So glad y'all understand

LOL, I've got one that heads directly to my lazy boy chair, every chance he gets when I'm doing chores.

I just made my grown kids who also live on the farm, stop setting off fireworks because it terrorized the goats, and even the bigger ones were all squished together terrified in the back of one stall....

So now I know my name is MUD around here but I can't help it! They are poor little animals who depend on ME to take care of them!

Thank you all for understanding what it means to love our goats!

We let off fireworks and so did most of the town (we live in the city limits of a wide spot in the road) but we put the goats in their stalls in their shed. Shut all of the windows and doors, turned on the window air conditioner,the fan and the radio. Checked on them a few times and found them all laying down, happily chewing their cud.

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Mine did okay with the fireworks as well. We didn't shoot any off here but our community fireworks were literally just 2 streets over. I was so worried but went out with a handful of raisins and they seemed completely unaware of all the racket.

Perhaps, compared to head banging, fireworks isn't that big a deal?

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I don't care what people think. We've had them for years & still people that don't know us well or folks at work find out we have goats they always say "You Do?" with a question like were nuts also.
It doesn't bother me, we love our little goats & that's all that matters to me.

The fireworks don't seem to bother mine either.

ROFL....so who has who trained?

I love goats too, even when the young ones are driving me nuts by licking my feet, ankles, eating my clothes and peeing on my feet

BUT I have to confess my love for sheep too, especially lambs. So I have both, sheep and goats and am probably officially 'off my rocker' according to some 'friends'.

If your friends don't give you any respect or understanding...why are they your friends? As for family? Just ignore em.

The fireworks display was cut short up at the airfield due to all the little fires it started. We are soooooo dry.........

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"Remember, no man is a failure, who has friends" -Clarence

I have 230 lb wethers and a dainty 125 lb dry doe. they are super intelligent, but do the goofiest things. They get really excited when they get to take a trailer ride to go on a hike. BTW, goats will not run off on a hike like a curious dog, they stay right with you- their leader. Because they ~are~ goats,they are terrific climbers and jumpers and I enjoy letting them be ...you know....goats! One yr I asked for a goat climbing structure for my christmas gift. Best gift ever...I've enjoyed watching my goats play and lounge on that three level platform for years. They love to play king of the hill.

One 5 yr old saanen wether loves to lay down next to me- on a blanket in the shade, and put his huge head on my lap. If he ever sees thet blanket hanging up,i he pulls it down and lays on it LOL. He thinks it's his job to protect me from the cat ,dog, passing cars...He steps in front of me to block whatever "evil" presents itself. I just adore him. He still frolics-flinging hmself sideways and doing a little twirl in the air for sheer joy. LOL. Love it. The goats know specific commands I give and obey. They take their work seriously- they get this noble stance and grow very seriously... They also fight over who gets to wear the pack saddle. www.napga.org

Love em.
-scrt crk

Sorry it was cut short Emily. I was surprised how dry it was when I was down there this past weekend compared to how it is here. It has started to get a little dry here but the pastures down your way looked really dry.

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Fireworks whistling thru the air, sound like a very distressed injured prey animal...and that sound draws predators. Your very alerted goats have every reason to fear fireworks.

No rain since sometime in May, with some temps hitting the triple digits and most temps hitting high nineties. Makes for very cooked pastures.
We are feeding hay to our cattle.......with very few people getting second cuttings of hay, its going to be harder to get enough hay this winter as well.
Praying for rain......

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One of the best things about not having neighbors that live close at all.......I stayed home Fourth Of July weekend and I never even saw or heard any fireworks.

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Goat crazy or just crazy cause you have goats? Try telling a date that you can't stay out late because you have to go home and milk your goats. No they don't actually believe you, yes they think it's a cheap brush off. What kind of person would make up some lame excuse like having to go home and milk their goats if they didn't really have to?!? Oh and now a days all my family members ask me what time of day I'm milking so they can plan family get together's so I can have time to milk and get there or enjoy the day and get back in time to milk. Yea. I can't even claim I love em. Cause as large as my appreciation is for the wonderful creatures that only take up a 1/5 of an acre, provide me with delicious milk, cheese, yogurt and daily approval by prancing to the barn when they see me coming with the pail I'd never give up my old dog for any of em. But hopefully I'll never have to choose cause I'd miss em. (I'm not a complete hard@ss) Oh and they do come in handy when I need to get out of something sooner than intended (like that last wedding shower I didn't really want to be at).

Wow Emily thats a long time to get no rain. Hopefully you all get some from the storms that going thru Missouri this week, will be praying for you all. The hay looked good up here, I wish it was better for you all down there. A friend down that way said their pond is getting really low, is it the same for you all?

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That is a long time. Hopefully some of this that has been pouring on Kansas will move your way.

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