Talk:Goatherd

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This is not the perfect Wikipedia article, but I like it. The comparison with "fisherman" really clears things up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toroboro (talk • contribs) 22:35, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Goats

From personal experience I can tell you that "Herding a goat is much harder than herding sheep.[citation needed]". Sheep are stupid and stick together ^{It is a fact}, Goats are crafty buggers that will work out ways to avoid the care of the Goatherd, doing things like suddenly climbing up an unassailable walls or running off suddenly further afield for (goat) goodies en masse but by multiple routes. Tricky bastards. I know its is hardly verifiable, but still, if you have to look afer goats take it as read that "Herding a goat is much harder than herding sheep." That is why you have Sheep dog but not Goat dog --Alchemist Jack (talk) 02:47, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Sheep flock together and graze, whereas goats tend to browse or nibble and move on (generalized feeder). Opinion from British Goat Society [1] the feeding behaviour of goats [2]. --Alchemist Jack (talk) 22:26, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Another reason why Goats may be harder to herd -" Under conditions of extreme nutritional stress Malechek and Narjisse (1987) have reported sheep forage lazily and do not cover wide areas, while goats search more vigorously, even for litter and for less palatable shrubs". ref-quote in A. Nastis Feeding Behaviour of Goats and utilisation of pasture and rangelandDept. of Range and Wildlife Sci. Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece. p 40. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alchemist Jack (talk • contribs) 22:56, 14 September 2009 (UTC)