Do you think goats should live within the city limits?

.137 acre? No way. How close are the houses with lots that size? Can you even walk around the perimeter?

My former next door neighbors used to have a couple of goats. I don't feel like we have big enough yards for that, with about 1/3-acre lots. I can't even imagine with only 1/6 of an acre!

I'm not goatist but I vote no, goats need a lot of room to do goat stuff. They love to run and jump and climb trees/mountains, a back yard is not the place for them imo. Plus they will need some kind of shelter, I believe goats don't do well in rainy conditions, and that will take away some of their exercise space.

The City of Boston is actually renting goats to chew back some of the overgrown areas in the city parks. I'd like to rent one for a day or two to eat all the poison ivy in my yard.


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If kept properly and well goats won't smell. Certainly less smelly than an unkept chicken coop. And way, way less than the unkept 8 cats who almost gassed me last week. It's important to keep any animal properly for the health and safety if both animal and people. In a 'city' the goats will have to be cleaned up after daily. Just like when you bring them to a fair or a show, daily cleaning. Period.

I do however, think males, even neutered can be hazardous. It depends heavily on the owner and frankly after seeing asshats with untrained unkept dogs, I can't trust 'owners' to do the right thing. Billy goats can be freakin nasty as bulls, and just st as dangerous, especially if they retain thier horns. So I wouldn't allow those at all if it were me.

I grew up on a goat farm, had 3 as pets, our first was a rescue infant goat whose mother died. We had to feed her round the clock for the first month. She was house trained and leash trained. She was wonderful and would have been less trouble than a dog.

Goats (Even tiny breeds) need more space than that, and given their (extremely) inquisitive nature, a lot that small wouldn't offer them what they need. And if the goats I now are anything to go by, they would get into all kinds of mischief to entertain themselves.

Goats do not belong in a back yard in the city ...

My BIL had them on his acreage, which is out of the city limits, and they still got into trouble  

For example, one kid left the back door open and they came home to find goats standing on the dining room table  

But I do think that goats are super cute so I guess I'm a goatist too   

No because the land is too small. 

I want goats in the city. I love that idea. The lot size is too small. It needs to be about double that.

dammit, now I want a baby dwarf goat

Seattle is the land of urban goats and chicken farms. I have lots of neighbors with one or the other (and pigs!), and I have never noticed that they even had them without expressly being invited back to meet them. It's a big city and our house lots are small.   

I can't say the same for neighbors with outdoor cats, and there are some dogs who make their presence known.

Well, except for in the case of my neighbor who takes her pig for walks. But that is a different story.

I love goats and use goat milk in my soaps. I vote No. I think they need more room to roam and play and just be goats. I'm really working on my DH to move to the country so I can have a small hobby farm. A few goats, chickens and maybe a few other animals. I've always been a city girl, but as I get older I have this need for space and quiet country.

No. I live on a farm and we have goats. I like them. If properly kept they don't smell worse than any other animal unless you have a billy that is peeing on himself. They need more space than that. They love to run and climb. You also need a really good fence to keep them in. They love to roam and are really good at finding even the smallest opening to escape. Our goats are big babies who carry on when they see us coming thinking we are bringing them treats. They can also be loud. We don't mind listening to them but they are our goats, a close neighbor may not appreciate it so much.

That's what I think too. A yard that tiny is going to make for some bored, troublesome goats. It's not in the animal's best interest to be kept in such a small space, smell or no smell.

My yard is about that big. I live in the city. I would not be happy if goats were allowed in the city.