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So glad y'all understand
I'm so sick of people (friends) looking at me like I have 3 heads when I tell them about our new goats.  No one thought I was weird when we got chickens but now they just look at me like I've lost my mind when I'm swooning over the doelings.
I guess if you aren't familiar with them you don't get it, but still. After just a week with them I'd take a goat over a dog *any day*. After 36 hours in the rain (with shelter) a dog would stink. The goats don't stink! And they don't lick their butts! Of all the nasty things an animal could do - and they don't even do it.
I'm tired of explaining. I'm just going to keep my mouth shut in public and discuss my infatuation here. 
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07/03/10, 08:58 PM
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lol! My dh hates it when I try to tell him all the cute things the goats have done..
Like today. My nubian was out and apparently decided she wanted to use the swings.. heck the human children had been having a blast, why not her? So she kept putting her front leg in the swing, rubbing her head up and down on the chains (covered in plastic to save the kiddies), and just being a total goof. 
Oh, don't get a buck though.. all that not stinking and not licking themselves. Yeah, that don't apply to them boys. 
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Reason: correcting a word so it'll make sense ;)
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07/03/10, 09:00 PM
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Yep, most people think us goat lovers are crazy. They either smile and nod their heads as their eyes glaze over and they pretty much ignore everything you say, or they tell you about all of the awful diseases you are going to catch by being within fifty yards of a goat (never mind drinking the milk), or they look at you like you are a visitor from another planet and they can't understand a word you are saying.
Oh well, we can't help it they are weird.
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07/03/10, 09:06 PM
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Yep. Folks here and on other goat forums are the only ones who understand. I'm so glad to have you all to discuss with!
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07/03/10, 09:40 PM
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I know what you mean. Everyone that knows me thinks I'm nuts cause I love our goats so much! Our pygmy Tink used to play teeter-totter with my daughter a couple years ago...it was so great watching that! 
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07/03/10, 09:58 PM
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I'm so sick of people (friends) looking at me like I have 3 heads when I tell them about our new goats. |
I know exactly what you mean! You will get used to it. And your true friends won't tell you when they are sick of it. 
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07/03/10, 10:09 PM
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I couldn't agree more. I just love our goats and that is something that some people just can't understand. Goats are too often the scapegoat and very misunderstood. I like being able to give people the right information about goats. I've even read that goats are more intelligent than dogs, not that I don't love my dogs, but I do love my goats and I really enjoy meeting and associating, such as it is, with all y'all goat people. 
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07/03/10, 10:19 PM
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I can't imagine my farm without the goats. People think I'm nuts too, I once called off work after a night of delivering triplets. (Bad delivery) My boss has never forgotten it and tells all the interviews that "most people call off because they have a sick child, Shannon calls off because she has a sick goat!"
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07/03/10, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by SLD Farm
I can't imagine my farm without the goats. People think I'm nuts too, I once called off work after a night of delivering triplets. (Bad delivery) My boss has never forgotten it and tells all the interviews that "most people call off because they have a sick child, Shannon calls off because she has a sick goat!"
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I can totally see that! At dusk tonight I just sat outside with them just to sit. Dinner was over and I wanted a little peace and quiet so I went outside - it was a beautiful, unseasonably cool night, and I just sat with them. They kissed on me with the most wonderful woodsy-smelling breath and just stood there with squinty eyes while I scratched their noses. Then Millie started chewing on my pant leg. As crazy as it sounds I've seriously considered spending the night outside with them. (Can you tell I've got 2 kids and am in serious need of a break?) 
I can't wait to help deliver some babies!
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07/03/10, 11:07 PM
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We love to sit outside and goat watch. In the evenings after it has cooled off a bit and the kids (human ones) are playing, we love to just sit and watch the goats. Most of the time they aren't doing anything exciting, just eating and laying and chewing cud and such, other times they are being goofy and playing. To me its as relaxing as watching a fish tank is for other people.
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07/04/10, 01:29 AM
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Shh dont tell anyone, but I have more pics of goats in my purse than the grandkids.
A few yrs ago I tried sleeping out with them but it was a bad mosquito year I lasted about 20 minutes.
A month ago I spent the night with a very prego doe. So glad I did. She died a few days after kidding...one of my favorite foundation does.
She never bullied anyone she would rub her face on mine if I bent over. I was with her when she passed, singing to her.
She didnt settle with a leased buck & was hollering one day after he went home so I put a collar on her which wasnt really needed...Miss B knew exactly where she was going & what what she wanted..a date with different buck on the other side of the property.
Oh.. there was a vet visit one time shortly after kidding.
She was quiet the whole time. As soon as the vet & techs left to do paperwork (they told me to wait) she looked up into my eyes & started hollering as if to say "Take me home I need to feed my babies you have the power, take me home NOW"
I took her home. She taught me a whole lot about goats. Its been a month since she left & I guess I will always tear up when I talk about her.
Sorry for hijacking but I couldnt help it. No one else would understand.
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07/04/10, 05:01 AM
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Yup...Goats grab you ..better than a dog. I am in love with my miniature sillies and wouldn't have it any other way!
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07/04/10, 05:51 AM
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I can totally see that! At dusk tonight I just sat outside with them just to sit. Dinner was over and I wanted a little peace and quiet so I went outside - it was a beautiful, unseasonably cool night, and I just sat with them. They kissed on me with the most wonderful woodsy-smelling breath and just stood there with squinty eyes while I scratched their noses. Then Millie started chewing on my pant leg. As crazy as it sounds I've seriously considered spending the night outside with them. (Can you tell I've got 2 kids and am in serious need of a break?)
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Ohhhh that is exactly how I feel!!!!!! Daughter and two grands live with me, 4 & 9, and I go sit with the goats to get away from it all.
Except.... the kids love the goats and follow me when they can!
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Yup. Goat people are special. My grandson, age 6, is a goat person. He totally understands.
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last christmas was at my sister's house and my other sister said "so how is your little farm doing" and then my other sister said "oh no dont get her started on her goats!" that really hurt...now when I start talking to normal people that comment keeps popping up in my head...
When I went out to Pony's to get a goat my little sister called asks "whatcha doing?" I said talking to a friend she says "oh boy or girl?" I said "its a girl, and you dont know her" (my sister thinks she knows all my friends) then I said "its a goat friend" and she "oh then nevermind, call me later need to ask you about a computer".
Am so glad I have met you all, because its obviously not important to my family what interests me, and its great to actually be able to talk to other people who have the same interests as I do.
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07/04/10, 08:27 AM
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Shh dont tell anyone, but I have more pics of goats in my purse than the grandkids.
A few yrs ago I tried sleeping out with them but it was a bad mosquito year I lasted about 20 minutes.
A month ago I spent the night with a very prego doe. So glad I did. She died a few days after kidding...one of my favorite foundation does.
She never bullied anyone she would rub her face on mine if I bent over. I was with her when she passed, singing to her.
She didnt settle with a leased buck & was hollering one day after he went home so I put a collar on her which wasnt really needed...Miss B knew exactly where she was going & what what she wanted..a date with different buck on the other side of the property.
Oh.. there was a vet visit one time shortly after kidding.
She was quiet the whole time. As soon as the vet & techs left to do paperwork (they told me to wait) she looked up into my eyes & started hollering as if to say "Take me home I need to feed my babies you have the power, take me home NOW"
I took her home. She taught me a whole lot about goats. Its been a month since she left & I guess I will always tear up when I talk about her.
Sorry for hijacking but I couldnt help it. No one else would understand.
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I so much understand. And this made me tear up too. What a special goat she was and I'm sure you miss her terribly. <<<hugs!>>>
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I agree! Although a lot more people than I thought really like them when they come over and see them, but cant really talk "goat" with them. They just say oh they are so cute, what are you gonna do with them? So glad you all know what i am gonna do with them! Love em!
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I do not care what people think and I tell them, goats are smart, do not smell and are multi-purpose animals. Once they met my goats they have a better understanding.
I cannot sit outside with them for the most part. They run to me, try to sit in my lap, look for some petting, lick my legs, try to eat my bangs etc etc
Oh I do not recommend sleeping with them. I spent a night outdoors with them once waiting to bean someone in the head with a bat. They chew cud, moan, pee, burp, my LGD was softly barking and growling in his sleep right under the lounge chair I was in. Bottle kids kept trying to lay in the chair with me. Oh it made me nuts, but it did keep me awake all night
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Oh, don't get a buck though.. all that not stinking and not licking themselves. Yeah, that don't apply to them boys. |
Some goat people think I'm weird because I *love* my bucks. They are just so big, handsome and most of the time they are very loving. Yup, I LOVE my boys.
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07/04/10, 04:14 PM
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I love my buck, too. The bucks seem to be more affectionate than the does once they hit maturity. Yes, they stink and have some 'nasty' goat habits, but once you get past that they are really sweet.
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