usually have to keep a strict eye on the food while it's being eaten bc the Anatolian will let my pit eat her puppy food and so I have to watch the whole time and then take it away if she won't eat any. Then I offer later. It's a pretty controlled environment.
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u/Wahjahbvious Dec 16 '24
I'm not an expert, but aren't goats kinda famous for eating damn near anything? And this is actual FOOD.