Goat #43
Playing King of the Mountain on a pile of coolers. Goats love to get up on things.
Goat #43 is, I believe, the highly personable creative genius behind the small band of jailbreakers who roam Pipe Dreams Farm, slipping under the fences and getting into all kinds of goaty mischief. Although just a kid, #43 is smart and sassy and very, very sweet.
She kept approaching me, just wanting attention. Her horns were startlingly warm in the chill winter air, a detail I always forget about until I'm around goats. I guess there's blood supply in horns, because they bleed if they're broken or cut.
It wasn't long before I got down to #43's level and gave her some proper lovin', including nose kisses.
photo by Phoebe Linnea ThompsonI could really get into keeping goats, if I could figure out a way that it was compatible with traveling oh, nearly constantly. Maybe I could be a nomad, and drive my goats up the jetway with a stick, just take them along. It's a thought. I'll have to check the regulations.
photo by Phoebe Linnea ThompsonA goat, I think, is much like a dog, except that it gives useful milk.
Labels: dairy goats, goat temperament, Saanen goats
posted by Julie Zickefoose @ 8:34 PM
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18 Comments:
Yes, a goat IS much like a dog.
We even had one that was litterbox trained, when she became orphaned and needed almost constant care. Her little hooves sounded just like a little girl's shiny black shoes skittering across the kitchen floor.
Maybe you could add one to the Swinging Orangutangs?
That last photo is just adorable!! What a sweet goat.
I don't think you can tell from my little photo ID, but I'm holding a baby goat. I was in Tanzania at a Maasai village and kept feeling something brush against my legs. It was the cutest baby goat, also just following me around. They know kind-hearted animal-folk, and you, dear Julie are one.
awwwwwwwwsome post....
of course goats have to be sweet, in order to evade punishment every time they chew the heck out of anything they can get their muzzle around!
Ain't no such thing as a goat-proof fence. Sigh. Otherwise, I'd have me a couple!
Yes, a goat gives useful milk but it doesn't have Baker lips to kiss...
Goats are so cool. I'd have one, too.
Such a cutie!
Re "prpper lovin'"; I had a family of goats for a few years. I noticed that one of their favourite games (besides drumming their hooves on the roof of my car) was to go into some heavy head-butting. So I used to make a fist and hold it at head level. Elsa, my favourite, used to see me in that pose and run all the way across the field just to bang that fist, gently, as if I were a wobbly goat kid.
My husband has a soft spot for goats too. Me, I'd love a donkey.
Goats are allowed as one of your two carry-on items on most major U.S. airlines, however, they have to fit in the overhead bin or under your seat.
Goats may not smoke in flight, not even in the lavatories. Goats are also not permitted in the emergency exit row, as they are not able to open the doors.
Yaks, on the other hand, are strictly forbidden on all U.S. airlines. The Yak Appreciation Society is currently campaigning against this biased ruling.
~Kathi
I'm one of those people who has said, "We could get some goats" and then Geoff faints.
Yet another reason I like you. You kiss goats.
Zick:
Great job of capturing the essence of Pipedreams! Brad is one of the most self-actualized people I know.
Is there any truth to the rumor that people are now taking their comfort goats on airplanes with them to keep them form having panic attacks?
Oh my gosh, that's just the cutest thing! I love goats; an old friend had one named Sparky. He loved to get up on top of the car and bleat his little heart out.
I want a goat, some ducks, some chickens, a cow, and a mule--but Kat refuses to allow it. Must be allergies or something.
"A goat, I think, is much like a dog, except that it gives useful milk."
Don't let Chet Baker hear you say that! You'll be getting pop-eyed head butts all winter. :)
The goats are so cute! There are some goat keepers in Washington state that bring their goats to places that need brush removed, for a fee. How they can eat thorny wild blackberries is amazing. I'd love to have a goat, but my city's regulations say "no goats."
Katdoc,
Goats are most assuredly allowed in the exit rows. In the event of an emergency, they can chew open the exits.
My friend Patty had a wonderful goat named Ned. He'd place his head against my midsection, and gently push, as if to say, "I could knock you over if I wanted to, lady, but I'm just kiddin'."
That Phoebe is quite a photographer. Santa should bring her a good camera of her own.
Mary and Kyle thank you sticking up for Chet.
Careful Julie CB has powerful mojo.... and gas.
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