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Saturday, December 5, 2015

Pepper and the Pied Piper: Pack-Goat Training Day Four

"He won't obey!"
"Pepper isn't being a nice boy."
"Can I have a new goat?"

Pepper and the Pied Piper are well suited for eachother.  Both have a tendency to go their own way, both are thinking they are the only "right" ones, and both have an unending supply of stubbornness and energy.
Add to all that that both not liking eachother right now, and we have the perfect couple.

So, the Pied Piper has taken Pepper out on a walk every day.  Pepper, being a goat, now feels he is "owed" this walk-regardless of how he has behaved at any other time in the day.
The morning bucking and ramming, the nipping and nudging all aside, at two-o'clock, it's time for a walk!
The Pied Piper is just not understanding why Pepper gets his walk when he's not a being a good boy, doesn't that mean he should be disciplined?  The Wife is in the process of making the Pied Piper understand that it means they should go for more walks, so Pepper understands, he's being worked, not pampered.  The food doesn't come free around here, let alone cheap.
The Pied Piper has to go for a walk every day at two-o'clock.  It doesn't matter how whiny and fussy he is in the morning, or how precocious he's been in the afternoon.  And depending on the level of noise he's creating in the house, he's sent out on even more walks throughout the day.  The Wife is in the process of making the Pied Piper understand that certain behavior is not acceptable and energy should be expelled productively and outside.

Both boy and goat are working on character building, but neither of them know it.  Both boy and goat are building a relationship, and neither are appreciating it.  Both boy and goat are exhausted at night, and the Wife is loving it!

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