[AG-EQ] Goats have arrived!

[Jody ianuzzi]

Hello Jewel,

I always enjoy reading your Blanch Ranch bulletins!

JODY

To Boldly Go  🖖🏻 


thunderwalker321 at gmail.com 

"What's within you is stronger than what's in your way."  NO BARRIERS  Erik Weihenmayer

> On May 25, 2020, at 9:32 PM, Jewel via AG-EQ <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> As a reluctant ex-goat owner, I loved Susan's post and it brought back many fond memories.
> When I owned them, or was owned by them:  take your pick!  probably both are correct!  I wrote an, 
> occasional, email to goatsplus called The BlanchRanch Bulletin.  Would anyone like me to resend some 
> of them?
> 
>          Jewel
> 
> 
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> From: "dogwood farm via AG-EQ" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 8:22 AM
> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "dogwood farm" <dogwoodfarm62 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [AG-EQ] Goats have arrived!
> 
> Tracy,
> 
> Well, our goats have arrived, however, they came with a gift.  Cloey
> and Blossom came with a friend, a third female dwarf neubian named
> Bloom.  Yes, our two goats turned into three goats.  Thank goodness we
> made their area big enough for future additional goats if we wanted to
> expand later.
> 
> They told my husband that if he didn't want the third goat, then they
> would just take her back.  Yeah right, once my husband took a look at
> those 3 rolie polie goats, there was no way he was going to let go of
> any of them.  To Matt, they were definitely a package deal!  Within no
> time, they were jumping and butting each other as if they were on an
> afternoon romp.  Matt was right in there with them, down at their
> level and they came right up to him.  Matt is going to have to watch
> them when he is with them so he is not taken by surprise when they are
> romping with each other.  Bloom has 4 inch horns while Cloey and
> Blossom do not.
> 
> Right away Cloey had Matt scrambling.  We had put bungy cords at the
> top and bottom of their exterior gate.  Cloey reached up and was
> tugging at the bungy cord and snapping it back like a big rubber band.
> Well, that wouldn't be lasting very long before that would be fraid
> and snapped like a broken rubber band!
> 
> Last week, Matt gave our larger goat Homer one of those balls for
> horses to play with.  Man, Homer really likes it.  He noses it around
> and moves it with his front legs.  I think we are going to get the
> same thing for the three girls.  We have something similar for them,
> but the ball is attached to a rope.
> 
> So, now comes the learning process for us.  Books and articles are
> wonderful, but hands on is going to be the best learning curve for us
> at this point.  I will keep you up to date on the Dogwood Farm goat
> adventures.
> 
> Hugs, Susan
> 
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