Pets with Personality:
Fainting
Goats
Story and pictures by Becky Crabtree
problem of hunting her dozens of times after she
climbed or jumped or squeezed under the fence
and then having to drag her home. But she was a
lot of fun, too. Impishly adorable as a baby, she
constantly frolicked and was gentle enough to eat
out of my hand. I wanted to recreate the fun for our
grandchildren - possibly with less aggravation.
First, I visited Craigslist and the WV Farm
Bulletin for breeds and prices. I talked to students
Goats were the first farm pets I had as a child
with goats and farmers who had once kept goats and
and the first that I dreamed of as I planned our little
then started envisioning the ideal goats for us. I
retirement farm. Even though there were some
figured we wanted small goats, and the least work
negative memories from childhood like chasing
possible, since we would be retired, after all. They
beloved “Elizabeth” out of my mother’s roses - well, had to be fun, good with kids, (no pun intended),
out of the sticks left after Elizabeth chomped the
and have personality.
rosebushes down to bare stems. Then there was the
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