New pics for 2016

 "Money can buy you a fine goat, 

But only love can make him wag his tail."

Kathy Meyer

Braided beard

Only a special friend would braid your goat's beard

first summer cut at home - room for improvement - 2016

napping after first round of summer cut - I look like a ruffle potato chip

Utilizing a hand me down dog bed for a nap

Momo says ...............

1st goat: Baa Baa

2nd goat: I was going to say that.

Why did the goat cross the road?

He was tied to the chicken.

At what time does a goat wake up?

At the baaa of dawn.

What do goats watch on TV?

Goat-umentaries!

Where did the goat go when he was sick?

To the goator!

A goat and a duck went to a restaurant for dinner. Who paid?

The duck because he had the bill.

What is a goat's favorite dance ?

The goatstep!

What do you get if you cross a goat with a firework ?

A goatquaker!

Why did the goat cross the road?

To prove he wasn't chicken

Why did the pygmy goat cross the road?

Because he was stapled to a chicken (This is the punk rock version)

How did the goat thief get caught?

The goats he stole were squealers.

Why didn't the goat kids listen to the teacher goat?

Because he was an old goat.

Why did the goat cross the road?

It was the chickens day off!

What did the goat say to the blade of grass?

It was nice knawing you!

Wild Goat in Iran

Animation discovered on 5,200-year-old pottery

A 5,200 year old piece of pottery from Iran has been discovered to embody the oldest known animation in the world -- a wild goat eating vegetation:

The wild goat motif can be seen on Iranian pottery dating back to the 4th millennium BCE, as well as jewellery pieces especially among Cassite tribes of ancient Luristan. However, the oldest wild goat representation in Iran was discovered in Negaran Valley in Sardast region, 37 kilometers from Nahok village near Saravan back in 1999.

The engraved painting of wild goat is part of an important collection of lithoglyphs dating back to 8000 BCE.

However, wild goat representation with a tree is associated with Murkum, a mother goddess who was worshipped by all the Indo-Iranian women of the Haramosh valley in modern Pakistan, which culturally had closer ties with Indus and subsequently the Burnt City civilisations, than Mesopotamia, which could had influenced the ancient potter who made this unique piece.

Getting stuck in a basket

Thursday, we all got to go home early and enjoy some serious snow in Dallas. My husband went to check on goats and found Momo had gotten into an old basket. Momo put on the basket like a hula hoop except he got stuck. Momo ate the bottom out of the basket then got in it. :)

David got Momo out of the basket only after I had snapped a few pictures to share.

We love having the goats to entertain us, they are like naughty toddlers.



A few new Goat jokes you might not have heard:

What do you call a goat on a mountain?
A Hillbilly

What do ya call a royal goat wearin denim?
Billy Jean King

What do you call a transexual goat?
Billy Goats Muff

What do ya call a goat who's in charge of a university?
Billy Dean

What do you call a lazy goat?
Billy Idol

What do you call a wet, singing goat?
Billy Ocean

What do you call a miming goat?
Billy Vanilli


Mountain goat video by National Geographic

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/mammals-kids/mountain-goats-kids.html?source=G2114c

Naps & Trivia

Momo taking an afternoon nap at first glance you assume rigormortis has set in but he is just snoozing on a lazy afternoon.

GOAT TRIVIA!!

What is chevre?

Cheese made from goat's milk

Why do bucks rear and butt at each other?

To establish dominance for the formation of flock hierarch, ALPHA goat!!

What is the problem with a hermaphrodite goat?

Infertile

What is higher in energy: soybean oil, meal, or corn?

Corn

What is a castrated male goat called?

Wether

What are the two parts of a goat's body where it can be tattooed?

Ears and tail web

What is a French word that often used to mean goat meat?

Chevron

What is the Spanish word that is often used to mean goat meat?

Cabrito

The first dairy goat importation came to the US from what country?

Switzerland

When should you disbud a kid?

4-7 days or as soon as you can feel the horn buds on top of the head.

Katy and Arney

Katy & Arney, Just a little kiss like this.......

View to a goat po po

View from the kitchen of Momo trying to back into the door then Katy seeing him.

There is never a dull moment with 3 year olds or goats.

The Wolf and The Goat

A wolf saw a goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff. The wolf smacked his lips at the thought of a fine goat dinner."My dear friend," said the wolf in his sweetest voice, "aren't you afraid you will fall down from that cliff? Come down here and graze on this fine grass beside me on safe, level ground."

"No, thank you," said the goat."Well then," said the wolf, "aren't you cold up there in the wind? You would be warmer grazing down here beside me in this sheltered area."

"No, thank you," said the goat."But the grass tastes better down here!" said the exasperated wolf, "Why dine alone?"

"My dear wolf," the goat finally said, "are you quite sure that it is MY dinner you are worrying about and not your own?" by Aeosp

The Goat Who Saved the Priest [Ignorance]

Once upon a time, there was a very famous priest in a very old religion. He decided it was the right day to perform the ritual sacrificing of a goat. In his ignorance, he thought this was an offering demanded by his god.
He obtained an appropriate goat for the sacrifice. He ordered his servants to take the goat to the holy river and wash him and decorate him with flower garlands. Then they were to wash themselves, as part of the purification practice.

Down at the riverbank, the goat suddenly understood that today he would definitely be killed. He also became aware of his past births and deaths and rebirths. He realized that the results of his past unwholesome deeds were about to finally be completed. So he laughed an uproarious goat-laugh, like the clanging of cymbals.

In the midst of his laughter, he realized another truth that the priest, by sacrificing him, would suffer the same terrible results, due to his ignorance. So he began to cry as loudly as he had just been laughing!

The servants, who were bathing in the holy river, heard first the laughing and then the crying. They were amazed. So they asked the goat, "Why did you loudly laugh and then just as loudly cry? What is the reason for this?" He replied, "I will tell you the reason. But it must be in the presence of your master, the priest."

Since they were very curious, they immediately took the sacrificial goat to the priest. They explained all that had happened. The priest, too, became very curious. He respectfully asked the goat, "Sir, why did you laugh so loudly, and then just as loudly cry?"

The goat, remembering his past lives, said, "A long time ago, I too was a priest who, like you, was well educated in the sacred religious rites. I thought that to sacrifice a goat was a necessary offering to my god, which would benefit others, as well as myself in future rebirths. However, the true result of my actions was that in my next 499 lives I myself have been beheaded!

"While being prepared for the sacrifice, I realized that today I will definitely lose my head for the 500th time. Then I will finally be free of all the results of my unwholesome deeds of so long ago. The joy of this made me laugh uncontrollably.

"Then I suddenly realized that you, the priest, were about to repeat the same unwholesome action, and would be doomed to the same result of having your head chopped off in your next 500 lives! So, out of compassion and sympathy, my laughter turned to tears."

The priest was afraid this goat might be right, so he said, "Well, sir goat, I will not kill you." The goat replied, "Reverend priest, even if you do not kill me, I know that today I will lose my head and finally be released from the results of my past unwholesome action."

The priest said, "Don't be afraid, my fine goat. I will provide the very best protection and personally guarantee that no harm will come to you." But the goat said, "Oh priest, your protection is very weak, compared to the power of my unwholesome deed to cause its necessary results."

So the priest cancelled the sacrifice, and began to have doubts about killing innocent animals. He released the goat and, along with his servants, followed him in order to protect him from any danger.

The goat wandered into a rocky place. He saw some tender leaves on a branch and stretched out his neck to reach them. All of a sudden a thunderstorm appeared out of nowhere. A lightning bolt struck an over-hanging rock, and cut off a sharp slab, which fell and chopped off the goat's head! He died instantly, and the thunderstorm disappeared.

Hearing of this very strange event, hundreds of local people came to the place. No one could understand how it had happened.

There was also a fairy who lived in a nearby tree. He had seen all that had occurred. He appeared, gently fluttering in the air overhead. He began to teach the curious people, saying, "Look at what happened to this poor goat. This was the result of killing animals! All beings are born, and suffer through sickness, old age and death. But all wish to live, and not to die. Not seeing that all have this in common, some kill other living beings. This causes suffering also to those who kill, both now and in countless future rebirths.

"Being ignorant that all deeds must cause results to the doer, some continue to kill and heap up more suffering on themselves in the future. Each time they kill, a part of themselves must also die in this present life. And the suffering continues even by rebirth in hell worlds!"

Those who heard the fairy speak felt that they were very lucky indeed. They gave up their ignorant killing, and were far better off, both in this life, and in pleasant rebirths.
The moral is: Even religion can be a source of ignorance.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Get your goat a Valentine

What would you get if you crossed a goat with a Valentines Day card?

A card that says, "I love you baadly baa baa!"

Mount Everest

Question - Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?

Answer - Mount Everest, it just hadn't been discovered!

New goat tricks in the dark

The goat and the fortune teller

In a dark and gloomy room, the fortune teller was startled by what she saw in her crystal ball. She looked up at her customer, sitting across the table.

"There's no easy way to say this, soI'll just be blunt. Prepare yourself to be a widow. Your husband will die a violent and horrible death this year."

Visibly shaken, the woman stared at the psychic'slined face, then at thesingle flickering candle, then down at her hands. She took a few deep breaths to compose herself. She simply had to know.

She met the fortune teller's gaze, steadied her voice, and asked:"Will I get away with it?"

Capricorn

Do you know why the goat in the constellation Capricorn has the tail of a fish?

Pan, the god of the forest, resembled a goat, was very skilled at playing the reed pipes. Pan spent his days singing, dancing, and living a cheerful existence.

Once the gods were feasting on the banks of the river Nile in the land of Egypt. Pan, who loved everything lively, set out joyfully playing his reed pipes merrily and loudly when suddenly in burst the monster Teuphon bellowed "What is that terrible noise?"

Startled, Pan tried to quickly change himself into a fish to get away. In his haste, his body turned into a fish but his head remained that of a goat. The gods laughed uproariously, and added his form to the constellations in the sky to commemorate the event.

The new priest is nervous

The new priest is nervous about hearing confessions, so he asks the older priest to sit in on his sessions.

The new priest hears a couple of confessions, then the old priest asks him to step out of the confessional for a few suggestions.

The old priest suggests, "Cross your arms over your chest and rub your chin with one hand.... and try saying things like......... "Yes, I see," and "Yes, go on," and "I understand."

The new priest crosses his arms, rubs his chin with one hand and repeats all the suggested remarks to the old priest.

The old priest says, "Now, don't you think that's a little better than Slapping your knee and saying, "No shit .... what happened next??"

Goat story by Dr. Clarke

Goats have been taught to perform a great many wonderful exploits. The celebrated traveler, Dr. Clarke, gives a very curious account of a goat which he came across in Arabia. This goat would perform some most surprising feats of dexterity.

"We met," he says, "an Arab with a goat, which he led about the country to exhibit, in order to gain a livelihood. He had taught this animal, while he accompanied its movements with a song, to mount upon little cylindrical blocks of wood, placed successively one above another, and resembling in shape the dice belonging to a backgammon table.

In this manner the goat stood, first on the top of two; afterward of three, four, five, and six, until it remained balanced upon the summit of them all, elevated several feet above the ground, and with its fore feet collected upon a single point, without throwing down the disjointed fabric on which it stood. The diameter of the upper cylinder, on which its four feet alternately remained until the Arab had ended his ditty, was only two inches, and the length of each was six inches.

The most curious part of the performance took place afterward; for the Arab, to convince us of the animal's attention to the turn of the air, sometimes interrupted the ordinary da capo, or repeat, and as often as he did so, the goat tottered, and appeared uneasy. When the man suddenly stopped, in the middle of his song, the animal fell to the ground."

Stop talkin about that black goat....

Aesop's The vine and the goat

A VINE was luxuriant in the time of vintage with leaves and grapes.

A Goat, passing by, nibbled its young tendrils and its leaves.

The Vine addressed him and said: "Why do you thus injure me without a cause, and crop my leaves?

Is there no young grass left?

But I shall not have to wait long for my just revenge; for if you now should crop my leaves, and cut me down to my root, I shall provide the wine to pour over you when you are led as a victim to the sacrifice."

Maintenance of goats

David trimming the hooves of the herd with his boss, Katy, standing by.

Arney is much more laid back about his 6 week trimming.

Some interesting facts about goats:

* Worldwide, goats provide people with more meat and milk than any other domestic animal.

* Goat meat is called Chevon or Cabrito and is a red meat that is lower in cholesterol and fat than beef, pork, lamb or chicken.

* Goat milk is more easily digested than cow’s milk.

* A goat’s tail turns up while a sheep’s tail turns down.

* Male goats are called “bucks” or “billies” and female goats are called “does” or nannies”.

* Goats are pregnant for five months and normally have two kids at a time.

* Goats can grow to be 8–12 years old.

* Goats are known as “browsers” (eating twigs, leaves and bark) but they also do well grazing grass.

* Goats weigh 5-10 pounds at birth and grow to 75-200 pounds when mature.

* 5-7 Goats can live on the amount of feed it takes to feed one cow.

* There are about one billion goats worldwide!

* The domestic goat is in the family Bovidae, genus Capra, and is of the species Hircus.