News story.

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Just saw a story on the news that people who have animals live longer and have less stress. Guess they never had goats!

[copperkid3]

Normally....I'd agree with you hank, but then this noontime, I went out to check on the herd
and they were just coming up the hill from their morning grazing down by the pond and they saw
me and started bawling and hollaring.  Was cleaning out a section of the barn of old straw bales
and I guess they thought I had something good for them to eat. Still.... both the younger and older
ones started climbing on them and jumping and having the time of their lives. Decided to give them their
daily loose minerals and they were just lovey-dovey towards me and I got to sit and scratch and caress
them without any fuss. Yeah....THESE are those times when they help us live longer and have less stress.

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Jun 10, 2015 18:08:44 GMT copperkid3 said:

Normally....I'd agree with you hank, but then this noontime, I went out to check on the herd
and they were just coming up the hill from their morning grazing down by the pond and they saw
me and started bawling and hollaring.  Was cleaning out a section of the barn of old straw bales
and I guess they thought I had something good for them to eat. Still.... both the younger and older
ones started climbing on them and jumping and having the time of their lives. Decided to give them their
daily loose minerals and they were just lovey-dovey towards me and I got to sit and scratch and caress
them without any fuss. Yeah....THESE are those times when they help us live longer and have less stress.

Well of course they were "lovey-dovey" towards you. Thought they were getting something out of it. Mine can be in the back pasture, at the bottom of the hill and if I open the trash can in the barn they are all at the barn door before I can turn around, with that look......."Hey Dad, was that the feed can we heard?"