speaking of goats,,and an old story of animals(no pictures)

larry@stinescorner

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The wifes very concerned about her goat pepper,hes 14 now she worries with this severe cold weather,I Have lots of extra straw shook out in his little shed,The door opening faces south,he seems to be doing fine,He gets his food and a bucket of warm water in the morning,and I Just gave him a bucket of warm water tonight,He takes a nice drink each night. I assure her this is ok,but she still worries,As I Was taking care of him tonight I thought of something that happend years ago in the town I grew up in here in NJ. Many years ago the town I grew up in had a lot of small farms,Through developements,most of them disapeered. I was raised on a small farm,and there were still some around when I grew up but,not many. My grandmothers cousin had a small old fashioned surviving orchard and kept a milk cow. He still had his orignal land,but new houses were all around it.His place was not fancy at all ;but it never was,and never changed. Some of the new people turned him in for unsanitary conditions etc, etc, My dad went and took his backhoe there and cleaned up some for him.I was very young at the time,but remember the ASPCA was invovled too,They said there was not water supplied at the shed. My dad knew the older local vet at the time. He went to court with my grandmothers cousin. It was the truth,he told the court my grandmothers cousin led the animal to the spring down in the meadow to drink,before he milked in the morning,then again at night,thats the way his grandfather taught him to do it,on the very same farm ,from the very same shed ,to the spring,which never once dried up in all those years.I guess they accepted his explaination,I Remember he kept his cow for many years after that,,,,,
 

I didn't know that goats lived that long. Remember the episode where the goat ate the dynamite on Andy Griffith?
 
My first thought was, he's 14? Are you sure he's not dead, and just acting animated to mess with you? Its like a guy I knew who had lymphoma, and then it went into remission for about 15 years, but he still had the swollen lymph glands. When he was 76, he laughed and said, "If the big C is going to get me, it had better hurry, before I die of old age!" And he did exactly that, about 4 years later.

As far as animal cruelty, they have to show some detriment to the animal, not just that they don't agree with the way you are caring for him. You don't have to have running water at the barn, unless they can show that the animal is suffering because of the lack of it.
 
I have 2 heat lamps in my goat shed to help keep it warmer. But this is also the time of year I can go out and fine baby goats like I did on Jan 10th.
 
If he is not loosing weight and still active he's probably doing fine. Ive had doe's still giving me kids at 14 and running strong on the milk stand. 14 to 15 is where I let them retire and live out their life and just eat as long as they aren't falling apart.

Greg
 
Well, iffen he wasn't a goat... I would. LOL

That, and I'm sure there's some rule against owning one here. Oh, I remember now - my husband told our daughter when she asked for a pygmy goat... RULE #1: Dad rules. Rule #2: No goats.
 
he prefers honey grahm crackers,but tonight he had ritz crackers,,actually the shoprite sells bits crackers,,looks like ritz,,he doesnt mind store brand,,
 

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