Goats&moregoats: KickinUpDust Farm Journal

I don't think you are wrong. Your deposit holds the goats from another sale until your agreed upon pick up date. She is selling them out from under you and making an additional $50 on the sale. Pure greed, no morals. Small claims court if necessary.

That stinks about the goats. I am famous for jumping in the deep end before learning how to swim. So you are not alone in this, I have done it many times myself. My sheep are still housed in a "temporary" hut, I found a good deal and bought them before I was "ready". Oh well, they have plenty of shade and the "temporary" hut keeps them dry. They're happy, I'm happy, what the hell.

I am delighted for you that you are now living on your property. You can get so much more done when you can walk out the door and there it is. When you have to drive to your property, it just ain't the same. Kudos to you!

Ummm I hate to be the contrarian here, but the seller IS entitled to keep at least a portion of the deposit since goats did call her and tell her she was cancelling the purchase, which prompted the seller to find that other buyer. Were I the seller, I would refund the whole deposit but I don't think it's wrong for the seller to keep a portion due to the added issues and stress after thinking the goats were sold then they weren't, then they were...etc. I don't think small claims court would rule in favor of Goats on this one. But then with no written purchase contract it's she said/she said, so who knows.

Well it's all settled at any rate. No goats, she kept 50.00 of the deposit and I have learned a lesson in life. Now I will move on with life. I can finish the fence with no rush. So this can be done between my work schedules. Which either fall together at both places and I don't have to work or I work like crazy for days and try to keep up with home life as well. Work at the women's farm today and estate sale house tomorrow. Work around here on Wed. and leave for NY on Thursday morning. Returning Sunday.
Trip to Ohio this weekend to visit the grandbabies and back at it for another month before another trip for what is suppose to be final court days.

Hope things go your way in Ohio.

So I got quit a little bit of weed trimming done on the fence line. However, since it is just me and life decides other things must get done as well that leaves still more to complete. Work tomorrow, so hopefully Wed will bring an end to the weed trimming for now. Then I figure when I get back it will be ready for a touch up which won't be so bad.

However well working on the fence line this is what I found on the back fence which has top and bottom wire that will be hot again soon. So I was wondering if anyone would like to give their opinion of what might have left these marks. Looks like some clawing and a bit of chewing. Not completely sure on the chewing part. Whatever it may be, it's not going to stop me from working and when I get the LGD here I am more than sure it will find a home elsewhere.

Now it's off to sit in front of the AC for a few then sleep.Morning arrives to quickly when I have to work the next day.

Not sure what might have done that but it sure does look like claw marks above some of the exposed white wood. Those look like oak wood pallets as well, so whatever did that had to be pretty strong. I would have to guess bear or large cat. A dog wouldn't do that but bears and cats do like to claw and stretch their claws...

No idea but yeah it looks like something wanted to "sharpen" its claws, no real interest in going over the top. Seems like it would be higher if it were a bear.

If it were a large animal, it would have jumped the fence or climbed it. But you have no goats in there now right? So maybe the animal had no desire to go over the fence and was merely marking it's territory. Either way, it is unnerving and definitely go up with the hot wire!

It could be coyote or a young bear....I lean more towards coyote....because the nails or claws weren't penetrating the wood, but rubbing and scratching the wood....as if trying to climb....the splinters of wood could be from the canines trying to bite to hold position while grabbing with their nails/claws....but, it might be a fox....depending on the overall height/stretch of the markings....I'd look for tracks and direction of travel.