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<blockquote data-quote="Keren" data-source="post: 807983" data-attributes="member: 3195"><p>Yep. Our old bull got to live happily under the tree even after he started firing blanks. He'd looked after us so we looked after him. The day he couldn't stand up was the day we sent him to the heifers in the sky. He'd been healthy, albeit slow and arthritic, but ultimately happy until that day. </p><p></p><p>I've also had some old goats that I've said could stay with me until they die ... and they did. One was 13, unfortunately she got really sick. SHe was a case of wanting to get one more daughter out of her ... so I tried to save her when I probably shouldn't have, the day I finally came to my senses and was going to put her down, she'd gone and done it for me. The next was 10, not as old in years but definitely showing her age more. She lay down in a shed, went to sleep and never woke up. That's how it should be. She'd done such a brilliant job for me, she deserved her retirement. Sadly she was a month away from delivering triplets (two girls ... groan). The third was not an old goat ... she was only around 2 yrs old. But she'd had complications from a caesar and was unproductive. Whereas every other animal I've let retire, it's been because they've produced well for me, with this girl it was purely sentiment. She was my first successful show goat, and just a real sweetheart. It was purely emotion, that made me keep her on after she couldn't breed anymore, she racked up $900 in vet bills for me, and needed a daily injection to keep her well. You probably think I'm an idiot for doing that. But I let her live out her very short life until her quality of life was no longer high, and then I had the vet put her down. I don't regret any of it. My goats are definitely a business but sometimes we have to just go with our emotions. Chicken soup for the soul and all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keren, post: 807983, member: 3195"] Yep. Our old bull got to live happily under the tree even after he started firing blanks. He'd looked after us so we looked after him. The day he couldn't stand up was the day we sent him to the heifers in the sky. He'd been healthy, albeit slow and arthritic, but ultimately happy until that day. I've also had some old goats that I've said could stay with me until they die ... and they did. One was 13, unfortunately she got really sick. SHe was a case of wanting to get one more daughter out of her ... so I tried to save her when I probably shouldn't have, the day I finally came to my senses and was going to put her down, she'd gone and done it for me. The next was 10, not as old in years but definitely showing her age more. She lay down in a shed, went to sleep and never woke up. That's how it should be. She'd done such a brilliant job for me, she deserved her retirement. Sadly she was a month away from delivering triplets (two girls ... groan). The third was not an old goat ... she was only around 2 yrs old. But she'd had complications from a caesar and was unproductive. Whereas every other animal I've let retire, it's been because they've produced well for me, with this girl it was purely sentiment. She was my first successful show goat, and just a real sweetheart. It was purely emotion, that made me keep her on after she couldn't breed anymore, she racked up $900 in vet bills for me, and needed a daily injection to keep her well. You probably think I'm an idiot for doing that. But I let her live out her very short life until her quality of life was no longer high, and then I had the vet put her down. I don't regret any of it. My goats are definitely a business but sometimes we have to just go with our emotions. Chicken soup for the soul and all. [/QUOTE]
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