Goats are some of the sweetest, most playful creatures… but boy, do their horns pack a punch.
Anyone who’s thinking about adding a goat to their family should know that dodging headbutts is a part of everyday life with these feisty critters. For some owners, it becomes such a problem that they have to get creative to avoid a trip to the hospital and to protect their other pets. Pool noodles, tennis balls, whatever works, right?
That’s how fed-up goat parents taught these brats there are foam-filled consequences for misbehaving.
1. Goat or bearded alien sporting antennae? We’ll let you be the judge.
![naughty goat pool noodle](https://www.inspiremore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/goat-horn-protection.jpg)
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2. No pool noodles? No problem! Buckets work just as well.
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3. “We made our pygmy goat Nic Cage kid-friendly this weekend.”
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4. “He’s not going to poke me again!”
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5. “Our friends had goats and one of them would get a little rowdy. I was nervous being around him when I got pregnant, so they improvised.”
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6. “Someone wouldn’t stop headbutting.”
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7. “This was soon after I arrived home and wasn’t being the best goat, so to protect the house this is what happened!”
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8. “My goat kept trying to play-fight with me so I had to put tennis balls on his horns and he’s so cute.”
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9. “Update: the tennis balls didn’t stay on so we are trying pool noodles.”
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10. It doesn’t get much cuter than goats wearing custom hats on their horns.
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11. At least these cuties can look silly together.
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12. And here we see the noodles of shame.
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13. Unicorns DO exist!
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14. “When you are so naughty and aren’t allowed out with your friends unless your horns are padded.”
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15. Here’s an amusing look at these babies in action.
These goats may be naughty, but they sure look cute with their new accessories, don’t you think?
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