We
love our goats, and it's mutual!
Keagan, a Boston
Terrier
Bailey, a Portuguese
Water Dog
The
local breeders we bought our goats from encouraged us to come to a goat show
as an arena to learn more about these little goats. We immediately "got
hooked" on showing, then breeding, and milking. Nigerian Miniature Goat
breeders have got to be some of the nicest people you could meet. It doesn't
take long to figure out they love these little goats as they do their own
2 legged kids! Now we enjoy helping new goat owners get started, just as others
did with us. Some want to buy mothers in milk, some want pets, and others
want to get more involved and into showing. That's the part we love to encourage.
Nigerian Miniature Dairy Goats are the BEST!!
In
fact, they're worth drooling over!
Growing
up in Minnesota with grandparents as farmers, loving animals is in our blood.
We also absolutely love children. We have been running a family child care
center out of our home for several years. What better combination than Nigerian
Miniature Dairy Goats and family life!
Our own 3 children are grown, so we thought having small goats would be
a fun hobby with our 6 grandchildren. As life would have it, we ended up
enjoying it more than they do. We started out with 2 goats, and like potato
chips, you always need/want "just one more!"
Meet
the Other Farm Hands
Grandsons
Niko and Daniel join in our family affair. Both the boys and the "girls,"
love the treats, smiles all around!
Our
own 2 legged kids and their families have been so supportive of our "Goat
Adventure!" Kim, Dennis, Jason, Justin, and Kara (our oldest daughter
and her family) always offer to feed and care for the animals if we're away.
Mark, Sandy, Daniel, and Niko (our son and his family) help out with projects
around Kids Corral.
Krista,
Danny, Isak, and Hannah (our youngest daughter and family) just love the whole idea
of us raising Nigerian Miniature Goats!! When they bring their friends to
visit us, everyone gets a lesson on milking and are awarded a blue ribbon
saying, "I milked a Dairy Goat today!" As a family, we just love
to have fun together.
Niko
learning to clip.
Thanks Niko :)!
Daniel
(at 2 1/2) bathing Ginger before a show. Good job Daniel!
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3-year
old Isakfeeding
L'il Cherub
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This is Isak's little
sister, Hannah. Hannah enjoys the goats too! |
Kim
and Dennis, with their children.
Mark
and his Family Tree!
Danny
& Krista
Bella,
a Teacup Chihuahua
