Goats update 15th April 2009

Hi

As the worst of the cold weather has apparently gone now, we have moved our goats up to the rear paddock at the back of the cottage. Here they have 3 separate sections to run about in and a nice roomy shed to shelter from the weather.

It was a bit of a game getting them from their winter shelter down in the yard, up the steps and into their new home as none of them (apart from Clyde) had had a collar on before. John and I took Clyde and Sam up first and they were just excited to get there - we had to run to keep up with them. John then took Susie up. She is the older of the two pygmies and has a slight limp on one leg after years of neglect before we had her. She is fine now but still limps, more out of habit than anything.

It was my task to take Tina (or the Damien goat as we call her - she just stands and stares!). As her collar is a little big for her and she didn't want to go forwards at any cost, she managed to wriggle out of it. For such a small goat with very short legs, she can run fast. We then spent the next 10 minutes trying to catch her!

Eventually, we cornered her and rather than risk the collar again, John carried her into the new pen.

So after half an hour we had managed to move 4 goats 100 yds! It was worth it though - Sam and Clyde immediately started running around and playing - Tina and Susie just watched.


Sonia