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crazyfrog
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 Posted: 08/11/03 - 23:55 Post subject: speaking of wildlife....
GOAT ON THE RUN...
did anyone else see this?
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/0803/07goat.html
Vinny Matassa has got his goat -- literally. He jogs three to four times a week in Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park with his pet goat, Libby.
The pair are head-turners as the stocky Matassa and the lean Libby sprint through the woods.
On a run last week, several joggers stopped after seeing them, laughed and kept going. One couple thought the goat was a dog until they saw horns.
Matassa bought the pygmy goat for $40 two years ago after his golden retriever died. The Kennesaw resident thought he was getting a girl goat, and named it Libby. He didn't change the name after he learned she was a he. The goat doesn't seem to mind.
"I think he's better than a dog," Matassa said. "He doesn't bark or mess with anybody, and he doesn't run away."
He admitted that the goat had escaped his 40-by-40-foot pen several times, but noted he had always been found atop the railing on a neighbor's deck. Libby also likes the steep climb up Pigeon Hill on the back of Kennesaw Mountain.
Matassa lives with his son Matthew, 11, in an area where owning a goat isn't a problem. He has enough property for the 46-pound goat to forage for the foliage that supplements his diet of goat chow and sweet feed. Matassa said there is nothing green in his yard lower than 3 feet.
"He's real low-maintenance and easy to care for," Matassa said. "Libby will sit down and put his head on your lap. He's just a real sweet pet."
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