Re: Horse-children
  By: Mike Powell to Kurt Weiske on Fri May 03 2024 03:58 pm

 >  > There's a goat farm called Harley Farms in Pescadero, California -
 >  > right on the coast. There's a hundred or so goats, and they're all
 >  > very socialized - come right up to the fence and wait for skritches.
 >  > The baby ones are cute.
 >
 > It may be that, like many other animals, it depends on how they are bred
 > and taken care of as young animals.  The goats I have been around were
 > breat for "the farm" and were not as socialized with humans.  I do like
 > goats so that sounds like fun.

Animals can be socialized AND stubborn at the same time.

You could go through a hundred cycles of "Sophie, stop biting the broomstick"
[Sophie leaves the broomstick alone for 3 minutes, then returns and starts
playing with it again].

I suspect they are stubborn precisely because they are socialized and want your
attention.


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