Quote: Connie Sutherland

Ohhhh, those are GOATS! I totally see that now that I enlarged the photo (and re-read the O.P.), but at first I thought they were little sheep!

Aren't little goats the cutest animals ever?

Yep, and they're among the tastiest also!

Welcome Lynne.

All beautiful animals!! Do you sleep?

I can imagine there are plenty of Vet Techs in AZ so that was quite an accomplishment in 1999! How are you chosen for such an honor?

Thank you everyone for your kind words. I truly am lucky to be able to have all the experiences I have had and have the wonderful animals I do!

We have many chickens, also, altho not purebred anymore. I started out with silkies until the neighbor's rooster decided my hens were nicer than his so now we have lots of colored chickens with fuzzy feet.

I do have 2 sugar gliders who occasionally present me with a couple little joeys which I sell. We have about 10 cats or so - 3 indoor, the rest barn kitties.

Will, wouldn't know about the goaties being tasty cuz we have never eaten one. Since they're miniature and don't get bigger than a medium dog and sell for more on the hoof live than dead...... I also can't butcher anything - it bothers me to cut - main reason I quit vet school.

To be awarded vet tech - a letter detailing why you should win must be sent to the governing vet board by someone who nominates you - stating things you have done to deserve it. Then you are voted on by the members of the AZ association. The tech that is nominated and receives the most votes is then honored at an awards dinner where the Vet of the Year is also presented.

Again, thanks for the welcomes.

Edited by Lynne Peck (01/06/2011 05:19 PM)
Edit reason: clarity

Yes, they are nigerian dwarves! You're good. We mostly had pygmies and I did very well showing and selling them. The nigerians are more a dairy breed and I could never catch on to what the judges were looking for, so only had about 20 of them. We had 150 goats at one time.

I, too, found it hard to get rid of all the goats. I got tired of the whacko people that would come to buy and finally decided to get out of them. I wound up keeping my granny goats and favorites. I have lost all but 1 of the originals I kept, have a kid out of 1 and took in 3 more, so have 5 left. You might want to hang onto a few. I needed them to be still around, just not so many.

 Quote: Betty Landercasp

Welcome from another CSU grad! When were you there?
THose are some fancy horses. Welcome to the forum!

Betty, I was there from 1976 to 1981. Studied with Pickett and Squires. Little sister, Rhomate to the AGR House! Did you go?

REALLY! I graduated in l981!
Weren't those people intense! It was cool to the max I thought.

How cool! What did you study, where did you live, what did you do when you were up there?

I country danced alot! Worked as a cocktail waitress at night my senior year at the Ramada. Worked for the PRCA while it was in Ft. C, rodeoed, showed horses, showed at Little Nat'l Western and won the Round Robin showing a dairy heifer. I lived outside of town w/a bunch of girls in a house with a barn and we all showed horses. Then moved down by my friend who's husband owned the local slaughter house, so spent lots of time at the sale barn. I have to say, most people liked high school. I loved college!!! You????????