Devocalizing Goats!? - Need HELP - I'm in trouble!!!!

[elevan]

They are your goats - you fought to change the zoning to have the right to have them.

You think this guy will get vindictive and do something to harm your goats? Trust me the animal cruelty laws out there are harsher than the noise ordinance laws.

Don't plead with him. Simply tell him that you are within your right to have the goats. And inform him that if any harm comes to your goats that you will make sure every letter of the law is followed in prosecuting him to the fullest.

Don't give up - fight back.

 

[Ariel301]

I have one goat that is a bit of a loudmouth. I have found though, that if she always has hay available 24-7 she stays quiet because she has something to do. You could try that, maybe. (If they are not already on constant access to food)

But it sounds like your goats are not really noisy at all. As a LaMancha breeder, I've found most LaManchas to be very quiet compared to Nubians, I can't stand their loud, obnoxious noises. I think your neighbor just has some sort of a problem and is out to get you. I've known people to do that, when I was growing up our neighbor was always calling the city on us saying that our horse (in a clean corral on our property, downhill from his property) was contaminating the well water and they wanted animal control to come take it away.

 

[freemotion]

Stop running to them every time they make a sound. That will make them even noisier in the long run. They are learning that you will jump to their whims if all they do is open their mouths.

They will get quieter (if you stop training them to baa!) as they get older, most likely. Can you get him to come meet them? I had a situation once where I was the one annoyed by a barking dog. Then the dog got loose one day and came for a visit. He was so sweet and friendly that after that his bark didn't annoy me.....I would think "oh, poor thing, he is lonely!"

I, too, urge you not to de-vocalize them and don't get rid of them. Work with this. Work with him and the laws. Let him know they will get quieter and get him to come see them. Who can't resist a goat?

Well, maybe he can, but it is worth a try.

 

[Mossy Stone Farm]

Please don't give into this unreasonalbel neighbour. You have the Zonning laws for your,animals. This guy is being an outright bully.

If all else fail try the collar they do work, my friend had to get on on her goat she bawled 24/7 Drove her owner over the wall.. now they are all one happy family and the collar only has to be on now once in a while for a reminder not to holler... Don't give up on them just yet!!!