Do sheep and goats make the same sound? In other words, if I blindfolded someone and put them next to one of them could they accurately identify which one made the relevant noise?
2006-11-15 23:02:12 · 10 answers · asked by dave_taylor1900 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Other people have pretty much answered your question, but seeing as I've owned both (and yet have goats) I'll add a little bit to it. If the person listening had never heard a goat or a sheep before, they wouldn't probably know the difference . . . if they've heard sheep before, then they would definetly know which was the sheep and which the goat, , unless the sheep had been bottle-fed and raised with goats (which I did twice, with orphan sheep) and if raised with goats, the baby sheep (lamb) will grow up sounding very much like a goat. Also, different BREEDS of goat sound very different. Saanen (white dairy goat breed) goats sound very similar to sheep except their voice is higher pitched -- but Nubian (long eared dual purpose goat breed) goats sound very much like a crying human child/baby. So there is no one 'perfect' answer to your question LOL -- I do think it would make an interesting competition at a fair tho' -- spectators pay a dollar to be blind folded, the listen to a noise and identify it. Could be fun :)
2006-11-17 10:52:09 · answer #1 · answered by Rock Island 1 · 5⤊ 0⤋
If the person listening had never heard a goat or a sheep before, they wouldn't probably know the difference . . . if they've heard sheep before, then they would definetly know which was the sheep and which the goat, , unless the sheep had been bottle-fed and raised with goats (which I did twice, with orphan sheep) and if raised with goats, the baby sheep (lamb) will grow up sounding very much like a goat. Also, different BREEDS of goat sound very different. Saanen (white dairy goat breed) goats sound very similar to sheep except their voice is higher pitched -- but Nubian (long eared dual purpose goat breed) goats sound very much like a crying human child/baby. So there is no one 'perfect' answer to your question LOL -- I do think it would make an interesting competition at a fair tho' -- spectators pay a dollar to be blind folded, the listen to a noise and identify it. Could be fun :)
2016-03-17 07:20:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.
2016-07-18 16:28:27 · answer #3 · answered by brenda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the goat noise is a little higher pitch, but other than that, they are pretty much the same.
2006-11-15 23:07:06 · answer #4 · answered by shop_4_evr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lamb Noise
2016-12-26 06:31:11 · answer #5 · answered by tijerina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
owning both i can tell you they make different sounds. my sheep baa- baa. the goats maa-maa - which tends at times to sound like a preschool child yelling ma-ma . cant tell you how many times i have gone frantic running out the door thinking one of my 4 human kids were in trouble only to find dumb old goats standing there looking at me like i was a looney.
2006-11-16 01:10:17 · answer #6 · answered by kayann01 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
they both go baaa.. but if you are around them enough, say live on a farm, they have a slightly different tone in the baaa. like if you have a big dog and a little dog.. you can tell their bark apart.. same with goats and sheep
2006-11-15 23:08:08 · answer #7 · answered by Mintee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
goats go MAAAAA and sheep go BAAAA! In aswer to your question, Yes you can tell them apart, but you have to listen very carefully.
2006-11-15 23:26:20 · answer #8 · answered by golden rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they do
2006-11-15 23:11:42 · answer #9 · answered by Odete D 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hmmmmm i guess not! they have diffrent sound .
2006-11-16 00:18:21 · answer #10 · answered by Sarafriday 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋