Well, FYI, goats need their hooves trimmed. And, you can do it with nice, sharp gardening shears! The trick is getting the goat to hold still. For those of you that have goats that actually like you, this will not be a problem. For us, I grabbed her while she was eating, and 'pinned' her to the wall, just like they said to in the book. *dramatic pause* (or just a scornful one) I am 5'10" the goat is roughly 18", maaaaaaybe 20. So, that didn't work out so great. I ended up gently pushing her to the floor, holding her down with the one arm, and working on the hoof with the other. She wiggled for about half a second (the time it took me to start cleaning the hoof) and then seemed content to have her hoof stop hurting her. After I was done, I scratched her all over. With both hands. If goats could purr, this goat would have been purring. She leaaaaaaned into it, for about 15-20 seconds, then realized that she wasn't being held down, and took off, about 2 steps: stopped, looked at me, and started eating again. YEA!!!!!!!! This is a Hallmark card-worthy event, people. If I had black ink in the printer, I would make one, send it to myself, (hey, who doesn't love getting mail?) and proudly post it on the refrigerator.
Fun 'fact': "Lost goats" are probably just in the smallest, hardest to get to place, and will remain there until they are good and ready to come out. So, just because it's full of thorn bushes, and has tin all around it, doesn't mean that the goats aren't there. Go check it out. Or, better yet, tackle them to the ground, scratch them until they like you, and then they'll come to you, instead of you having to go to them.
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