I like goats. I think my adoration for them stems from a culmination of reasons including: my friend Emily's love for goats rubbed off on me; I thoroughly enjoyed an outing to Grumpy's Goat Shack in Victor Idaho where I had a delicious hot dog awhile back; they make the cutest noises; I love goat cheese; my general championing for under-appreciated things. Any way, this last weekend I took part in a service project at Camp Twin Lakes in Winder Georgia-it is a summer camp for children with special needs. I laid sod all day Saturday but I took a journey to a small, wonderful corner of the camp where I met my new best friend. I named him Wee Goaty, because he is so cute and small. He even seemed to have a slight cold and we bonded over the fact that we were both congested. However, mine is a chronic disease, I hope that Wee Goaty just has a cold because I would never wish on him the debilitating condition from which I suffer from daily and that brings upon me ridicule and despair from unfeeling people.
However, this is not just a post to introduce you to my friend but he needs my help. He is stuck in pen with a huge rooster, and when I say huge I am not exaggerating. Plus the rooster seems like a bully. He bullies Wee Goaty, the bunnies in the pen and the other chickens. I am trying to get Wee Goaty a companion/lifepartner. He needs a fellow goat to help him work out his differences with the rooster. I am having a friend talk to the camp about it and hopefully they agree. I'll try and keep you all updated about very important cause.
6 comments:
From displaced sheep to goats - it's a good thing there are people like you out there to watch out for this underrepresented segment of society.
You should get him a Tennessee fainting goat as his mate. There is even an association for them:
http://www.faintinggoat.com/
If Wee Goaty's companion has a chronic fainting problem, no one is going to notice Wee's congestion problem.
Maybe you need a fainting goat to displace unwanted attention.
I went with my 2 year-old nephew Gideon to the L.A. zoo and he said about a thousand times that day "Didden. Fav'rit. Ammal. Ghost!" (Gideon's favorite animal: goats). So you are not alone in your goat love.
Did you ever go out to the petting zoo at Domino Farms in Ann Arbor? They had a bunch of goats out there.
Is that a nubian? Also, I agree with Kirsten that fainting goats are absolutely charming. Pygmy goats also are great because they always look like a baby goat and when they're actually babies . . . eeeek! They are adorable. You saved a displaced sheep?? Some day I want to be as cool as you.
You're such a kind animal defender. I hope you get him his playmate.
Also, I can't help but wonder why we haven't seen a post about your dog yet?
Your story has inspired me. May your campaign for all that is good and right in the world find completion.
Three cheers for Wee Goaty!
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