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Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:01 pm

Beyond wrote:Freddy.

Reminds me of Brutus, the Dane we adopted in December. We haven't had any eaten couches (that's unusual Dane behavior), but we've largely lost use of one!

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 9:36 pm

ha-ha, your couch has really gone to the dogs, Chris

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:46 pm

Lucky, lucky rescue dogs. Brutus knows exactly how to use that couch. The sandy one matches it well enough that I almost didn't see her in the first image.

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:52 pm

Wonderful pictures! Yes indeed, what lucky dogs!

Ann

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:34 pm

Lovely dogs Chris!

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:42 pm

New Additions

A few days late. Hershey had three kids, two boys, one girl. We were expecting just two. The white guy is a little weak, not sure how he'll do. If all three make it, we might be bottle feeding for a while, since goats only have two teats. But good mothers can make that work. Hershey seems to have her act together, even though this is her first kidding. She picked a good day- it's 50°F out, the warmest day of the year. Snow's melting fast.

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:12 pm

Come on, white mini-goat, you can do it!

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:21 pm

geckzilla wrote:Come on, white mini-goat, you can do it!

He seems to be doing better. This updates every minute... so far they're staying in view of the camera.

: Click to view full size image

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 9:40 pm

Has the white one stood up yet? I've come back several times to look and he's always laying down. Mom and kids are all currently resting in the view as I type this.

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 9:52 pm

geckzilla wrote:Has the white one stood up yet? I've come back several times to look and he's always laying down. Mom and kids are all currently resting in the view as I type this.

He's having problems standing. He's bigger than the others- not a runt, just weak. But when held up, he guzzled down a lot of milk. They've all eaten now.

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 1:39 am

Chris Peterson wrote:
geckzilla wrote:Come on, white mini-goat, you can do it!
He seems to be doing better. This updates every minute... so far they're staying in view of the camera.

Click to view full size image

Lovely kids, Chris!

I can't see the updates, though. Is there just something wrong with my computer, or my connection, or the country I'm in, or something?

Ann

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 1:53 am

Ann wrote:Lovely kids, Chris!

I can't see the updates, though. Is there just something wrong with my computer, or my connection, or the country I'm in, or something?

It's just a link to a jpeg that gets replaced every minute. Sometimes there's a bad frame, but usually it's fine. I see the current image inside your quote. Not sure why you don't see it. There are no geographical restrictions imposed at my end.

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 2:14 am

What is the naming theme for goats? Candy? Food named after places?

Nitpicker · Post by **Nitpicker** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 2:24 am

geckzilla wrote:What is the naming theme for goats? Candy? Food named after places?

Maybe the stars of Capricornus? (Although these kids are perhaps too far from the sea.)

Edit: and not that I'm aware of a star named Hershey.

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:25 am

Chris Peterson wrote:
Ann wrote:Lovely kids, Chris!

I can't see the updates, though. Is there just something wrong with my computer, or my connection, or the country I'm in, or something?
It's just a link to a jpeg that gets replaced every minute. Sometimes there's a bad frame, but usually it's fine. I see the current image inside your quote. Not sure why you don't see it. There are no geographical restrictions imposed at my end.

Now I can see the picture, too.

Ann

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:30 am

Nitpicker wrote:
geckzilla wrote:What is the naming theme for goats? Candy? Food named after places?
Maybe the stars of Capricornus? (Although these kids are perhaps too far from the sea.)

Edit: and not that I'm aware of a star named Hershey.

The kids should be called Almaaz, Sadatoni and Hoedus II, after the three stars in Auriga, Capella's kids.

Ann

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:46 am

geckzilla wrote:What is the naming theme for goats? Candy? Food named after places?

You guessed it. Heathbar, Snickers, and Skor.

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:47 am

Ann wrote:The kids should be called Almaaz, Sadatoni and Hoedus II, after the three stars in Auriga, Capella's kids.

I think that would be a hard sell to my wife.

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:49 am

Chris Peterson wrote:
geckzilla wrote:What is the naming theme for goats? Candy? Food named after places?
You guessed it. Heathbar, Snickers, and Skor.

Sweet names.

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:01 pm

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:20 am

I love your kids Chris!
Hey Beyond; i can see where the saying; "curiosity killed a cat once"; comes from!

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:11 pm

Yes, but it also says that satisfaction (in this case a treat) brought it back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Ta-tUJAuA#t=13

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:14 am

He's up!

Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:22 am

geckzilla wrote:He's up!

Yeah, doing better. He was third out the hatch, which means there could have been some minor hypoxia. Just means a couple of days to get some muscle tone. As our vet said, it's not like a goat's going to miss a few brain cells. The girl is taking milk on her own. The boys still need to be aimed a bit. Very cold tonight, but warming again the next days. I expect they'll be heading out into the goat yard to start bouncing around a bit, and meet the rest of the herd... ten now!

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:27 am

They just need one of these:

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

Starship Asterisk*

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