The Goats

Matthew & CoCo


Zoe outside playing with the goats


Steve and Zoe with the goats


Zoe pouting because she can't sleep with the goats.


Sugar, the easily traumatized goat


The Goats (CoCo - brown, Orbit - black, gray and white, Sugar - white)


Well, I thought I would've posted this long before now but I didn't so, oh well. I haven't even posted our Christmas pictures! Maybe next year.

Anyway, over the Christmas holidays we added three new members to our family...three pygmy goats... CoCo, Orbit and Sugar. Why? Because we're just quite not right in the head and our kids really wanted them.

I had the misconception that goats were really strong and tough. Boy was I wrong! During the first week I had to take Sugar to the vet because, come to find out, she was traumatized by being moved away from her mommy and became dehydrated! What a wuss! They are also rather dumb... they think my German Shepherd Rush is their surrogate mom. They are not afraid of him at all and he is so baffled and now constantly questions his manly doghood. You can just see the puzzlement on his face when he puts up his best front and they don't run.

Zoe really wanted Sugar to sleep with her the first night we brought them home. She told me that she would wear some of her old PJs to bed (not the new ones she just got for Christmas) in case it pooped in her bed. She wasn't concerned with anything else except her new pajamas.

I am planning on taking one of the goats to Zoe's school next week for Show and Share day. Let's hope that it does not get traumatized and I have to force feed it gatorade for 48 hours! I think I'll take Orbit on this little adventure.

All in all, they are pretty cute and easy to take care of and are fun to interact with but... goats are really stupid.

Until next time,

Jen