![]() If I had read what I think I will write below, before we REALLY got into goats, I think I might have had serious second thoughts. She was hooked, and we had the choices to not let her do goats, or to help her do it. And it became evident that for Hazel, goats was not a passing fad. ![]() And no, she is NOT for sale!Īfter Annie's death, we decided that we wanted to do the next set of goats at home - mostly because with Annie at Norma's, we never saw our daughter. Here, I help Hazel out, but she is the one, at the end of the day, that initiates stall-cleaning, foot-trimming, milking chores, and does the so many other things that are necessary to take care of a high-maintenance animal like a dairy goat. Our house is not the sterotypical scenario of the kid's begging for the animal and the parents end up taking care of it. Hazel is the manager of her goat herd and the ultimate decision maker, though her father and I weigh in our sometimes STRONG opinions ("You're going to sell HER?! Are you OUT OF YOUR MIND?!?). She is called upon fairly regularly by other 'goat people' to help them with maintenance or care of their goats - she is becoming the Mistress of the Hoof Nippers and now has her own business, 'Happy Hooves', where she helps out other folks with their goat-maintenance needs. She at first decided that she will become an Exotic Animal Vet, because many vets up here won't see goats, and has now moved laterally into 'Animal Psychologist'. Goats have changed Hazel's outlook on so many things, and she has had some rough times, some real ups and downs, with goats. 'We will NOT have goats at our house', now milks goats, makes milk-stands, yogurt and Greek yogurt (mmmn!), and feeds goats. My husband and I have become lost in Hazel's whirlpool of goats, and now my husband, Mr. If someone had told me, in 2007, that I would be head-over-heels in love with my kid's GOATS, I would have thought them mad. Since then, we have been involved in goat births, goat deaths, sick goats, healthy goats, clipping goats, vaccinating goats, transporting goats, burying goats, milking goats, kidding out goats, disbudding goats (THIS TOTALLY SUCKS), tattooing goats and drawing blood from goats. ![]() Then we met Norma, and Norma shared her love of goats with Hazel (being willing to house Hazel's first goat Annie), and Hazel became goat-crazy. My purpose in asking for a webpage link on Hazel's page, is really for other parents like me, who feel that it is important to let their kid find their own passion and follow it (thus getting dragged along into it).īack in 2008, I was dimly aware of what a goat looked like, but if pressed, probably could not have told anyone the difference between a goat and a sheep. Sarina was the model for Blanca, and we used Blanca for our 4H club's demo at the Navajo County Fair. Right: Hazel introduces 'Blanca' to Athena while Sarina looks on.
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