Archive for the ‘Goat Love’ Category
Walking a Mile in Your Goat’s Hoof Shoes
Sometimes as goat caretakers, we may find it difficult to really understand what a goat is going through whether it’s birth, weaning, milking, or other caprine activities.
Well, here’s our chance* to walk a mile in our goats’ shoes.
Classic black hoof boot
Perhaps, though, you were thinking a bit more . . . rustic?
Zip up front hoof boots
Why yes those are gun goat hoof shoes
And for those times when you’re just relaxing around the pen:
Hoof slippers
What do you think your kids (human or caprine) would say if they saw you in any of these?
*Click on the photos for source information.
GoatSpotting: Cabrito in NYC
My friend Frances recently spotted a goat right in the middle of New York City. For real!
Cabrito Mexican Restaurant, NYC
OK, so it’s not a real goat, but it is fuscia! How can you beat a fuscia goat?! It’s the mascot, by the way, of Cabrito Mexican Restaurant. Has anyone ever eaten there?
I wonder what the locals would say if I hung a big fuscia goat outside my house. Hmm….
Remember your photos are always welcome for GoatSpotting!
Have You Hugged a Goat Today?
Forgive me for making you click, but I posted some new goat photos over at my main blog, Bleeding Espresso, yesterday, and I thought you might enjoy them. My girlies really hammed it up in the pen yesterday morning . . . here’s a taste:
Can I have some please Maaaa?
Can you see the heart shape on Pasqualina’s face? Thanks Dana!
Buon weekend!
My Goats Are Walking All Over Me
Literally.
Normally I wear a cheap pair of fake Crocs to the goat pen, but yesterday I forgot to change my shoes and went over in just my flip flops. This is a mistake I’ll never make again because OMGOMGOMG OOOOOWWWWWWIEEEE does it hurt when a goat steps on your bare foot! And then dances ever so slightly on it just to make sure your fourth toe on your left foot is actually cut open instead of just throbbing in pain.
Sure, Pasqualina will say she didn’t dance, but I think the guilt is written all over her smirking face.
Guilty goat.
Pinta’s Playlist: One Goat’s Favorite Songs
Pinta is coming up on five months old, but no one has told her that she doesn’t quite fit in my lap anymore. I’m certainly not going to tell her since I love Pinta cuddle time.
I’ve been holding and singing to her since she was just a wee thing, and it turns out she has certain favorite tunes that seem to relax her more than others. For example, she *loves* when I sing the chorus to “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” but with “Pintaruccia” in place of Argentina. She might like more than the chorus, but I don’t know any more words to that song.
So then we mix it up with a slow. soothing version of “Sweet Child o’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses, which put her in the mood for her absolute favorite:
My sweet Pinta’s eyes are always heavy when I’m finished with James Taylor’s Sweet Baby James.
What about Pasqualina, you may be wondering? She likes a nice, sweet tune now and again, but she’s a bit more of a dancer these days — equivalent of a teenager, I suppose.
Do you sing and dance with your goaties and/or other animals?
What are their favorite tunes?
Goat Costume for Halloween
Yes, I know it’s only August, but it’s never too early to start planning your Halloween costume, right?
Especially when you can dress up like this:
Goat costume from Costume Craze
I kinda wish I was making this up, but I’m not.
Have you ever “gone goat” for Halloween?
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GoatSpotting!
Goats that readers have spotted out and about. Send your photos to michelle(at)goatberries(dot)com!
