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Dripping Springs'
goat dog
Photo courtesy Barbara Hershey |
Yes
we have goats.
The picture attached is our goat dog Amos. He is a Great
Pyrenees.
It is necessary to have some type of protection for your goats
from wild dogs, coyotes etc.. You put a donkey, llama, or dog in with the goats
when the animal is weaned from it's mother. From then on you treat it like a goat
so it will bond with the other goats. The "protector" eats when the goats are
fed. We have had Amos for 6 years now and he thinks he is a goat. When the goats
have kids he watches and he actually eats the afterbirth. The goatkids grow up
jumping on him and he baby-sits them when the older goats go grazing.
The only goat story I can think of right off hand is the following. My uncle Jimmy
had a beautiful Cadillac Seville, yellow in color with a leather interior with
CB and 8 track combo. He would never let me drive that car. Boy how I wanted to.
When my uncle passed away he left me the car. It was in mint condition and to
me it was brand new. I drove my new cherished car home and parked it outside the
trailer then went in the house to get my husband to surprise him and show off
my car. When we walked out of the trailer I gasped as the goats had all jumped
on the car and were having a blast playing King of the Mountain!
From
then on all cherished vehicles are parked in our yard. -
Copyright
Barbara Hershey
September
28, 2000
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