06/29/2025
Creating a sanctuary for animals who need it also come with the gross reality of shorter life expectancies due to breeding. We’ve come across meat chickens that weren’t meant to live past 6 weeks, sheep bred for their meat as lambs, and bottle baby goats that are 3 times the size of your average goat. And the only thing you can possibly do is to love them as much as you can and make them as comfortable as you can for as long as you have them. Fred and Jay were little babes when they came to us in 2020. When we knew nothing about goats but took a chance on this unique pair. And they have brought so so much love and joy to us as a family. They were our kids.
There has been so much loss these past few months, and yesterday, just as Fred was getting used to his new home and loving his new family, his fate followed in his brother’s. We got a call saying he was laying down in pain, unable to get up or be comfortable due to kidney stones. My mom jumped in the truck to drive to him so she could be with him during his last moments. It was a very difficult day yesterday. We are so thankful to Jenn and her husband for taking Fred and caring for him the past couple months.
As heartbroken as I am, Fred gets to be with his brother again. And even though we’ve cried more times over these animals in the past year than we have ever, I’m reminded to never take these days for granted because it may not look the same tomorrow.
