I don't even own goats, and I still know that an uncastrated male goat will get odorous and have an attitude. If the goat in question was stinky and mean, it was her own fault and responsibility.
I also grew up on a farm with cattle and chickens, and with more than our share of "dumped" dogs (seriously - our house was near the local grave…
I don't even own goats, and I still know that an uncastrated male goat will get odorous and have an attitude. If the goat in question was stinky and mean, it was her own fault and responsibility.
I also grew up on a farm with cattle and chickens, and with more than our share of "dumped" dogs (seriously - our house was near the local gravel-bar party spot, and was the spot of choice for abandoning your dogs - we had over 20 one year). We managed, somehow, to find homes for them all, because there was no humane society in the county at all. We had one dog we were going to keep, but he chased cattle, so we found him another home in town. We couldn't afford to have dogs around that kept harassing the cattle and running them through fences. It's not unheard of for a dog to be shot if it's in the act of chasing/killing livestock and can't be stopped, but it's not common in my experience, and is done as a last resort.
I don't even own goats, and I still know that an uncastrated male goat will get odorous and have an attitude. If the goat in question was stinky and mean, it was her own fault and responsibility.
I also grew up on a farm with cattle and chickens, and with more than our share of "dumped" dogs (seriously - our house was near the local gravel-bar party spot, and was the spot of choice for abandoning your dogs - we had over 20 one year). We managed, somehow, to find homes for them all, because there was no humane society in the county at all. We had one dog we were going to keep, but he chased cattle, so we found him another home in town. We couldn't afford to have dogs around that kept harassing the cattle and running them through fences. It's not unheard of for a dog to be shot if it's in the act of chasing/killing livestock and can't be stopped, but it's not common in my experience, and is done as a last resort.