Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's.....

Goats.  Yes, you read that right.   Our neighbors to the north have goats.  They are often in the field bordering our yard and Mike has said on several occasions we should borrow them to keep the yard mowed.  They often squeeze through the fence into our side yard, but don't usually go any farther than that and they are very shy, so if the boys even begin to walk in their direction, back they go into their own yard.  Well......Sadie was acting strange the other day.  Not having a fit barking like there was another dog in the yard, or protectively like there is a car in the driveway, so I went to investigate and saw a goat in my flower bed.  That's not cool.  We see that they stripped the leaves off of 2 trees we planted last summer, and ate 2 bushes.  One tree is broken at the crotch and is dying, one bush is too far gone to survive.  We are hoping the last 2 will make it.  Mike went over to talk with the owners to tell them what their goats have been doing.  That night, the Amish man who owns them came over after supper, with a plate of cinnamon rolls his daughter had made as an appology.  He looked at our trees and told us to give him the bill for the dead ones.  I think I don't want goats after all.