[TheForge] OT: Goats and Uisge

[Andrew Vida]

Larry Brown wrote:
> Andy
> I don't think Ed is your friend anymore. 

	YOu think?  He's 200# and now has an attitude.  I used to be able to 
intimidate him into behaving almost properly, but as he has gotten older 
(now 3+) he has come into his own, so to speak, and no longer 
fears/respects me.  Once he started in with trying to hook me, I started 
in with beating the motherfucker with a 2x4 or one of my 20# digging 
bars.  I should have just let things alone, but for whatever reason that 
behavior got me boiling mad.  He almost took my right eye out back in 
June or July.  Orbit still hurts a little where the horn hit.  Dunno if 
he was trying to hurt me then or just being playful, but the behavior 
has just gotten worse by the week, so he has to go.  Much as I hate him 
at times, I still don't want him to have a bad fate.  A good home with 
plenty of girls to chase.

 >When I lived in WV, the guys down
> the road who raised goats used the feisty  ones for pizza (Not bad tasting 
> either) before the goats used their remains for bedding. They said the goat 
> feels that someone has to win and will keep the challenge going
> It will probably be hard to find him a good home

Some neighbors want to buy him as a breeder.  I can't say I like those 
people - real trash IMO - but they may be the only answer.  Ed is a 
tough case, though I don't know how he would behave with other people. 
I'm sure much of this is the grudge with me and the "competition" to 
which you refer.  He's often trying me.  Prick.