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With everything going on in the world right now, I hope you are all ready for a good laugh... I have a little ND named Buttons (picture below). He's healthy for the most part and loves to be petted and loved on. Well I noticed his back side (anus area) looked like it had little gray dots on...

Our lovely Mr. Snickers has had a time of it. We adopted him in June. He had his castration just before we bought him. He was six months old at the time. His castration was done by the burdizzo method and apparently one of the testicles didn't get done right... The one side was doing well...

Ron and I decided to get another goat. He wasn't sure we should but little Buttons seemed to be left out of a lot of playtime and other things.. Yes he's the youngest but only by 12 days. We contacted Button's breeder to see if she had anything available and she did have one that she would be...

Daily chores can be rough on someone that has allergies... Rascal helped dad clean the goat house today so they both had to wear dust masks.. It wasn't that bad but Rascal kept wanting to eat his.... The house is clean of soiled hay and Rascal got extra cookies for being such a big help

Ron and I believe in pool proofing our animals.. All of them. We want everyone safe in our back yard. We go about it slowly and one animal at a time. They are carried into the pool and then turned in the proper direction and are let loose to swim their way out. They aren't always willing...

Our little Buttons has had a time of things lately. We check FAMANCHA at least once a week and his has been pale for two weeks now. I've given him Vitamin B Complex, Red Cell and something called Replens which is a vitamin and mineral paste. He had a high worm load and coccidia so we vetted...

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all my "Irish" friends. I have a real Irishman here and he is making me the traditional St. Patrick's Day dinner the old fashioned Irish way. He's a sweetie to share this yummy dinner with me. I'm flattered that I can become an Irishman for at least one day Éire go...

Since we have been together Ronny has always wanted to stop at a pile of junk on the side of the road just in case there is something in there he can use. To me junk is junk and you leave it where it is. To him it's a treasure waiting to be found. Yesterday we were headed out to do some...

We gave Buttons his coccidia prevention meds on Wednesday last week. He spends some time in the house because he's a good boy and doesn't pee or poo in the house. Well he was walking around the living room and OMG he has these worms hanging out of his bum....We cleaned him up and I sent Ron...

We've just been hanging out lately, Not much going on except the goats are making us laugh every day and that's a good thing. Rascal remains a rascal and is always crying for cookies (spoiled children, what can you do???) Shawn Patrick and Buttons have become fast friends just as I predicted...

I haven't posted since the weekend... All is well with the goats and the dogs... It's me, I've been down since Monday night with the flu... We had the grand babies here from Friday night thru Monday afternoon. I truly mean babies... One is two and the other is 12 months. The 11 year old...

I try to check our kids famancha scores at least once a week to ten days.. That way I can keep up on their over all health and adjust their nutrition or medication accordingly. I also like to give them Red Cell at least once a week to ensure that they are getting vitamins and minerals. They...

It's been two weeks since I gave Rascal a copper bolus. I said that his coat seemed softer than it had been and now I see today that the pigment of his fur is beginning to come back to the soft brown it should be instead of the bleached out white. It's more prevalent on his face (cheeks) and...

We live in Central Florida and we have city water. We recently have found out that our water is high in calcium and other solids. After losing Fawn to UC I panicked about what to do. People have said that I should only give rain water or bottled water to my kids until they are at least six...

When Fawn got sick and unfortunately died. We had to get a companion for Rascal. Enter Shawn Patrick, introduced on December 29. Rascal was born on September 1st which makes him 4 months old. Shawn Patrick was just a baby at 6 weeks old (born Nov. 17) when we introduced the two. All went well...

Ron and I are looking forward to having another little guy in our family. He's only a baby now so we have to wait until January 25th to pick him up. We found a breeder close to home who has ND's and has one she is willing to let us have. He comes from registered stock but doesn't have the...

Ron and I went to Lowes to get materials for a small DIY kitchen project. While we were there we decided to see if they had some safe plants we could use in the goat pen. We found some Purple Fountain Grasses there on clearance. They were brown and looked very neglected.. At $5 for a gallon...

Meet Rascal...He's 4 months old and a real rascal!Meet Shawn Patrick. He's 6 weeks old and just home.

I have a question that I can't seem to get a good answer for. We have a four month old wether that has had free choice loose minerals with 1350ppm minimum and 1600ppm maximum of copper since he has been here (eleven weeks tomorrow). I have read that one can tell when they have a copper...

We are new to goating but I have been training dogs in obedience and teaching dog obedience for over 30 years. After a two week orientation in their new home we took our two little wethers to the pet store with us and fitted them with harnesses for leash training. We started slowly by...