Apollo has a date

Well, I love the buck Apollo, but when he is in rut in the fall, he is so hard to put up with.  He urinates all over himself and stinks as bad as a skunk.  But that is a major attractant to the girls, the does.  He also gets very agressive toward me and tries to impale me on his beautiful horns.  Well, Thursday after work, I noticed that some skin on his face is getting a little raw and abraded from the acid in his urine, so I took pity on him and started shearing all of his dirty fleece off of him.  I just wrestled him down, sheared a little, he fought and struggled, but I simply outweigh him and kept at it.  He never did stop trying to escape, but in between his struggles, he looked like he was really appreciating being sheared and felt a lot more comfortable.  When I was pretty much done, I let him up to run out, and I usually have to be really careful to make sure he doesn't try to gore me.  But he just stood there!  He was finally beaten down for a little while, like, "Wow, you're strong, Darc'!"  That was so funny.

Anyway, a sweet friend, Ginger, just bought 7 angora does and wants to rent Apollo to breed her little goats!  I'm so excited that he will get to have a date next weekend.  Poor thing is so miserable when his hormones are acting up like this.