I walk my pet goat...people think he's a dog with horns

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Meet Boo - a 10-year-old pet goat who goes for daily walks around  local estates and parks with owner, David Hughes.

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00:00 Good boy.

00:06 Hi I'm David, this is Boo at my feet.

00:10 He's having a rest after a bit of a walk.

00:14 Boo's ten years old.

00:16 I've had him since he was born.

00:18 He was born in the pen.

00:20 I got his mum for milk and she came pregnant with Boo.

00:27 We were expecting two girls and we got one great Boo.

00:34 But he's very useful because he keeps the foxes off the chickens and he likes his walks

00:39 and he entertains everybody else on the walk as well.

00:54 So I started walking Boo when he was about a year old.

00:57 I noticed he had a slightly dodgy shoulder so I was keeping it stretched and keeping

01:02 it exercised.

01:04 His mum didn't like walking, she used to sit down and then sort of go onto her elbows when

01:09 she was trying to take her for a walk.

01:12 But Boo was quite happy to go for walks.

01:17 People's reaction, it really cheers people up.

01:19 It entertains Boo, it keeps him exercised, but people find it unusual.

01:24 I told one lady, I said it's a horned dog and she said, but it looks like a goat.

01:28 I said, OK, it is a goat.

01:32 Generally, either people walk straight past and Boo feels very perturbed about that or

01:38 he gets the attention and he loves the attention.

01:45 So he's surprisingly good on the lead when he's walking.

01:50 Although he does like his shortcuts and he likes to know his route back, but I think

01:58 he's a lot better on the lead than a lot of dogs are.

02:07 When he meets dogs, there are three reactions that he gets.

02:15 One the dog ignores him, or the dog's interested, or the dog starts to bark.

02:20 On a couple of occasions I've had a few dogs dancing around him, but he shows them the

02:25 horns.

02:26 He's never contacted the dogs, but he likes to keep them in eye shot.

02:32 Get the horns!

02:34 They're all getting a bit excited.

02:40 So I take him out on designated routes.

02:44 You've got to register a map of routes where he walks and that is after the foot and mouth

02:51 disease.

02:52 I feel slightly aggrieved at this because the goats and the great orm wander into the

02:56 Azurra or so in Clan Dudno without a goat walking licence, but it does allow me to take

03:01 him out and about every day.

03:04 When Boo's out and about, he's fascinated by most things.

03:08 Slightly scared by horses.

03:09 We have some big horses occasionally come through the park, but everything else he finds

03:14 quite fascinating.

03:15 His ears go forward and he loves to see these things.

03:19 On Christmas day I took him for a walk with a reindeer conversion kit which consisted

03:25 of a set of antlers on a headband and it was the centre of attention.

03:33 Apart from one person who walked straight past him.

03:36 He was quite upset about that I think.

03:38 Yeah Boo loves his walks and I keep taking him for a walk whilst he's happy to walk around

03:44 and he'll continue to keep entertained and entertain everybody else.

03:52 I'm afraid he treats barking with contempt, you know what he's like.

04:17 Come here.

04:24 Come here.

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