To Rescue a Goat

For those of you who follow Patriot's Dream on Facebook, you already know that two weeks ago, someone ran a stray goat off of Sandario to our house.  We've spent the last two weeks contacting the livestock inspector, the local breeders, 4H folks, and the folks in our area who seem to know everyone.  One gentleman said he wanted him, then backed out at the last minute.  Alas, Bucky Boy the stray pygmy buck is still in a holding pen on the northeast area of our property.

In posting on Facebook and Craigslist, I did also research enough to figure out with decent certainty, that someone was trying to sell him quite inexpensively about a week before he appeared at Patriot's Dream.  This leads us to the conclusion that he was dumped.  The livestock inspector agrees with this assumption.  Sad, no animal deserves to be dumped.  The livestock inspector says to go ahead and offer him up to youth in 4H, or anyone who may want him.  If he cannot be rehomed, the livestock inspector will come pick him up.  But he doubts he will sell in the abandoned livestock auction.

Bucky Boy will likely be a sweet fellow when not trying to challenge our buck for his ladies.  Wethering will turn him in to a nice pet, or if we had been able to determine he could be registered, even a show goat.  His random markings would keep him from being too perfect, but other than that he has a nice face and conformation. (Though we all know that each judge sees an animal quite differently!)  For now, though, he is lonely without friends to hang out with.

Our friend, Auntie Sonia, seems to want to take Bucky Boy home.  She lives in the city, though, and I don't know the landlord will go for yet another animal in the menagerie at their house.  She sent me the attachment about a goat rescue in Montana.  Bucky Boy should be very glad to be here than to have waited on a ledge for two days like these precious girls!  The photos make quite an impression!

Bucky Boy talks to us when we are working nearby, and plays with his house.  I am going to announce that he is looking for a home at the 4H meeting next Tuesday.  I hope he will find a place where he can be happy and a member of the herd.  Take a look, let me know what you think.  The next time you see a lost animal, as hard as it is, try to help him find his way home.  Even if the journey takes a bit.  We are all gods creatures, after all.  I will let you know how this pans out.