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Pygmy Goats: Management And Veterinary Care |  | Authors: Lorrie Boldrick DVM, Lydia Hale
Publisher: All Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 248
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0962453137
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.39
EAN: 9780962453137
ASIN: 0962453137
Publication Date: April 2, 2009
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Product Description
A book for every goat owner's library. This book has been a long-time undertaking, and the pages herein are a compilation of experiences and expertise gained over twenty-five years of owning and caring for pygmy goats. The enclosed information is not intended to be all inclusive nor the final word on pygmy goats, but rather a general guide and reference.
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 goat knowledge October 30, 2009
Theresa Maravilla (Milnor, North Dakota)
I was pleased with being able to purchase a book that would let me learn more about our latest additions to the farm, our two pygmy goats.
Thank you
Resa Maravilla
An Excellent guide to Pygmy Goats, but Proceed with Caution October 15, 2009
Dr Pepe Rockefeller (Dept. of Anthropology, New York University, USA)
Boldrick and Hale's book is an excellent introduction to the field of Pygmy Goats and their management. However I feel it my duty, having known Pygmy Goats for many years during my time in Africa, to warn those interested of the possible dangers of keeping such animals on your estate.
To help understand both their benefits and drawbacks it is best to know of their history. The first sighting of the Pygmy Goat took place in the late 17th Century, in what is now known as Uganda, by the Spanish explorer Julio De Armas. De Armas had been seeking the lost city of Isaw, a legendary site mentioned in medieval religious texts, whose inhabitants were believed to be so hideously deformed that a man could go blind just by looking at them. The expedition had been sponsored by the Spanish king Philip IV, a monarch described as being so ugly that, "the rain refused to fall on his face." It was Philip's most devout wish to surround himself with Isaw tribesmen at the Spanish court, in the hope that the juxtaposition would improve his own horrible looks. But what De Armas found was a hundred times more shocking.
Unbeknownst to Europeans at the time, the Third Great Pygmy War was reaching its bloody climax. For over twenty years, hundreds of tiny tribes from across Africa had been engaged in the most brutal fighting. Thousands had been killed, and many more displaced. It has been suggested that the Third Great Pygmy War was prompted by an unusual growth spurt put on by the Aka pygmies from around 1650 to 1656 which saw their average height rise by almost two inches to a statuesque four feet two. This inexplicable localized genetic event - possibly caused by the radiation from a fallen meteorite - sent reverberations through the surrounding pygmy tribes, ungluing alliances, and setting a million teeny teeth on edge. Even today, almost four centuries since the war, the Mbutu and Twa pygmy tribes still sing songs with titles such as S'hawt I'sgud, and S'tukup Aka, which speak unfavorably about the Aka's vertical increase.
It is generally acknowledged that it was the Babenzelé pygmies who first transformed the humble goat into a fierce war steed, but soon all the great pygmy armies had Pygmy Goats on their side. The Pygmy Goats were short, but incredibly intelligent. Using whinnies and bleats they could communicate with one another and perform daring encircling maneuvers on the enemy, their pygmy riders often sitting astride them with bows at the ready. Indeed some zoologists believe that the Third Great Pygmy War should really be called the First Pygmy Goat War, as after a while the pygmy tribes started making allegiances not on geographic or political grounds, but along the color of their goats' hair - the Mottled Blacks facing off against the Dappled Browns. The end of the war coincided with a virulent case of foot and mouth disease which swept eastern Africa in 1689.
Nearly four hundred years on, the Pygmy Goat should not be taken lightly. Although there have been no pygmy wars for some time now, the Pygmy Goats' genetic strands are predisposed to violence. I remember being deep in the jungle while studying the Aka with my young Italian colleague, Mauro Campagnoli, when we found ourselves alone and surrounded by a pack of six or seven feral Pygmy Goats, who chewed at us threateningly. Mauro pulled out a revolver, as he was often prone to do, and shouted: `Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.' But upon hearing this the goats shut their eyelids and began to advance towards us menacingly. If it was not for the intervention of our Aka guide, who threw the goats some of the Aka's holy books to chew on, we would surely have been killed. Those who have read my previous notes will know that such a sacrifice by the Aka shows the almost religious regard in which they hold the goats.
So to conclude, Pygmy Goats are intelligent and loving animals if managed properly, but always have a book handy to toss at them if they start looking at you funny. I am glad to see that Boldrick and Hale have made this article available as a Kindle download, for Pygmy Goats are fiercely traditional creatures and have no taste for digital documents.
Pygmy Goat March 29, 2009
Dorian L. Avery
I own multiple copies of this book by Dr. Lorrie Boldrick and find it is the best most informative book on pygmy goats you'll ever need. I also have been most fortunate to have Dr. Boldrick for as my vet for the goats while she was in practice. A truly amazing and wonderful lady! Hats off to her!
GREAT INFORMATIVE BOOK!! February 20, 2009
rdhdstpchild (Clarksville, TN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you want to learn more about the wonderful world of pygmy goat, GET THIS BOOK! Written by vets with decades of experience and founders of the NPGA this book is wonderful! Definitely a must have if you are interested in keeping pygmy goats. Don't raise goats without this book!
Great Book! August 27, 2008
Martha Story Foisy
Love this book! It has all the info I was looking for including easy to understand health and feeding guides.
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