From a wannabe farmer to a dog with dementia – your pet queries answered
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HE is on a mission to help our pets . . . and is here to answer YOUR questions. Sean, who is the head vet at tailored pet food firm tails.com, has helped with owners’ queries for ten years. He says: “If your pet is acting funny or is under the weather, or you want to know about nutrition or exercise, just ask. I can help keep pets happy and healthy.”.
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Q: I LOVE Clarkson’s Farm and would like to breed my own goats like Jeremy does. But do they make suitable family pets?. I’m worried they might be too aggressive to keep around young kids. John Roberts, Milton Keynes. Sean says: It’s probably not as easy or as fun as it’s made out to be on any TV programme.
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The wonders of editing have a lot to answer for in encouraging people to get pets they think are cute or fun without really doing their homework. Goats are pure mischief, great escape artists and quite boisterous. I’m not sure there is a great market for selling any offspring you produce so if you are set on getting them, ask yourself carefully if you really need to breed from them or just have a couple as contented family pets.
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You’ll need land and shelter for them, preferably pasture on rotation so they don’t turn a single field into a muddy mess. They are generally quite tame if handled well. Best advice is to go and spend time with a goat keeper with your kids and do your research.
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