The pen the I built seems so big and empty. The fence that I built seems too high. The garden is not at risk. The roses will likely grow back now. Our feed bill will be lower next month.
This post comes after a long deep breath. You see, our goat… Buddy, died this week. I never thought I’d mourn the loss of a goat, but I am.
Living with Buddy the Goat
Buddy was annoying, forceful when food was present and would jump any fence to get into trouble. He cost us so much in feed and infrastructure. A new goat house was built to accommodate Buddy’s unnerving ability to get out of almost anything. The double gate entry system was designed and installed to give us a better chance at getting in without Buddy getting out. He even discovered how to open our back door to get on our kitchen table!
Ugh… why do we do so much for one goat! Because we loved him, that’s why.
So sad to hear about Buddy passing away. I stumbled upon your site looking for a YouTube video on putting together the 6×8 greenhouse several months ago (and have watched it several times with my husband so he can put it together..haha) and check back every few days to see what you and your sweet family are doing. Take care. Peggy
Thank you Peggy. Having people like you on my blog is a real encouragement to me. I hope that greenhouse goes up with little complication.
I’m so sorry about, Buddy. I know how hard it is to lose a pet. I’m so glad you didn’t have to end his life yourself. That would have been so hard on you. I’m glad his suffering is over. You gave him a very good life, my friend. God bless.
Thank Paula. I am glad that his suffering is over. That whole experience really took a toll on our family.
Hi again. Well we did it! We were able to build the base and frame of the greenhouse today. You were with us the entire day as we continually followed your youtube video. I sincerely cannot thank you enough for patiently going over the details..especially those crazy windows and yowza…that door!!!!! Just curious if you had any left over parts? We had 4 extra end caps…perhaps we will be able to assess in the daylight. We worked from early this morning to well after dark. Thanks again for for the daddykirbs site. It is a joy to read.
The 4 plastic end caps may be the ends to the gutter rails. Take a look to see if your gutters have ends on them. I’m so glad that my video helped you on your project 🙂
So sorry for the loss! Our vet talked with us about this, I had never heard of it…. she said it was more common in over weight castrated males, but even us with our dairy females should keep an eye out for symptoms, That said, she didn’t have any symptoms to watch for until it was full blown. She did offer those expensive surgeries…. which we could (would) not afford either.
This is only the second article I have read on your blog….
Just wanted to say “Nice to meet you” and “It gets better.”
Hugs to your family, thanks for your knowledge and sharing
I’m so glad you found my blog. Thank you for joining me here and sharing your encouraging words! That UC is no joke. I’m glad you know what to look out for now.