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Old 05/08/12, 09:21 PM
 
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Life lesson #8,765
New goat owner here. Today's life lesson... if you are going to bring a goat that has been out in the rain in to milk, allow her time to shake off, BEFORE you tuck the clean bucket under her udder. >sigh<

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Old 05/08/12, 09:31 PM
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WHAT???!!! You have goats that go out in the rain and SURVIVE???!!! Mine all think they will die if they get so much as one teensey raindrop on them!!!
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Old 05/08/12, 09:32 PM
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I was just about to say that Nehi! lol

My goat thinks he will melt away and die if a drop of water falls on him
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Old 05/08/12, 09:47 PM
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I love watching the goats when it starts to rain! It's like a stampede to get to their little goat houses before a drop touches them- it's like they think they might melt...
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Old 05/08/12, 10:15 PM
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Hee hee! I was thinking the same thing...mine would never (God forbid) get wet enough to shake it off!! But I can imagine it was quite a mess!! Live and learn!
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Old 05/08/12, 10:40 PM
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A mountain lion is cause for a strategic retreat- rain is cause for a stampede..............
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Old 05/08/12, 11:05 PM
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Mine are weird they will stand in the pouring rain eating away. Cherry loves the snow and would not go in the hut for nothing. I have to actually lock them up when it rains or they stay out until they hear thunder then they all run to the front door.
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Old 05/09/12, 12:47 AM
 
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Mine go in the rain too. Well I guess they don't have a choice it rains for 6 months here.
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Old 05/09/12, 06:25 AM
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Wet goats? Never heard of such a thing... lol

Getting mine through the rain is a lot like Atreyu pulling artax through the swamps of sadness, just sayin'... lol
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Old 05/09/12, 06:28 AM
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I have noticed that some of mine panic in the rain and they teach it to their kids. The ones that don't panic have calmer kids in the rain.
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Old 05/09/12, 08:12 AM
 
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If I'm outside in the rain my little girls are inside and at the barn windows, or sticking only their heads outside the little door (provided the rain is falling away from the door) Bleating pleadingly for me to save them from the rain monsters!
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Old 05/09/12, 08:14 AM
 
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My Bessiewould live in the weather. It is the barn she is afraid of. Oh an emy little boy running towards her. LOL
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