Do adult goats "hop" like kids?

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I was watching some youtube videos of some baby goats and thought it was really cute how when they run and play they start hopping :love . Do adult goats do this too?
 

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My younger does occasionally do, on a cool day when they are running in from the pasture. Just a few hops, then those big udders get in the way! :p They do some sparring every day, though, usually in the morning. They get much more sedate as they grow up. Thank goodness. They don't challenge the fencing so much anymore, either.
 

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Yes! Though not quite as often, at least in my herd. But I love it when they do... it always starts a stampede! :lol:
 

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When the weather is cool, they get more playful. The adults I mean.

I love to watch the babies. Mine run up a tree, and then launch themselves off to fly thru the air. What a sight.

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Thank you guys! I just can't get enough of watching these goat videos! Haha! :p They are just so cute. :weee
 

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There's nothing more satisfying than when your 10 yr old doe bounces around and play fights w/ the others on a cool morning...b/c that is one healthy, happy, old goat and you must be doing something right.
 

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My doe loves to do the "bounce and twist and hop sideways" thing, usually when she's walking back to the pasture after she's milked in the morning. :p And my 3 yr old ewe will still run and "bound" like lambs do, and usually sheep stop doing that after about a year...guess they're too "grown up" to act like lambs. :lol:
 

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Roll farms said:
There's nothing more satisfying than when your 10 yr old doe bounces around and play fights w/ the others on a cool morning...b/c that is one healthy, happy, old goat and you must be doing something right.
I agree 100%. You KNOW they're feeling good when they get "the crazies" as we call them here.
 

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I have a 3 year old ewe that does it sometimes, usually when she is on alert about something. I have never seen her do it playfully though.
 
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