Cindy Ray looks like QuasimoGoat because she had gotten disbudded the day before. Her eyes are thankfully no longer swollen. I know there are a lot of people out there who want to potty train dwarf goats. I know this because my STATS function coughs up a surprising number of Google generated hits with those key words. Let me take this opportunity to make something perfectly clear:
Goats belong in barns and not in the house.
1. You cannot toilet train a goat. (This coming from a woman whose babies were no longer pooing in diapers by 4 months of age, remember).
2. If your goat comes to think it’s a puppy or a member of the family, WHEN the time comes you no longer want it in the house, it’s going to have a serious adjustment problem when introduced back to other goats. That little bit of entertainment gleaned from having a goat in the house would be nixed 10 times over. Goats are farm animals and not pets. Making your farm animals into pets is a mistake in my opinion. A pony sized horned and hoofed animal (a.k.a. BUCKY the Chief Jerk of JerkCity) with a sense of entitlement, even if benevolent, is a physical threat to children and adults alike. For the sake of the animals and the people in your life, keep your farm animals where they are happiest. (Pooing freely on fresh grass).
And so why is my goat in the house?
1. Bandage change and wound wash in the sink in the house which has (a few) less flies than the goat shed.
2. Hilarious one off photo opportunity.
3. To annoy my husband.
Uhmm…. where did you get the goat diaper??
FUZZI BUNZ!
Cindy Ray looks kind of sultry with her disbudded eyes! Thanks haha, nothing like a goat in a diaper to make my day.
TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE! aaarrrrghhhh…..
I like #3!
I LOVE Bucky
Speaking of babies not pooing in diapers, Samson hasn’t been pooing in his diaper for about 3 months now, but yesterday I didn’t catch one. OH MY GOD. Clean-up was epic. I felt like I was suffering from PTSD. I’d be a *much* angrier person if I had to do that every day. How do people do it?!
Figured it was cloth left over from your babies. And what’s all this about no poop in diapers at 4 months? Please don’t hold out on me, help a sister out!
Elimination communication, Jovanka! Start now!
A small goat in pants is hilarious! That just made my day
Cindy Ray’s ear posture is hilarious.
I had a pygmy goat who would sometimes come in the house. She ALWAYS pooped as soon as she got inside. It was not avoidable. Once she did that she was fine… but poop, even goat poop, is no good in the house.
Also, seeing your wood stove in the background reminds me of something… I was running my Roomba the other day and it occurred to me to suggest it to you. You’ve mentioned that the wood stove creates an endless output of dust and ash on the floors in your house, and the Roomba, while extravagant, has been a really awesome purchase for us. It saves us a lot of labor. In our case we’re keeping up with dust from nearby construction and dirt from the garden and hair from two hairy cats. It was expensive but worth it.
I love how Meeps looks like it is so natural to have her pic taken with Cindy Ray in your house!!! It’s like it’s no big deal to her—-my kids would be over the moon and hanging from the rafters if they were to have Cindy Ray in their house!! Your children are very lucky children to live the life they live—wonderful upbringing! (Ps—I, too, would take an opportunity like that to annoy my husband—how fun!
Oh my goodness! Pulled me right out of my funk with absolute cuteness!
Thanks
Those are some serious “home hither” eyes that Cindy Ray is making…
Um, by which I mean “come hither”… sheesh.
oh man, i want to hear the clippity clop of those hooves on your floor. good cute for the soul.
my mom, btw, had a pet house goat as a little girl. they raised it from a baby, and although i don’t know the technique used to toilet train it, it went to the door to be let out, when it had to “go”. they also had a dog who was it’s best pal, so maybe the pups taught it. at any rate, it can be done! but not in every circumstance, i agree.
Recently found your blog. Love it. Looking forward to the next post. Reading new posts in your witty writing and somewhat sarcastic fashion about your hilariously wonderful farm life is the perfect accompaniment to my morning coffee and breakfast. And I have serious goat envy right now. But not the in the house part, you’re so right, animals belong outside
Sometimes that applies to my boys too. Actually, most the time.
Loving the goat in diapers… but doesn’t he try to devour everything in sight? It’s all I can do to get away intact just putting the goats in for the night, I can’t imagine them having the run of a whole house! Definitely makes for a good photo though.
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