Goats, Shavings, and a Purple Eye

My Boy met one of the goats, up close and personal, for the first time on Sunday. My sister's boyfriend was cementing a support post in the middle of My Boy's run-in shed. My Boy was very curious as to what was happening to his shed. He left his tree and came down to investigate.

He could not figure out what all the fuss was about. There didn't appear to be any food involved. But he wasn't quite convinced.

Deciding there was nothing there for him, My Boy headed down to his grain bucket, to check if he'd missed anything from his last meal. The Boyfriend hadn't shut the pasture gate completely, it was chained so that he could open it easier to get his supplies in and out, but my horse couldn't. Meanwhile, one of the goats, which had been tethered to graze outside of My Boy's gate, had suddenly squeezed himself into the pasture.

It was Ralph. Ralph has long curly hair on his hind legs and like to climb on stumps and chew his cud. He also has very big horns. I don't remember inviting you in!? You aren't trying to get to my grain bucket, are you?
My Boy has to give Ralph the sniff over.

This is very strange. I can not figure out this smell. And where is the rest of your tail, anyway?

Oh Nelly! Watch those horns, My Boy!


Aww, look. It's Big Pill and Little Pill.

After I snapped this picture, I quickly climbed over the other gate and went around and extracted Mr. Ralph from My Boy's pasture.

Now, the following two goats are my favorite on the farm. This is Edgar.
He is a very kind goat. He is the Golden Retriever of goats. He does not have any horns. Now do you know why I like him so much? Well, he does have this little nubbin on the left.

And this is Walter. He is also a sweet goat. Aren't those long ears just dang right irresistible? And goodness, I just love rubbing that course gray hair on his nose. Notice how he is hornless, too?

At the end of the day, after the cemented post had dried in My Boy's run-in shed, I spread two bags of new shavings inside. Guess who had to come over and check it out?
Hmm...this is interesting. What's something horses like to do in new bedding?

I'd really like to have some privacy for this, do you mind?

Put down that apple picker! Poo presents are not in my game plan. I'm going down, baby!

Uh, Pony Girl, this is nice and all, but do you think I could get, uh, like, one more bag of shavings? However, I will say that my shed gets such delightful afternoon sunlight, thank you very much! Tomorrow is My Boy's vet appointment. He gets his strangles booster and an eye exam. I will let you know how it goes!