My kids, me and our new goat.

[tripperfunster]

Here's a few RL pics for ya.

We bought a new goat on Saturday. She is a lovely little Nigerian Dwarf and the kids named her after our last goat (who passed away last winter). Bellatrix Lestrange (aka Bella) She's the black and white one. Our other goat is Professor Sprout. They are both really sweet and shy but friendly. That's my son Harry feeding them. (yes, HARRY! In my defense, I named him Harry before ever reading/writing/drawing HP porn!! and for the record his name is HARRISON)




Here's our pig Hogrid with our mini horse Mr. Snippets.




Here's a very unflattering pic of me feeding our other horse, Mary Poppins. BTW Harry took this pic. Not bad for 4 years old eh?




And just one more, here's little Quincey. He wasn't around for our animal foray today, so I thought I'd stick a pic of him in there too 'cause he's soooo damn cute! :D

Comments

[joanwilder.livejournal.com]

Aww, shucks, cute attack! The kids too. :) I'm so jealous that you live somewhere where you can have real animals. Do you let the pig in the house? Just curious.... We had a goat named Yoda for 24 hours--another story for another time. The icon is him with my daughter.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Hey! Yoda looks like the same type of goat!

This is our first year with the pig, and at the moment, no, we don't let him in the house. (that luxury is reserved for the birds, cats fish and dogs!) Oh, and the tortoise comes inside during the winter too!

When Hogrid was still a little baby, and wasn't eating properly (yeah, a pig that wouldn't eat, go figure!) I brought him in the house and kept him in our shower so that I could monitor his eating better. Eventually I managed to win him over and he's never looked back! :D

It gets VERY cold here in the winter, so we *might* have to bring Hogrid inside for the really cold snaps. They don't have much for fur. We'll have to make him a nice little dog house type thing with a heat lamp to help him through the cold.

I HAVE taken him to work with me a few times (I own a pet store) and he was pretty good there, enjoying the attention, but for the most part, I think he likes to hang out with the goats and the horses. Maybe when it's cold out he'll have a different attitude about the store. Plus, he INSISTS on riding on my lap in the van, and damn he's HEAVY! He's only about the size of a Beagle right now, but he must weight at least 60 lbs!

And yes, I'd love to hear Yoda's story! :D