What are your pet peeves of the goat world?
Personally my biggest pet peeve is people breeding their goats without a purpose. Like breeding a doe having the kid and drying the doe up to do it the next year without any sense of need or reason besides wanting cute and fluffy kids.
If I get two texts back to back or a text then a call, Iāll answer. I usually have to dig out my phone from some secure pocket as Iām working, so I donāt even know who Iām ignoring. If I have my phone handy, Iāll answer a text right away, especially if my husband or kids need something. Other people may have to wait.
If it's cold weather yes it takes me time to get to my phone under overalls. I learned not to keep it in overall pockets as that's how the last phone when bucket diving.
I donāt take my phone to the barn when itās that cold. Itās very cold sensitive anyway. If itās under 40 degrees my phone battery will go from like 70% to 1% in seconds. š¤¦āāļø Itās because I dropped it in the snow and didnāt find it for like 15 minutes 2 years ago in Colorado.
I feel like our phones may need to buy stock in rice! That or get a phone case made from rice. Normally in the morning I don't carry mine since the husband is normally near but in the evenings it depends if I am solo or have his help. If alone I always carry the phone. If he is there I don't.
It's not a pet peeve but an odd superstition I have. . . Sorry to any of the guys on here but I have to wear a bra to the barn every morning for feeding. Every single time I haven't some freak accident has happened with an animal that required me having to call a vet. Last one was an eye lid laceration. Which is what started this tradition. Any idea how hard it is to suture an eye lid, especially on a broodmare with a rambunctious foal. Lol it's not fun.
I do all my chores alone. I listen to Christian Rock, and enjoy the amazing sunrises, clouds, all the kidds and their antics. It just keeps me closer to God, and remind me to enjoy the moment. Also, if I need to call for help. Its there. And yes, its all cracked. Both front & back. But it still works..lol
I don't know if this is a pet peeve or just a normal event in my turmoil ridden life!
We (my son and I) are trying to get licensed to sell pasturized, bottled goat milk. So, we are looking for a low temp
batch pasturizer that isn't $25,000! And some other stuff. Anyway- we found a really nice walk in cooler- It was inside
a pizza place- it was a bit small for their operation, so they were selling it. Had a self contained compressor on the outside of it-
no recharching of the freon, etc. Came apart like interlocking blocks- really great!
I gave them a personal check- when it cleared we were going to pick it up. It cleared and we had that giant snow storm- so- we had
to postpone the trip, an hour away in PA. I had the bill of sale- cancelled check etc.
He calls today- bad news- he declared bankrupcy and the building is locked. I can't get the cooler- court seized everything! But,
he would send me a check-(cashier or personal on his acct, not the business). I said I would prefer cash and could drive over tomorrow.
(of course he works, it would have to be Thur or Fri) I hope he doesn't pull a fast one....
Since I actually own the cooler- it was being stored in the pizza place (he leased the building, some problem with rent and landlord) shouldn't
I be permitted to retrieve my property?
Pet peeve- the nonsense I go thru just to better my business!
I don't know if this is a pet peeve or just a normal event in my turmoil ridden life!
We (my son and I) are trying to get licensed to sell pasturized, bottled goat milk. So, we are looking for a low temp
batch pasturizer that isn't $25,000! And some other stuff. Anyway- we found a really nice walk in cooler- It was inside
a pizza place- it was a bit small for their operation, so they were selling it. Had a self contained compressor on the outside of it-
no recharching of the freon, etc. Came apart like interlocking blocks- really great!
I gave them a personal check- when it cleared we were going to pick it up. It cleared and we had that giant snow storm- so- we had
to postpone the trip, an hour away in PA. I had the bill of sale- cancelled check etc.
He calls today- bad news- he declared bankrupcy and the building is locked. I can't get the cooler- court seized everything! But,
he would send me a check-(cashier or personal on his acct, not the business). I said I would prefer cash and could drive over tomorrow.
(of course he works, it would have to be Thur or Fri) I hope he doesn't pull a fast one....
Since I actually own the cooler- it was being stored in the pizza place (he leased the building, some problem with rent and landlord) shouldn't
I be permitted to retrieve my property?
Pet peeve- the nonsense I go thru just to better my business!
@Goats Rock, I hope heās being honest and gives you the money back. Maybe itās good news he didnāt just let you show up to a locked building and then ghost you? Maybe that leans more toward getting your money returned. But what would be really nice is to get the cooler. Iād ask him if he knows who you should contact to try to gain possession of it. What a pain. Something goes right when you find it, then it all goes sideways.
I am not a novice- but, I still have the bad habit of taking people at their word. I have to learn that not all is as it seems, even when someone seems earnest.
Another stupid thing that I did, I ordered a 12,000 watt generator that ran on gas and propane- it was from a site that seemed to have decent reviews- Turns out
it is either a scam, a rip off or they are really slow. I finally contacted Paypal, they are supposed to reissue my credit card the full amount. So much for saving a
few hundred dollars! (If you want to know the website- pm me- I won't publically lambaste them).
That peeve is towards me! If it sounds too good to be true, it certainly is! (and I should know better!)
I am too trusting sometimes too, which is crazy because I am analytical and suspicious by nature, yet somehow people sneak past that and Iāll take someoneās word when I shouldnāt. And I do love a good deal (or my husband would say Iām cheap), so the too-good-to-be-true deals tempt me.
For me, I take people at their word but what usually gets me burned is going out on a limb to help someone. I genuinely want other people to succeed and will do all kinds of things to help them but am often harshly reminded to only give what I can afford to lose. To make sure a gift to someone is just that and not to expect a return.
Does that make sense? It's awful heavy thinking for just after supper...
Iām the same way. I donāt want to see other people fail and I will be willing to pay what they want for something, usually goats [emoji38], and then my mom blows my whole plan out of the water when she starts stating facts. [emoji23]
Pet peeve.
When I have all my plans for the next few weeks, as in starting to help work on the garden, trim goat hooves, and all kinds of other things since we are going to have amazing weather, then of course I get sick. [emoji19] Been on the couch all day. I did suck it up to go out the goats in the pasture this morning and then go take them back to the barn tonight. I usually run with them but tonight I let them out and they took off for the barn, never even looked back to see if I was with them. They were only worried about the food that magically appears in the barn when they are in the pasture. [emoji38]
That magically appearing food is a big motivator. Iām sure they would have gone back for you eventually. Hahaha. I hope you get feeling better. And that seems to be the way it goes. Nothing either sparks a strange catastrophe or sudden sickness like making plans to get things done.
Ugh, new pet peeve.
When Iām looking at goats on Craigslist that are Nigerians or Pygmys and either see a HUGE Nubian or Boer buck with them in the picture or the listing says they as possibly bred to a Nubian or Boer buck. [emoji34] I feel so bad for those goats.
Yeah thatās so sad. I donāt understand peoples rational sometimes. I mean, is it me or is it kinda obvious that wonāt work. But you never knowā¦maybe it was an accidentā¦.
Right! Everyone seems to know you canāt breed a small dog and a little dog together so it blows my mind too that they donāt get the whole small and large goat thing too.
Iām sure there are the cases of accidents. That is why as much as I find Nigerian dwarfs so stinking cute I wonāt get one. I get the occasional oops having the same breed I donāt want to risk it with minis. If I had unlimited funds and could build solid high fences then I probably would go for it though lol but not having that or a vet for me that would be asking for trouble
Well, I stay away from those ads because I canāt afford to buy a goat only to lose her or the babies kidding. But I feel really bad for people who are inexperienced and buying a goat for the first time and they get a deal like that and then something bad happens. I know bas things donāt always happen but stillā¦
Pet peeve. Other then a goat farmer, Iām also a musician. My parents bought me a floor folk/lever harp for Christmas. Harps are expensive yāall! So this harp comes and itās completely destroyed. Thereās holes in the box and thereās a leg missing, paint scraped off, and overall cannot be played. So we tried to contact the seller, and he ignored us. So we called the credit card company to try to get our money back. They wonāt just accept the pictures of the damage, they need a music store to inspect it a write a letter saying if itās repairable. This thing is heavy and hard to carry!
So pet peeve: dishonest sellers, of anything.
No we got it from a private seller in Kansas City. After talking with the harp repairman he said that instruments should not be ordered online. You need to see it and play it before you buy. Not making this mistake again!
A couple Christmases ago I ordered a beautiful handmade knife from an artist in Korea for my husband. I watched the Amazon tracking through customs to the LA sorting center where it promptly disappeared. Turned out there's a huge problem in CA with your overseas packages going missing.
I let the artist keep the money. It wasn't enough to worry about for me and a years income for him. He did send it after all.
Pet peeve. When you have been on a waiting list for Junaluska apple trees for about 2 years and the guy finally has two available that you have been waiting on. Then he emails back saying he doesn't want to sale any trees this spring! Hello you were supposed to contact me in the fall when they were ready and now I am very sad over the whole situation. I want my apple trees and don't want to wait for another fall that I will probably be forgotten again.
Any body know of where I can buy some Junaluska apple trees? And or more old apple style trees. My heart is broken and I am getting very bothered by this lack of respect.
Pet peeve. When you have been on a waiting list for Junaluska apple trees for about 2 years and the guy finally has two available that you have been waiting on. Then he emails back saying he doesn't want to sale any trees this spring! Hello you were supposed to contact me in the fall when they were ready and now I am very sad over the whole situation. I want my apple trees and don't want to wait for another fall that I will probably be forgotten again.
Any body know of where I can buy some Junaluska apple trees? And or more old apple style trees. My heart is broken and I am getting very bothered by this lack of respect.
Have you checked Etsy? Seems like a weird place to look, but you can find funky plants and trees there sometimes.
I've been waiting for a Ghost Apple tree for a year now, but the nursery I work at got shorted on our shipment so we didn't get that variety this year. Now I have to wait until next year. I consoled myself by buying a bunch of other fruit trees in the meantime though so I guess it's okay š Sorry about your seller though, that is really disappointing ā¹
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