Pongo is the Best!

[Nanno]

Pongo is the best, but first Snowball is the best. Snowball is the supreme matriarch of our herd.  She keeps all her kids close about her even after they are grown. Here she is, laying down with babies past and present. I missed Molly and Dolly. There were with the group moments earlier. At night Snowball usually shares a shed with Molly and Dolly and her new babies, and during the day when she lays down she welcomes little Pongo to come sit with them as well. She weans her kids well, but she never pushes them out of the nest. I love this about her, and it makes her offspring some of the sweetest and most generous in my herd. They learn to share from their unselfish mama.



Pongo is as sweet and gentle in life as he looks in this photo.






Look at that face! I can’t wait until this little guy is all grown up and packing with the big boys. I think he’s going to be the best buddy ever. That little tilt to his head! Talk about cuteness overload!

[Missy]

What a sweet boy! It is one of the things I really love about goats that they love their families!

[Nanno]

Some of them have strong family ties and some don't. Sadie is a great mom, but when she's ready to have new babies, the weaned ones get booted out the door. Snowball has the strongest bond with all her kids of all ages. Good mothering skills are super important to me and it's one of the deciding factors on whether I keep a doe or not.

Pongo is in a league of his own as far as friendliness goes. He's the most mellow, gentle guy and he's sweet to babies, which is super rare in yearlings. Especially yearling wethers! I hope he stays sweet. I sometimes wonder if being picked on by the big boys will eventually cause him to become a bully himself one day. So far he's rarely shown that tendency but I know it could happen.