Saturday, February 20, 2016

The Neighbourhood 'Petting Zoo'

Now that Larry's eye is coming along, and the symptoms of vertigo he was getting have subsided a lot, he is moving around more.  He's not supposed to do any fast walks yet, because, as the doctor said, each step is like a little pile driver to the eye.  But, he is able to amble along at Calli speed, so the last couple of afternoons he has taken her out for a stroll.  Quite often in the afternoon we take the dogs around the block across the road from us.  About a mile around, with a good off leash section for sniffing.  I can do it in 20 minutes with Jake and Luna, but if Calli is along it takes twice as long, if not more. Yesterday afternoon there was a break in the rain, so we got the dogs out.  Not that they are particularly bothered by the rain, unless it is really heavy or stormy, but just makes for a pleasanter walk for us.  I'm not sure where Larry went, he just would have let Calli lead the way, but I did the usual mile block.  Half way round there is a place that always has an interesting collection of animals.  I'd say most of them are rescues, the lady is a vet tech, and I am sure the animals that she brings home had no where else to go.  They do change every once in a while, but some of them have been there a long time.  


The two donkeys are so cute, and three of the four goats were incredibly curious and would 'climb' up the wire with their front feet to reach your hand over the rail.  The two sheep were oblivious and kept on grazing.  Yesterday there were four goats, two donkeys, and two sheep.




They were a little nervous of Luna at first, so I didn't really let her go right up to the fence.  Jake had no interest at all, but he might have snarked at them through the fence anyway, so it was just as well.



6 comments:

  1. The one dark goat is a Nubian Goat, I had one just like him a long time ago, I loved that goat! My husband says I should have been a goat farmer. Poor Jake...looks like it was the worst thing in the world getting his photo taken with those "other" animals:)

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    1. I wonder if that is a pygmy Nubian cross. It isn't quite as small as a pygmy, but sort of has that 'squat' kind of shape of a pygmy, but just a bit taller. Yes, Jake is not a fan of the camera. The light was so poor and I just had my cheapo phone, so by the time the phone actually took the picture he had put his ears back, as he was looking much more interested when I started:)

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  2. Cute !! I wish I could...mmm, nevermind, it's a lot of work. Maybe just one goat, but it would
    end up on my couch I just know it :P oh, i went to a giant antique place!

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  3. I really like all the animals. A friend of mine had vertigo. She told me that they put her through physical therapy to help her relearn balance. I have heard of vertigo but I really didn't know how disabling that it can be.

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  4. Four goats, 2 donkeys and 2 sheep.... sounds like fun. I can see that they'd be leery of the dogs if they're not used to them. Wasn't the sunshine this afternoon just lovely? I actually washed some of the house siding!

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    1. It was a treat, that sun! I cleaned out a chicken coop, played ball with the dogs and then took Luna and met Meredith for a run. Next week is looking sort of promising....:)

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