Invasion Of The Goat Pen
Happy Mio Monday everyone. I hope it will be a good one.
12/9 2022
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Good goat times today. Managed to get out and goat, finally. Feeling pretty okay, not a 100% but getting there. Although the normally short and leisurely walk to the new place, well it left me tired and almost out of breath. My energy level is still low.
But it was so good to see the goats again. They all seemed to be doing well. It’s always a little scary when you’ve been gone longer than normal, you start worrying if anything might have happened while you were gone. And I got a bit of fright when I got there today. There was something big and white lying just outside the goat pen. And I couldn’t tell what it was as I approached. And I started thinking “Is that Mia? Why is she out of the pen, why isn’t she moving, is that Mia lying dead outside the goat pen?!”. Eep. But it was just some tarp I think with materials on it. And the goats bleated a welcome and were happy to see treats.
Jeanette seemed happy to see me too, she said she’d started getting worried about me. She only works 3 days a week there so she hadn’t known I’d been gone all week, but she said she was happy I was back. It was good to see her too, I really like her and I actually almost kind of look forward to talking to her, just a little. I know, who am I and what did I do to the Lasse who doesn’t like talking to people.
We also had visitors, I helped some kids feed apples to the goats. And there was a lady with them whomst I talked to a little. She asked if I worked there and as I always say, well I help out a bit with the goats but I’m just a volunteer. When I told her that the goats had come from Kappelvænget (the old playground) she said that this new place used to have horses and that tehy had moved to Kappelvænget, she asked me if they still had the one called Trold (Troll). I told her that they actually hadn’t had horses there for a while, a couple of years maybe. But that they were going to get the horses back now, that’s why the goats had to move. I have never heard of a horse called Trold, but of course it may have changed names when it moved, could be one of the horses we used to have.
Anyway, the really funny part was that then she said “there used to be goats at the playground in Bispehaven, that wasn’t you was it?”. And It told her it certainly was. That was the old old playground. She said that had been such a wonderful thing. So I guess we made an impression on them back then! Those of you who were around when we lived at the old old playground will remember that I used to take the goats out and walk around with them, up on the hillsides just next to the apartment blocks, and there was a path that sweved around up and lots of people walked by to the supermarket next door. I used to the take goats for walks at the old place, Kappelvænget, too. But that was not quite as close to the apartment buildings and general population. At the old old place the goats were a lot freer.
Anyway. Funny to meet someone who remembered us from the old old place.
Anyway. Good to goat again. I had hoped to go see the newbs, but I had to admit I was just too tired. I could only manage a couple of hours with MMS and that was enough to poop me out. Oh yeah, one of the visitor kids asked “what’s that black stuff coming out of their behind?”. Haha. Someone learned about goat berries today.
Anyway yes. I hope I can go check on SNL soon, I am very tired now. Need eat.
12/9 2022
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I did even more talking today. I also talked to Jesper, the handyman. First time seeing him since the first day. He’s been working in the big goat pen. I’m finding it hard to picture exactly how it will turn out, but it’s going to be some kind of shelter and maybe platform. And there’s going to be two, another on at the other end of the pen. Whatever it ends up as, it will be nice for the goats to have some more stuff to interact with.
And we’re going to need shelter. Summer is officially over. It’s going to get colder and wetter. I hate this point, the point where we’re now looking at 9 months of darkness and coldness before it gets better. I already feel the cold creeping in. I hate it.
But anyway, nice that the goats are getting new stuff.
12/9 2022
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More new stuff happened while I was gone. A couple of these little benches at the fences. I believe they’re for kids to get up on so they can better reach in and pet the goats. No sign of my personal bench yet, still hoping to get it moved over soon.
12/9 2022
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Mia watching Jesper work. A dedicated supervisor.
Oh I forgot to mention, Sky was a in jumpy runny mood today. She seems to really like running up the hill. Jesper was laughing at it too. “She’s so fast!”
12/9 2022
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Missed you
12/9 2022
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HappY Yogi daY everyone. Hope it’s a good one.
13/9 2022
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Good goat times today. Double duty, with the old and the new. I guess I’ll start with the newbs, at the old place.
They actually seemed to be doing better today. Previously they have felt off, maybe sad and confused, when I visited. But today they were more themselves. Greeted with bleats, enjoying the treats. Dong some hoofshakes and Nuller messing with my hat. Felt like they were doing okay. That was nice. After spending some time with them I went and talked to Lars. Asked if there were any news. Not too much. Apparently Dyrenes Beskyttelse has been to look at them, and they want to take pictures of them I think? But Lars said the deadline was approaching,the horses are coming soon. I don’t know if I should be worried.. hopefully DB won’t let them be.. you know.. put down. Even if they move them to a temporary home first. I don’t know. I asked Lars if he wanted my phonenumber so he could contact me when there was news, and the said he’d like that. He also asked if he could get my key. I don’t remember if i’ve mentioned it, but he told me that once the goats are all gone he’d need my key. He’d even been surprised that i had one. But he said he was short on keys and asked if it was ok. So I gave him my key. It’s not like there is any chance i’ll be going to see SNL when the place is closed.. and I can climb the fence to get in the pen when I visit. And there’s not much not time left. So. I guess that’s ok
I hope things will turn out alright. I still feed really bad. There’s a video that keeps coming up on Mia’s page inbox. It gets several new comments every day, it’s got over 400k views and people just keep finding it right now. It’s one of Nuller being his pushy self, demanding attention. Because it keeps getting new comments I keep seeing it in the inbox and it keeps making me feel guilty… I love all 3 of them, but you know I raised Nuller from a baby and he’s so demanding of attention and affection, and treats of course. I feel like I’m abandoning him. I know it’s not my decision. But it still sucks. It feels so unfair. And I feel so powerless about it. But. I try not to think too much about it. Because I can’t change it. I can kick and scream but it won’t matter. Sigh.
Anyway. i’m glad they at least seemed in good spirit today. I hope their new home will be a place they can get human company. Maybe even me, it’s something close. Hooves crossed.
13/9 2022
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The Nuller man. He’s the one who’s seemed least himself in my previous visits, so it was nice to see him act more normally today. Sneaked up behind me and got my cap undone.
13/9 2022
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Meanwhile, at the new place. We had humankids in the goat pen for the first time! Well, fro the first time while I was there. I don’t know if they started last week. But I know they’ve been wanting to let kids in the goat pen, once the goats had settled in.
It went quite well today, mostly. Milo even got petted and did pretty well. He did swing his head around at some kids, but not in a bad way. And Jeanette was really good at explaining and teaching the kids. It was a group from a kindergarten or daycare. And Jeanette took them in the pen in groups of 2. Only one time didn’t go so well. Milo was over by a tree while the two kids were petting Sky and Mia. And then Milo started walking over to us. He wasn’t really paying attention to the kids at all, but still seeing him walk towards them was enough to really scare one girl. She started crying. Jeanette was good and got her calmed down and reassured, but she was still scared and wanted to go out of the pen. But all the other kids were really happy to meet and pet the goats.
It made me late for my trip to the newbs. After the first couple of kids had been in the pen, they all went out for a walk in the forest and said they’d be back later. I had been planning to leave, but I didn’t feel like I could go before all the kids had had their turn. So I stayed and waited and when they came back the rest got to see the goats. And I missed my bus, which as previously mentioned only goes once an hour. But that was alright. Thankfully I had more energy today than yesterday, so staying out a little later than planned wasn’t a problem. Just nice to have a good time with the humans and goats.
13/9 2022
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Meeting goats is easy.
13/9 2022
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Bit of video from the checkin with the newbs. The ending has a classic camera fall and uncle sigh. I miss just putting the camera up and filming me sitting with them all like that.
13/9 2022
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Another one from today’s goat/human meeting. Always sweet to see the kids and the goats together. The kids get a good experience and something to tell their parents. And they learn some stuff too. Like how to treat animals. There was a kid who asked “what happens if I pull its fur?”. Now he wasn’t saying it in a mean way, but you know. It’s a teachable lesson. “Well you wouldn’t want us to pull YOUR hair, would you?” Jeanette asked him. You have to be nice to them.
And of course we usually get some variation of “they have butts!”. Haha. “We all have butts, you have to have a butt or you’ll get sick”. Yes, and also you have to have a butt or you make Keiko sad!
Hopefully we can help some kids be more comfortable around animals and know to treat them with kindness and respect. We can hope.
13/9 2022
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Happy Hump Day, hope it’s a good one.
14/9 2022
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goatlog
14/9 2022
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Everyone has a butt, and mine is hurting. Well, my left buttock and thigh I think. Feels sore. Not feeling overall too great really. It took me a couple of hours to get out of bed because I was just.. feeling depressed. And my cough isn’t completely gone either, still a litle scratch in my throat and snot in my nose. Not too bad, but it’s there.
Maybe going out in the relatively colder and wetter weather has kept it going, and maybe the worry about the newbs has brought on more of depression. I don’t know. Feeling summer sift away also always gets to me. Looking ahead of 9 months of cold and dark is just not good for my mental health.
Just feeling kinda cruddy. Hey oh. Maybe I should stay in until I’m completely over the cold thing. We’ll see. Hanging in there.
14/9 2022
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Some more scenes from yesterday’s goat pen visits.
14/9 2022
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Mia is still enjoying her new job in the construction field.
14/9 2022
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15/9 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Here’s Mathilde from 2004.
15/9 2022
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These trees won’t prune themselves
15/9 2022
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I hope today will be a good day. Here’s Herman from 2014.
16/9 2022
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Rest in peace, Poul Thomsen. i know none of you here know him, but I wager there’s not a single Danish person alive in the 80s, 90s and sometimes into the 2000s, who did not know who he was. Extremely famous and beloved in Denmark. Our big animal. A Danish Steve Irwin, although more of a calm and kind tv host than an aciton packed out in the wild guy. But us who grew up in the 80s and 90s, with one maybe two tv stations available, he was the big animal guy. He had lots of shows and quizzes, taught us so much about animals and being kind and respectful. He had that air about him of being super super kind and calm and goodhearted and just knowing everything about animals and having a great desire to share his knowleadge and experience. An absolute gent who will forever have a big place in Danish broadcasting history.
16/9 2022
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A little action shot with Sky taking on Milo. She’s been quite feisty lately. All the running up and down the hill gets her worked up and then she likes to butt heads with Milo and Sky. If you look at the lateset video on Mia’s page you can see her actually managing to push Mia several steps down the hill. I think Sky feels this new hilly place is her kingdom and it’s her time to rule.
16/9 2022
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One, two, tree, four. Four goats in the shot.
Wait a minute…
16/9 2022
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Some video from the humankid invasion of the goat pen
17/9 2022
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Happy Caturday everyone. I hope it’s a good one.
17/9 2022
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A Saturday goat butt parade.
17/9 2022
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Happy Funday everyone, I hope it will be a good one.
18/9 2022
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goatlog
18/9 2022
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I like Sky
18/9 2022
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That’s all for now.