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Why do Goats wear collars?

 
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I would ask a goat though John says they are liars so I might not get a straight answer:

https://permies.com/t/281005/Goats-liars
 
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I gotta think there's more than one goat out there named 'Houdini'.... ;-)

They are outfitted with collars as a means to initiate the game of "Where did your collar go!???....".  Then the search begins, with Houdini munching grass while playing timekeeper. Ha!
 
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Simple answer is probably so they can be easily attached to their milking stand. . . though you may be interested in why some cows and goats wear bells?  Because their horns don't work  (Sorry, couldn't resist )
 
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It makes them a lot easier to catch and move around where you want them to. Like, out of the vegetable garden, or to where you want to milk them.

Here's a little video I took last year while we were doing some emergency milking. This goat (called 'Naked'...) had a new-born which was only drinking from one side so we had to milk out the other side. But the goats didn't know us and this one was a bit anxious about being caught by a stranger. Without the collar, things could have gotten a lot more interesting!

 
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