Courtesy of Danielle Langloism, Wikipedia CCLIs a Pygmy Goat in Your Future?
Elizabeth at Save a Pet Blog gives us the ins and outs of raising pygmy goats, those adorable, tiny, fuzzy, rambunctious escape artists.
Her post also gives us this quote from Scottish writer David Mackenzie in his 1954 book Farmer in the Western Isles:
“All goats are mischievous thieves, gate-crashers, and trespassers. Also they possess individual character, intelligence, and capacity for affection which can only be matched by the dog. Having once become acquainted with them I would as soon farm without a dog as without a goat.”
I can definitely vouch for the escape artist in the pygmy goats. Yes, they are very affectionate and full of surprises. Shortly after putting our two new pygmy goats in their pen, we looked out the window of our house to see one of them standing on our car and the other on the window sill!
Yep, if you want to learn how to build fences, get goats!
cheers,
HDR