HankTheTank and Ownedby3alpacas Journal

[Ownedby3alpacas]

 

[HankTheTank]

*sigh* I have raised the Ultimate Mama's Boy. Not that I'm complaining, but it's definitely strange. Today was a bath day, because it was warm out and I wanted to get all of the yucky stuff they accumulated over the winter out of their hair. They hate bath day. HATE it. The sight of the hose and a leash turns my sweet little Elf into a raging demon, and makes Hank hide. I got Hank first, and the poor little boy was not happy about it at all. He was absolutely miserable the whole time, and ran off as fast as he could when it was over. Elf on the other hand, was FURIOUS. I think she was plotting to kill me after 5 minutes of the water, and when I started rubbing in the soap, she actually tried. You wouldn't think a goat that small would be able to drag my anywhere, but she knocked me down and if I hadn't grabbed on to the deck at the last minute she was going to run me into a post. Fun, right? Anyway, I finish and turn her loose and she runs away, and she probably won't want anything to do with me for the next two weeks. Normal for her. Hank on the other hand, is as I said, the Ultimate Mama's Boy. Not a minute after I let Elf loose he comes trotting up to me, still dripping wet. And he hugged me. He walked up to me and put his head over my shoulder (I was kneeling down) and stuck his nose in my ear, when ten minutes ago he was terrified of me. Since then, he's been following me around the yard. Elf won't get near me for love or money, and Hank refuses to let me out of his sight. On BATH day. That boy is crazy.


Not that I'm complaining

 

[Ownedby3alpacas]

i'm really really bored.....

Luke

Kripto

Desmond

Elf, Bonnie, Hank

Titan

Fred

 

[Queen Mum]

My goats LOVE bath day. BUT, I use buckets of hot water instead of a hose. I put them up on the milk stand. They can't run away. I also have a rubber brush thingy that they love to be brushed with that I use to scrub them with. They get toweled dry.

The boys are going to get their bath this week and the girls will get their annual bath next week.

 

[77Herford]

Great coats on those Alpaca's. Your pooches look nice too.

I use warm water and a stantion like QM. They usually don't mind the free massage and towel rub down. Plus they get some free food of their liking.

 

[HankTheTank]

Maybe I'll try that next time, it sounds easier for everyone involved

 

[Queen Mum]

Definitely the milk stand makes it easier to control them. It pays to put a rubber mat on the stand though so it doesn't get too slippery.

 

[HankTheTank]

I thought he looked rather nice in this picture, very noble

Noble that is, until he tried to eat Elf's ear....

I love this one,it looks like they were giving each other a hug...they were really headbutting though

 

[HankTheTank]

Home sick today and I bet Ownedby3alpacas is just THRILLED to have me here, messing up her daily routine, whatever that may be.... (I suspect she has polka parties)

 

[Mamaboid]

Is that polka....or poker??? Either way, I hope you feel up to joining the party soon.