Got back from the goat show. It was awesome! There were some AMAZING goats there! I had a hayday scetching goats. Soo fun! I could tell you about all the beautiful goats, but it would take a whole book to write about! I get to go tomorrow too!
I've been watching a bunch of gaot videos online, and saw a really awesome one. I'm not into meat goats, but there was an anglo-nubian (Whatever that is) That's fatter than any boer I've ever seen. Well, it's not really fat, actually. It's MUSCLE. You can just see em' rippling as he walks! He was a REAL looker! (This doesn't mean I want meat goats now, honestly! (; ) But still, he was pretty!
(Ok, I'm done ranting about goats now.)
Edited to add. Wait, no I'm not. I just realized that I never told anyone about showing Andy last year. (Please don't think of this as bragging, I'm not trying to, and it will explain my confidence in her)
I got her last year, in March. She had hardly ever been touched by anyone, and was more skittish than a wild rabbit. It was a wrestle to catch her, and a fight to force the bottle into her mouth. After about two weeks, I could get about halfway across the fairly small shed to her before she spooked. Be two months, instead of me having to smack her on the head to get her to take her bottle (Figure of speach, I never actually hit her), she was smacking me into subbmision!
I bonded with her a lot. We became great friends, and she would get to come out and follow me around. She became my pride and joy. Everyone commented on how pretty and sweet she was. I worked with her, training her for the show ring. It didn't take long, and soon she walked like a dream. She would set herself up, too. She would line her legs up perfectly, and stood amazingly still as long as I could.
We got to the fair, and she was an angel all week. She was quiet, and the one time she escaped was when the gate was left unlatched, and everyone got out. She was caught quickly and easily, she didn't run when I came for her. I took her out of her pen to prepare to show about two shows before our turn. It turns out that the judge was long winded, so it ended up being three hours before our turn. Andy was tired. She was very content to just stand and try to get some sleep. Yes, she did fall asleep in the ring. We had to trade goats for a few minutes, and she didn't give him any trouble either. I got third purple in showmanship with her. I was so proud of her! In showmanship, it isn't just on how well the human shows, it's also about how well the human and goat work together, and how well behaved the goat is. She went home, with her ribbon proudly displayed, and me very happy with my amazing goat. If I have what may seem like to much confidence her, this is why.
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