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Owning Goatsgets fo First I would like to say thank. you for taking the time to look. at our application and all the. information we have provided for us to..get 2.goats.as pets at our property. We are looking to get 21ittle goats as pets (and for landscaping in the field) and would keep them on our field we have behind the house: I know that this property previously had 2-3 horses at a time on the field and they kept them in the barn at night. We would have the fenced area going up. to the barn door so bad weather, nighttime and wintertime they could be brought in there for their safety. I have attached a map of the. property and the. space they would be in, with all measurements. The goats will be registered with the state of MN through the National Scra pie Eradication Program,. which is required in Minnesota for anyone awning a goat, The fenced in area would have 4 foot fencing (Solidlock Pro High Tensile Fixed Knot Fence, 12.5 ga.) which is held in with metal T-posts(which go about.a foot to. two feet, in the ground.) in the fenced in area they would have a goat house for some. shelter if they want during the day and to climb on. To get into the. fenced area besides through the barn the farm gate would. beheld In with 2 Superior Cedar Round Cedar Fence Posts.. When talking about having. goats as pets it's like comparing. them to owning a few larger type dogs (even though these goats would more. likely: be smaller than a large dog, more the size of a medium dog maybe). They produce similar amounts of waste, are as vocal as dogs and are fenced in like dogs in residential areas. Being as vocal as dogs; they ore quieter than dogs because:they would not be barking at cars, people and noises they hear, like the dogs we hear in the neighborhood now. Spacing for goats: Info obtained. from Jim Cstlie- Livestock Development &. Planning Special istll=armLink Coordinator, Minnesota ❑epartment of Agriculture: Many local governments use animal units-to.determ1ne. animal capacity on acreages or in housed locations. The state defines animal units (for regulatory. purposes and permitting on environmental Issues) as the average weight of.the animal divided by 1.000lbs. Statute specifically designates an. animal unit equivalent to certain species, so in your circumstance,.one adult goat is .1 animal units, More rural local governments would then incorporate that into their zoning