Nigerian Dwarf Goat Bucket Commotion

Occurred on August 3, 2024 / Lester, West Virginia, USA

Info from Licensor: "I give my goats multiple feeding and watering stations. My plan was to use a bucket as one of them. The goal was to secure the bucket to the fence line (with the handle removed or secured so that this situation wouldn’t happen). I left the bucket unsecured for only a few minutes while I went in the house to gather the necessary supplies. Approximately 5 minutes went by and I heard a commotion outside along with a big thump. My first thought was that one of my goats may had jumped onto the porch. I looked out of the window at our back door and discovered my Nigerian Dwarf goat named Phoebe had went to eat out of the bucket and somehow maneuvered the handle over her head, which resulted in the bucket getting stuck on her head. According to the goat’s previous owners, she was born in the wintertime, which made it difficult to get her socialized. Because of this, she is naturally skittish of everyone and everything, so this freaked her out. This was very similar to a cat getting their self stuck in a grocery bag and freaking out which is why I laughed so hard. My older Nubian goat, Casper, was standing there looking so confused looking at her and then looking at me like, 'What the heck is wrong with her? Do I help her?!'; Goats are 100% like toddlers, which means they get into EVERYTHING! Buckets included! My goats are continuously doing things to make us laugh because I swear they aren’t normal, but this event really took the cake which is why it was so funny! I did get the bucket off of Phoebe within a couple minutes. At first, I was wondering how in the world I would even catch her because we had just gotten her to a point where she’ll let us touch her. I had to get out her favorite treat (animal crackers) and once I got her close enough to the fence, I was able to grab ahold of her and get the bucket off. Still to this day, she refuses to eat from that bucket. Goat life is very entertaining as you can tell. No goats were harmed in the making of this video!"