WV Farm Bureau Magazine April 2014 | Page 10

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 10 West Virginia Farm Bureau News