Monday, May 03, 2010

Too late now

The new baby goat is hard to photograph -- her coloring is a little like that of a pinto horse, but also calico, like a cat. She is considerably smaller than our cats and has a Yoda-like profile. Honestly, not the cutest goat ever, but a good little Nigerian Dwarf, friendly and cheerful and peaceful. She slept through the night in the dog carrier without uttering a bleat and drinks milk out of a bottle three times a day. I cringe to see diapers on anything other than a human infant, but given that she can not live outside until there is a companion and a fence, we have no choice. She is currently about as objectionable as a guinea pig.

20 comments:

  1. O.M.G. that is the cutest thing I've ever seen!!

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  2. She IS cute! i hope she's not reading your blog!

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  3. what could be cuter than a yoda-like profile!

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  4. Plotzing from the cuteness! Have you selected a (new) name for her, yet?

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  5. Now you are making me want a goat. Who knew they were so cute?

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  6. Possibly the cutest baby animal I have ever seen.

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  7. Wow. So CUTE. Okay, my lawyerly facade is crumbling.

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  8. Totally with you on the diapers until she's an outdoor goat. Goat droppings in the house would seriously diminish the cute factor. And I love love love her curled up with your son on the sofa. Mazel tov!

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  9. Absolutely adorable especially with the son.

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  10. Hee. I can imagine the click-click of her little hooves on your kitchen floor.

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  11. Ahhhh! I agree that she is maybe not the prettiest goat ever born, but Oh soooo adorable!

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  12. Ridiculously cute, and I love that's she snuggled up to your son like she's a puppy.

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  13. so cute! What do your husband and daughter think about the goat?

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  14. Georgia Jewel5/4/10, 7:47 AM

    I have a friend who breeds the dwarf goats. They are seriously cute! Congrats!

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  15. Love reading your blog - let me join the "OOOOOHHHHH - CUTE!" brigade! Thinking of you and your mom - so sorry for the loss. (Apologies if I'm opening up the wound; with M-Day this Sunday, I've been thinking of you.) All the Best, Ida

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  16. omfg! That is the cutest little thing I've ever seen! It makes me want to say "screw the city ordinances!" and go get a goat.

    my husband and i joked if we got goats or sheep, we'd call them our dogs. What!? There are "Sheep" dogs. ;-)

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  17. He is so cute and charming.
    Thank you for sharing her.

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