Rabid Goat

[Deborah Haney]

Super glad all my animals are vaccinated, as is the law in my state for dogs, cats, and ferrets. My brother-in-law laughed when I got my goats vaccinated because he thinks raccoons and cats would never attack them. My kids are 30 and 40 lbs and rabid animals will attack anything. There's also the risk of stray dogs, coyotes, there have even been black bears sighted in my area. Goats are also curious; they might go sniff an injured, infected bat. Every single year rabid bats are found in every state except Hawaii.

This is all just counting most goats, pack goats can come into contact with all sorts of small woodland creatures at night. It's important that we all pay close attention to our goats and treat even small bites and nicks.