--- description: By copying his human friend title: Inspiring, Adorable Baby Goat Learns How to Hop image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Inspiring, Adorable Baby Goat Learns How to Hop by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 1, 2015 3:43 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 1, 2015 3:43 PM CUT Look, hopping can be difficult. This baby pygmy goat was clearly intimidated by the prospect of even trying. But with the help of his human friend, he figured it out — and the result was adorable. Because everything baby goats do is automatically adorable. We dare you to watch this 30-second clip without squealing in delight. Then, we invite you to watch footage of the same baby goat [playing with (and climbing on) his sheep dog friend](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQH-wNTf98w "undefined"). First there were [baby goats in sweaters](http://time.com/3897912/goats-sweaters/ "undefined"). Now there’s this. Goats are truly having a moment. _Read next:_ [_Found: Baby Goat That Went Missing From the Arizona State Fair_](http://time.com/4101937/baby-goat-stolen/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4130649/baby-pygmy-goat-hopping/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4130649/baby-pygmy-goat-hopping/"},"headline":"Inspiring, Adorable Baby Goat Learns How to Hop","datePublished":"2015-12-01T15:43:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:14.285Z","description":"By copying his human friend","url":"https://time.com/4130649/baby-pygmy-goat-hopping/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4130649/baby-pygmy-goat-hopping/","name":"Inspiring, Adorable Baby Goat Learns How to Hop"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4130649/baby-pygmy-goat-hopping/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4130649/baby-pygmy-goat-hopping/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```