I think I mentioned in a prior post that we bought goats? Well, here they are: Feta and Frappé. We named both of them after Greek dairy products. There was no rhyme or reason to that.
Sooooo...life with goats. It's definitely not for the pet-wary. Feta's not too bad. She's very sweet and shy. The problem is, she's a lemming who does everything Frappé wants to do. And Frappé (who has somehow been dubbed "my" goat) is a trouble maker. She thinks she's a mountain goat and climbs every thing. It started off small, like climbing the dog house:
Or sometimes she'd climb IN the doghouse:
But then her conquests got bigger.
On the plus side, having two mischievous goats does generate lots of social networking conversations:
Or sometimes she'd climb IN the doghouse:
But then her conquests got bigger.
On the plus side, having two mischievous goats does generate lots of social networking conversations:
Jodi
Anyone know how to get two goats off of a Jeep?
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Kelly You look at them and say "get off my jeep." because of their intelligent goat brains, they should be pretty understanding and politely leave.
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Jodi So we just went from politely conversing with the goats in true goat-whisperer fashion, to opening up a can of whoop-a#$ on them? Dang Kelly, I'm going to come to you for advice more often!
Jodi I don't think I have a choice Sarah--those adventures are coming with or without my approval. ;) Alec, care to demonstrate?
Jodi As in, bribe them with food, or turn them into food? Both seem to be viable solutions.
Jodi Good to know! If these two end up trampeding around on my roof, I might have to start looking into some delicious Birria recipes.
Steve The obvious answer - start driving the jeep... and hit some bumps along the way.
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Richard You need to build somthing higher than the Jeep, because goats like to get on the tallest item around. Next they will be on top of your house.
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Doug They're so cute! May want to give them names? Billy Joe, Billy Bob? Just saying, it's not everyone that has goats on top of their vehicle.
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Jodi After carefully considering all of your wonderful suggestions involving tin cans, speed bumps, and shot guns, we opted to SLOWLY drive the jeep (Steven and Steve) until the girls jumped down. Now they're happily resting. On top of our hot tub.
Jodi You have earned the honor of using your dragon warrior skills to get two goats out of a hot tub. And yes, Stevens are pretty awesome.
Alec again i say pick them up. i had some goats follow me for a mile to my house and we had to rescue them from the pool a few times
Jodi Sarah, I gave up and took a nap. They're very possibly still enjoying the view from the hot tub. Alec, I don't think I have the upper body strength (nor the motivation) to man-handle goats.
Naomi Isn't there a book about that? Oh, no! I'm thinking of Sheep in a Jeep -- you've got Goat on a Jeep! The sequel?
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I also gained four new followers on twitter when I posted this pic, so apparently livestock trampling on top of SUVs is an overall crowd-pleaser.
Any chance we can keep these two a secret from our neighbors long enough for our permit to clear through the city?
Yeah, didn't think so. We're screwed.
I LOVE the whole FB comment feed! A very entertaining read!
ReplyDeleteThe feed actually continued to generate conversation after I posted this. I love getting little seeds of wisdom from FB friends--it always makes for a good laugh!
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