How to catch a goat?

[babsbag]

So sorry the kid is no where to be found, but you got the momma and you gave it your best, sometimes that is all we can do. I like the name; hope she makes a nice adjustment to your home.

 

[Baymule]

You are now officially a "goatie" This is an honorable title that is not lightly bestowed. Since you went through days and days of trying valiantly to rescue this Fairy from the cold, cruel world, you have earned your title of GOATIE. It also applies to your children and wife.

Goaties try to lure other people into becoming goaties like themselves. It is an incurable disease, the only treatment is more goats! In severly afflicted cases, newbie goaties sell their house and move to acreage so they can get more goats. Goaties milk goats, make cheese and soap, eat goats, raise goats, sell goats, show goats and buy more goats to replace the goats they sold.

You and your family have now entered into the world of goats.

Fairy is a lovely name and you are some special person to try so hard to rescue her. So sorry about the kid, but we all commend you for having such a great heart.

 

[babsbag]

If this is your first and only goat she needs a buddy.

 

[Southern by choice]

and


BECAUSE IT IS SO TRUE!
"and buy more goats to replace the goats they sold."

Oh my gosh, I am dyin' here! If that statement isn't the best description of a goatie than I don't know what else is!

and.."Goaties try to lure other people into becoming goaties like themselves. It is an incurable disease, the only treatment is more goats!"

Should I just start now....
"My name is Southern, and I am a goat addict... I have been a goat addict for years... I ADMIT this."

@Baymule you are very insightful!

 

[babsbag]

Wait until Baymule gets her first goat

Hi, my name is babsbag and I have been addicted to goats for 6 years...

 

[bloonskiller911]

luckily this is not my first goat. I became a "goatie" last year and my side effects seem to be rescuing goats. not the first one to be brought home from less than ideal conditions, but the first I have had to actively try to catch running wild. Thanks for the info. I still have hopes that the kid is around some where.

 

[bloonskiller911]

What's predicament!! So the owners that could never be located have come forward after I caught her over 4 weeks ago. And I don't know what to do. They want her back....not surprising I did the work, but my girls have become attached. I talked to both the wife and husband both her were not very pleasant and after they goad said " just keep her" thing is I don't want to just keep her. I want a thank you for saving her. I know that may sound off but I think that has rubbed me the wrong way. That they made no effort and I understand them wanting her back but where is the "thank you?" I told them I was not going to fight over a goat and would return her and we could settle up over the feed. Since she had been quarantined, along with wormed and her hooves trimmed. What are your opinions about this all?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

So, this goat who escaped in July....that you busted your butt to catch...is now being re-claimed by her former owners? The same folks who didn't bother to try and catch her themselves?

Along with the "thank you " that they surely owe you - I'd charge them a hefty recovery fee along with feed and board charges.

I'd go about $5.00 per day for 'room and board' and maybe about $100 for the 'catch' fee PLUS the worming and feet trimming. I'd say at least $250.... That ought to show how much they want her back.

I might be erring on the high side just a little...but you worked your behind off on this goat and you deserve to be compensated for it!

 

[OneFineAcre]

They have no claim to the goat.
In your OP they didn't even admit ownership.

 

[bloonskiller911]

They hadn't admitted ownership to the sheriffs department most likely to not get a ticket. But they heard she has been caught and called to find who had her!!!!