Jude teaches....What If?......... and i had a sudden urge this morning. What if? so before i left for the Old Cowboy's,
this much and then i had to leave. On the way back from OCB's, i went to Jan the Dog Trainer's to see the kids that Tenzen sired with her beloved doe Joey and Joey's young doe daughter Nutmeg.
When i got there, Jan told me the shocking news that Joey had died yesterday. When she came out in the morning to feed, there was Joey. Dead. her doeling and buckling just standing there. Joey had not displayed anything that would have indicated this. ate normally the night before. All we can figure is that the difficult kidding of the buckling who was not positioned well and also very large, must have caused some internal thing that just took her. The kids are 3 weeks old.
Joey's big buckling who i call Flash.
So, talk. and what we talked up is that if the vet will come and clear Sunny Ray, Jan will take him. He is a better buck for breeding with her Saneen/Nigerian cross Neugat (sp. like candy). She will keep Sunny Ray then for at least 2 breeding seasons. Beyond that is Beyond That. But this is enough. This would offer relief for old Gideon and i will bring a little wethered buckling Flash here for Gideon's yard mate.
Nutmeg, a first kidding doe is not being mean to Joey's orphans, but she won't nurse them too, in addition to her own two. So Jan is bottle feeding them. MAYBE MAYBE MAYBE i will take Flash sooner and finish him off on the bottle. Maybe.
There is good news too. A new Vet in Magdalena, a woman, who is willing to come down to this Valley. She knows Goats. Jan likes her a lot.
at Jan's.
Home and I like it. I like it very much. Deb Lacativa's damask, here acquiring the sense of Leafness with the kantha
Mantis awaits the touch of the Inktense pencils
What if is a Good Thing
