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Iris at 2 years old

Iris, our black La Mancha goatie girl, peacefully passed away this past weekend. She was 15 years old. We got her at 2 years old. She was always very skitterish but would always take apples and grape leaves from our hands. We noticed her fading the last 6 months or so and knew it was coming. !5 is a ripe old age for a goat.

Pumpkin and Iris at 2 years old

We are now left with only one brown goat, Pumpkin. She is also a La Mancha goat. We don’t want anymore goats, so we are looking for a good retirement home for her as goats need another goat as a companion. If anyone out there has a goat or has a single horse that needs a goatie friend (she and Iris were our horse’s companions), she is use to horses too, please write me at jcabossel@hotmail.com.

Bella Rosa had a great smile

Bella Rosa our little pgmy goatie

Bella Rosa asking for treats

My favorite goatie, Bella Rosa, has passed on to be with her other goatie friends. She was an African Dwarf Goat. We woke up and she could not stand and later she died in the stall. There was no drama and she passed peacefully. Ten years is old for a goat. We noticed her slowing down the last few weeks but she even ate some grain and fresh grass on her last day. I think her body just gave out.

She was very friendly and even let us dress her once a bee costume for Halloween one year. It was a child’s costume but the belt to hold on the costume was too small so I had a friend make a Velcro extension to go around her Buddha belly. Too cute!

We miss you Bella Rosa! The barn is not the same without you. For such a small creature, you leave a big hole in our hearts.