INCOMING GOAT SPAM!
Three weeks ago one of my two goats suddenly died, so I either had to find the other goat a new friend, or a new house with goats, as he seemed very lonely.
I preferred the latter, but I found out it is very hard to rehome a very friendly and handsome castrated male goat. So I had almost decided to find him a new friend when I thought to pressure my cousin and her family into taking him to keep their 3 female goats and to pigs company. They didn't really want another goat, and a 4 hour drive with a goat was rather daunting too, but in the end we decided it was the best solution if we wanted to be sure he got a good place.
I brought him on Christmas eve, and he seemed to enjoy the car ride, looking very interestedly out of the windows and nibbling the cardboard I put in the car!
When we put him in with the other goats and pigs, all the goats were curious and friendly, so I think he'll feel at home in no time!
A surprisingly low carb christmas dinner followed, and way too much wine, we did Christmas karaoke (they are two grownups and four children aged 14 through 20, although one has Down's syndrome and behaves much like a 3 year old) and some dance game where you hold a phone in your hand and have to mimic the movements of a cartoon on the screen, I didn't even know that was possible!
All in all, it was a wonderful day!
Drove back yesterday, very happy to share my christmas dinner only with the dogs and cats, that was quite enough being social to last me for a week!