My yesterday

Yesterday, was a long day :) at least 6 hours. It started out with my dad getting home at 2:20, us leaving the house at 2:40, getting to my first goat client's house, Cheryl, at 3:02. She has two Nubian wether goats, and she said she bought them from Kim Puzio as little babies, that she use to trim. But now, Lloyd and Harry (she says her son named them :) are like, 200 lb goats, almost as much as Prince. Just thank goodness they don't smell and act like Prince, who wants to stick his tongue out at you, and make funny sounds :) How we trim them, is she puts a collar on them, and a lead rope, ties the lead rope, and have a bucket of grain to distract them. And one of them spilled the bucket of grain, so the other one, sticked his head under the fence with his long neck, and was actually getting the grain too. Desperate huh? lol. So then I finished trimming her goats in good time. About 20 minutes. And the clock said 3:28 (okay so we talked about 10 minutes worth at least :)

So then we headed to the second house, Donna's house. She has 2 Angora goats (cute little fuzzy things :) and 2 very skittish Navajo Sheep. Part of it she says, is their breeding. Naturally skiddish they are. And so when we entered the stall she had them in, immediately the 2 sheep start flying. I am not kidding either, they were running really fast, and then would run up the walls and spin and jump, and were in the air, and they were like, 5 feet in the air!! and then they calmed down after 10 minutes. So then we used a chair, and sat the little 40-50 lb goats in my lap one by one. We first did the angora buck, he is about a year old, and he just sat in my lap so calmly, and he was soo cute and fuzzy, that I wouldn't mind him breeding a few female goats I have, so I could have some cute fuzzy little babies :) and then we did the female angora goat, and she as well sat in my lap calmly. But the ram was no way going to let us grab him, or his female. So we decided to wait until next time I come. And she said, she is definitely going to continue to have me clip her animals hooves. And it was now 4:00. Time to get to my next appointment.

The third house, Sarah's house. She told me she had 3 Nigerian Dwarfs. But I saw 4. Omg you guys, she had 3 cute little Nigerian wethers, and OH MY GOSH the CUTEST little 3 lb Nigerian Dwarf doeling ever! just a baby that she recently got! and it was soooo cute. Now the boy's hadn't been trimmed for like, a year, but she has this HUGE HUGE pile of cinder blocks! so it looked like they hadn't been done for a month instead of a year. And then I sat down, and put the little baby in my lap, and looked at those tiny tiny little toes!! and just trimmed the smallest amount of nail off of a goat, that I have ever done. And she just sat there in my lap, and I was in LOVE :)
which reminds me of how Lady of Chaos felt, when she first saw little baby lily with her teeny tiny hooves. And I also think that Lady Of Chaos needs 50 cinder blocks :) 40 for the female goats, 10 for the male goats.

and then, the fourth house I went to, was like a house call. These people, are people that use to go to the same church, but they recently moved to Arlington, with like, at least as much acreage as Chaos. And lots of it is for the goats to munch on, and some that isn't. The reason I went to their house was because one of their little boys wasn't feeling good. He had nibbled some fox glove just out of his enclosure, that was pointing in the fencing, that he could reach. So it gave him a bad stomach ache, his rumen wasn't as noisy as the other goat, he wasn't as alert, he was laying down, he wouldn't eat grain we offered him. But we rubbed his belly a lot, and we got him up, and walked him around, and he ate some grass and brush, and then we walked him around some more, and then he pooped normal, and then was being more alert, moving faster, and then we were over by the garage and he looked for his grain, and we offered some to him, and he ate the grain! So we definitely felt like he was feeling better. And we were there for 2 hours, we got there at six, and left at 8. And we got home at nine, because for 30 minutes, the people in front of us were driving 40 miles an hour, which was ridiculous! and we couldn't even pass them. And anyways, I made $100 dollars yesterday! I totally am GOOD! :) anyways, I am done telling you about my yesterday, and bragging. SO BUH BYE!

New goat client.

Well, I just got back from trimming Wendelyns goats hooves. She is a brand new client (this is her first trim from me) as she can no longer trim her goats herself. And we talked and talked. And It just so happens, that her best friend is Alison G. (I know you know who that is, L.O.Chaos! :) and anyway, her goats are related to Alison in one way or another. I trimmed 4 of her does, 2 of them are young wethers that will go for Dinner Guests... DG's :) so we didn't trim them. And then she paid me 40 dollars, and hey, I cant tell people who insist on paying me that good no! LOL. So we are going to get her goats on a regular basis trim now. And also, she has 2 dozen Muscovy ducks, and she'd like to get down to 4 females or so, and one drake. So next time I come, I can exchange trimming her goats for her ducks, as lots of people will pay 20-25 dollars for a drake. And I can always find good homes for duck hens too. Her ducks are from Alison G too, so they are solids and colors some solid blacks, solid browns, and some creamy peach colored ones too. I forgot what color she said they are. She also had a brown one with a white triangle spot pointing down on his neck, which made him look like he was wearing a tux. Anyways my nose still hurts from last night. I was having my dad help me get hay for the goats, and as I was closing the fence behind us, so all the goats wouldn't get in, Cinnabun jumped on the fencing, which caused a sharp tiny metal piece from the fence to jab, and go up in my nose, and make my nose pour blood, and it hit so hard, I was bleeding, and crying, and since I was crying blood was dripping in my mouth, so I had to spit out blood spit. It was not a pretty site!! so I haven't given Cinnabun any love or attention lately, and she is acting like she doesn't know why. And I'll probably be back to giving her love and attention, when my nose doesn't hurt anymore, and look like a nose ring gone bad!

Whatcha doin?

It's time for my close up!

Panda in the HOUSE!

So a few days ago, I dressed up all in white, and wanted my mom to take photo's of my does (when you show goats, you wear all white) but of course, playing spider solitare, and singing 'my dingaling' is more important. And I begged and begged her, but that didn't work, and then, my sister Callie comes downstairs, and says, 'mom are you ready to go?' and mom says 'oh yeah,' and then I say, 'well now it's too late to take pictures,' and THEN my mom wants to take pictures, but I was no longer in the mood. And anyway, today, around 8:30 the back door was open, and Pandy likes being on the back porch, so she walks in and I say, Pandy, what are you doin? but she wasn't going crazy like all the other goats do, if any of the other goats get in the house, they will find the grain, or the watermelon rines that I haven't yet taken to them, but Pandy didn't do any of that. Now I wish I had found my camera sooner, but I didn't so I only have one picture. Which I think is very cute! and she sniffed around, she checked out the living room (which is where she is at in this photo) and she checked out both bathrooms, and my parents room. And thankfully thats all she did! cause, usually, goats go potty in the house... : O ! anyways, around that time I got this picture, I could tell Callie woke up, and was coming downstairs, so I had to put Pandy outside, otherwise Pandy would still be in the house. But Callie doesn't like goats in the house. But I think Pandy is one of the most gorgeous goats, and most calm and quite, she barely makes a noise, I have only heard her ma like 3 times since I got her on the 6th. And when she does, it is a very quiet maa. I may breed her in November 07, or I may breed in November 08. I was told the last time she kidded was in early 06, so the last time she had babies was a year and a half ago, and she is still producing milk. And she is a nice milker. Anyway, I think Pandy may feel more at home now since checking out inside our house :). I know when she got here, some of the does did not make her feel welcome. Butting her, and biting her tail. But thankfully she has no ears to bite, so if she feels like biting Reflections ears (Reflection bit her tail) than Pandy can go ahead, and bite Reflection back. :)

ISLAND-CAPRI PANDORA

I haven't yet got any good pictures of Pandy, the very flashy! La Mancha doe I bought 2 days ago, (shes a 4 year old La Mancha doe, and she's in her second year milking. Which means she had her last babies in 06, and none this year of 07) And hopefully I can get some tips on how to show, cause I think she would do well at shows! :) I'd really like to show in in 08.

Will attach photos when I get them. The reason I haven't yet got pictures, is because I just got her two days ago, and the weather has been wet all day today, and played 'trim that goats hooves!' for a few hours at LOC (Lady Of Chaos) house yesterday. But pictures of Pandy are coming!!!