...just look at the roof...
Moral of the story: don't put the dog house (where the goat kids sleep), next to the goat house (where the moms sleep), next to the hay storage unit, next to the roof....because, having discovered one step of the ladder, it's just too easy for the boys to keep on going.....
Note: all goats were retrieved successfully (without the fire dept even).
My mom had to climb down the ladder with the dog. This was years ago, like I said. Now she not only jumps our wall, but jumps into neighbors' yards. One time she even went in through someone's dog door. Just imagine having an extra one in your living room! Luckily she is a sweetie!
I'm just grateful we were able to get them down...my husband is taller and his extra arm reach really helped. I don't know what I would have done without him...I have heard the tales of firefighters getting cats out of trees (I don't know if that is really true, or if that is an urban legend), but I'm not sure if they "do goats" off roofs....would've been a memorable call!
I actually considered fixing a fence across the east end of my patio roof so the goats could be on it. My sons, and a couple of good friends, wisely talked me out of it. We all know that fences don't *always* contain the little sweeties where we intended. I admire your calmness in getting them down.
This proves once again the best thing about goats is how smart they are and the worst thing about goats is how smart they are. We can easily substitute "resourceful" for "smart." <g>
Something similar happened to me years ago, but it was the 30 lb dog. And the only stepping stone she had was the 6 foot wall. Even more wonderful, ever since seeing someone walking their dog in the alley, she has just gone straight over the wall when she gets bored.
Thankfully, most goats are rather "piggy' in their appetites, so we got a bowl of grain and a ladder and coaxed them down to the point where we could grab a leg and then pull them into our arms....it was not without a bit of a risky balancing act, but we managed it.
The hardest part was when they first got on the roof - we have an L-shaped house, and, at one point, we had multiple goats on 4 different sides of the roof...that was a bit of a panic moment for me, but once they heard the rattle of the grain bowl, they gave it up.
Learning curves...all those things you never think about until it becomes apparent you've made a BIG mistake..... ;-)
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My mom had to climb down the ladder with the dog. This was years ago, like I said. Now she not only jumps our wall, but jumps into neighbors' yards. One time she even went in through someone's dog door. Just imagine having an extra one in your living room! Luckily she is a sweetie!
I'm just grateful we were able to get them down...my husband is taller and his extra arm reach really helped. I don't know what I would have done without him...I have heard the tales of firefighters getting cats out of trees (I don't know if that is really true, or if that is an urban legend), but I'm not sure if they "do goats" off roofs....would've been a memorable call!
I actually considered fixing a fence across the east end of my patio roof so the goats could be on it. My sons, and a couple of good friends, wisely talked me out of it. We all know that fences don't *always* contain the little sweeties where we intended. I admire your calmness in getting them down.
This proves once again the best thing about goats is how smart they are and the worst thing about goats is how smart they are. We can easily substitute "resourceful" for "smart." <g>
Something similar happened to me years ago, but it was the 30 lb dog. And the only stepping stone she had was the 6 foot wall. Even more wonderful, ever since seeing someone walking their dog in the alley, she has just gone straight over the wall when she gets bored.
Thankfully, most goats are rather "piggy' in their appetites, so we got a bowl of grain and a ladder and coaxed them down to the point where we could grab a leg and then pull them into our arms....it was not without a bit of a risky balancing act, but we managed it.
The hardest part was when they first got on the roof - we have an L-shaped house, and, at one point, we had multiple goats on 4 different sides of the roof...that was a bit of a panic moment for me, but once they heard the rattle of the grain bowl, they gave it up.
Learning curves...all those things you never think about until it becomes apparent you've made a BIG mistake..... ;-)
This is too funny! I'm glad they are all safe and sound, but it sure makes for a great story!
Oh, my! If that happened to me, the Fire Department would have to come with EMT's to revive me! How did you get them down?!
Here's another one, of the boys looking down at us (can you see the smirks on their faces)?
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LOL! That's one of the best goat pictures I've ever seen!
Aw man!! You took away their mountain!! lol
Not *as* high up... but still. They sometimes end up on the roof to the right...
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