Visiting the goats and Badger

Yesterday was my hubby's birthday. He turned 55, so I gave him the option of either running around town and trying to find places that would give him a senior discount (he,he,he....) or going to visit our favorite goat farm to see Mr. T and to meet our new LGD, Badger. He picked the goat farm. What a surprise! Our goat "grandparents" from Ronan Country Fibers are housing Mr. T for us until we get our barn done, and our pastures re-fenced. They have been so wonderful to us...I don't know what we'd do without them! Carol called last week with the best surprise ever. She knew that we had been looking for a Large Guard Dog to protect our animals and she got a line on one that needed a new home. Long story short is that he was raised as a "goat dog" and had lost his flock...so like many of us today, he found himself unemployed. Unfortunately there are no unemployment benefits for dogs that lose their goats! I was so anxious to meet him, and now that we have, we are convinced that he will work out beautifully...and the plus is that he's such a pretty boy also!

The bonus of the trip was getting to see the new baby goats! These pictures really don't do them justice. They are such a lovely shade of russet! One of them wandered off from mom and my hubby got these pics of their LGDs babysitting the little guy. Such a wonderful day!