Classic Rock Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 I was sitting at home enjoying some peace and quiet yesterday when the silence was broken by the sound of bleating. Really, really loud bleating. The bleating has been constant throughout the daylight hours, goes quiet when it goes dark and started again this morning and it ran on and on all day. My dog is really unnerved by this and you can hear it in the house, even through the double glazing!!! Looking out of my back bedroom window I've spotted that my neighbour has set up a compound in the bottom of their garden and stuck two goats in it!!! Loud, bleating, noisy goats! I like my neighbours and don't wanna fall out with them, but this is annoying. They have small children who have obviously fallen in love with them and I don't wanna a) take a child's pet away by complaining or b)have a row with them or complain to them directly as it'll disrupt the good neighbour relations we have.....but at the same time, I don't want the noise. Then there's the foot and mouth issue. Do you need a licence to keep goats?? What should I do? Oh and I don't have access to their garden, nor do I want to kill them particularly. They are cute, but loud.
teeny Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 no you don't need a licence to keep goats, it only if you move them I know as my friend has goats
holidayhutch Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 My Ex - SIL has Toggenburgs and they are noisy little devils so you have my sympathy. You may not want to disrupt your relationship with your neighbour, but she must surely have known they would make a noise and should have warned or discussed this with you out of courtesy if nothing else before she got them.
neeeeeeeeeek Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 What does foot and mouth have to do with it? It's not like you can catch it!
Classic Rock Posted March 3, 2008 Author Posted March 3, 2008 I know that, but I've had other people tell me that keeping livestock can mean the disease could be carried. I'm going on third hand info. Any suggestions as to the way forward?
Lotti Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 hmm... Lottie rethinks plan to keep goats in the future...
pet-walkiz Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 I know that, but I've had other people tell me that keeping livestock can mean the disease could be carried. I'm going on third hand info. Any suggestions as to the way forward? maybe you should buy a cockerel and a couple of cows??
Lotti Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 I know that, but I've had other people tell me that keeping livestock can mean the disease could be carried. I'm going on third hand info. Any suggestions as to the way forward? Muzzle the goats? Sorry really don't have a clue... I plan to keep goats to train them (don't ask) so hopefully they won't have much time or energy to bleat! I wonder if you can get boredom buster toys for goats?
Classic Rock Posted March 3, 2008 Author Posted March 3, 2008 I think I'm going to have to ask this question somewhere else in the Forum to get a wider viewpoint.
Classic Rock Posted March 3, 2008 Author Posted March 3, 2008 I was sitting at home enjoying some peace and quiet yesterday when the silence was broken by the sound of bleating. Really, really loud bleating. The bleating has been constant throughout the daylight hours, goes quiet when it goes dark and started again this morning and it ran on and on all day. My dog is really unnerved by this and you can hear it in the house, even through the double glazing!!! Looking out of my back bedroom window I've spotted that my neighbour has set up a compound in the bottom of their garden and stuck two goats in it!!! Loud, bleating, noisy goats! I like my neighbours and don't wanna fall out with them, but this is annoying. They have small children who have obviously fallen in love with them and I don't wanna a) take a child's pet away by complaining or b)have a row with them or complain to them directly as it'll disrupt the good neighbour relations we have.....but at the same time, I don't want the noise. What should I do? Oh and I don't have access to their garden, nor do I want to kill them particularly. They are cute, but loud.
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