Having fun with the goats

 Someone commented on my blog a while back, asking me to get some pictures of me leading my two goats.  Yesterday my husband and I got that done.  You will notice that they are now almost the same size, mother and daughter.  The daughter's horns haven't grown as long as her mother's yet, though.  Yesterday I let them eat grass and weeds for 45 minutes or an hour, and I enjoyed every minute.  Thelma, the mother, doesn't take to being led as well as Louise, but I took them quite a long way yesterday without any real problem.  Toward the end, Louise even tried to lead me!  She was getting downright sassy!  

They can't be out of their pen because the grandson's dogs might chase them, so we buy hay for them.  That's why they act so hungry; they aren't starving, it's just that fresh grass tastes a lot better than dry hay.  So, when I can, I take them out to the pasture.  They are happy to let me hook the leashes to their collars.

Gabe is watching me with the goats

It's a good thing I have midget goats.  They are easy to handle.

When I first started thinking about leading them to grass, I thought I'd have trouble getting them in and out of the pen by myself, but it really hasn't been that hard at all.