Hunkering Down

Well we were very blessed that Hurricane Ike decided to shift a little more to the east so that we were spared the major path of the storm. We send out our thoughts and prayers to all the people of Galveston and Houston and the gulf coast that were hit hard by this disaster. We prepared for the worst and stocked up on food and water and then the night of the storm we brought the goats in the garage so that they could hunker down too. We heard that we should shelter in place but in Texas they call that hunkering down. Well we hunkered and stayed up late watching the television coverage as the storm moved in. Daddy and all the kids slept in the living room so that they would be away from the windows in case the winds got really bad. We were very lucky to be on the clean side of the storm. If it had come in just a little further west down the coast, we would have been hit hard. We were also very fortunate to not lose power. The goats didn't like being in the garage all night and they were very happy to be let out in the morning. Thanks be to God for the cooler weather we are having today so that all those families that are without power don't have to suffer with the heat too. We hope that all our friends in the Houston area are doing okay and if any of our friends without power, need a place to go, just let us know. We are a shelter that accepts pets.

The Goat Girls

How many girls does it take to walk a goat? At least 2, maybe more. There were a couple of times where we had to remind them to both go in the same direction. That was Flash Gordie. As you can see he doesn't like to walk, especially when he is not walking with Waddles, now Waddless as both waddles have now fallen off. The Bear had her first Showmanship contest on this past Sunday. We were a little nervous as this would be only her second time in the ring with Waddless and other goats. Waddless can be a little unpredictable. Sometimes he walks great, other times he tries to jump up on you. The Bear did great. She kept a firm grip on the goat and her eyes on the judge. A few times she was busy looking at what the other goats were doing, but overall she did a great job. And in the end she got 3rd place in her division, which includes kids in the 5th grade. The judge complemented on how well she walked the goat and kept control of it, but she said that she needed to have a little more confidence in her answers to the judge's questions and not be so shy. So we will work on that for the fair, and work on walking Gordie as he will be the most trouble come show time. We are very proud of her hard work and I would have had pictures of the actual show, but of course, I forgot the camera. So come fair time, there will be actual footage of her in the show.