Even though these pictures won’t show it, things are going better with Paisley. The first five minutes of milking is always pleasant and peaceful. Paisley eats happily. Then, for whatever reason, she decides that she’s done with milking. Well, I’m not done yet, so I don’t let her off the hook.

We’ve been up and down with Paisley, one of our milking goats. She’s an edgy goat. We never know what will set her off. When she goes off, she does things like this – get spooked easily (from sounds, unfamiliar people or animals), try to sit down while I milk her, generally be uncooperative during milking, be uninterested in food, buck and kick during milking, and/or not come readily to the barn for milking/feeding. Frequently, all these things happen during the same milking hour. But I do love her and I want her to fully settle in here. She may not, though. She’s more than 3 years old and probably this is her personality. Which beg the questions, is temperament passed on through breeding? I really don’t want any kids like her! There’s so much I could say about her and the recent ups and downs. I’ll try to categorize.