The Welcoming Committee

This morning was Charlie’s first day to really get a good look at his new temporary home and the ponies he would be sharing it with. We fenced off an outdoor area for him to get out in the sunshine during his early few days of recovery from his castration, and it proved to be the perfect meet and greet spot. It didn’t take long for the resident welcoming committee to show up to introduce themselves and check out this strange new guy who made very interesting sounds and smelled a lot! Charlie was curious too but otherwise he didn’t seem all that impressed.

Mouse was the first one to tentatively show up and once Charlie was declared ‘ok,’ Molly was next in line. Magic decided he had seen enough and would wait for another time to introduce himself. The ponies really didn’t seem all that sure what to make of the new guy but it went well and that’s the best we could have hoped for. Time will tell if any lasting friendships are forged between ponies and goat!

Big Day for Charlie ...

… but a necessary one. Step one in calming Charlie down and beginning the process of stilling his boy-brain down a little bit - we hope! So early this morning we loaded and headed to UC Davis for a wellness check and castration. His team was waiting for his arrival and he was soon unloaded walking off the ramp and down the pathway to the procedure room. All was going well but the last thing we heard as they all walked away and out of sight was a quick holler as Charlie head butted one of the team. Not a great way to treat your caregivers!

Two hours later Charlie was ready to head up and head back ‘home’ again. He travelled well and with the help of Tay and D’Arcy he was led out of the trailer to his stall and paddock - still a little wobbly - to recover from his big day. The night was uneventful (yay!) and we look forward to helping Charlie get healthy and ready for a home with other goats and a great family.

Fingers crossed for a smooth recovery!

Charlie Arrives!

Welcome to Charlie’s Corner!

If you had ever asked me if I thought we would have goat in our small group of horses I probably would have laughed! But here we are with not only a goat, but a very large 200 lb testosterone fueled, head butting, pretty much feral goat who doesn’t have a very high opinion of people.Oh, and did I mention he’s very smelly? However, it’s only day one and this guy really needs a soft spot to land so here we - we’re learning about goats and Charlie is learning about people. Should be an interesting time for all!

Charlie is kinda cute, right?