A couple of weeks ago Nathan rang me up and said “Guess what I have got here for you…” and we’ve never looked back since…though I quite often look ahead to the time when we leave and Dachanger’s fate is either to end up as the meat element in a dish of Akatogo or to prove himself useful enough to Tubakunde to be saved… I’m currently trying to train him to do the washing up, because I think it is his only chance of survival…if only his hooves were more dextrous!! I’ve also discovered this morning that he is quite fond of Mozart…when I started to play it on my computer whilst I have been outside writing this, he finally curled up in the sun and went to sleep!
He also has a penchant for bananas and an incredible ability to find his way into the house – he can even open the door handle with his hoof – regardless of its dexterity!! The other day he had trotted through the kitchen, found his way into the pantry and eaten all the bananas before we had even noticed he was in the house. Whilst he is the noisiest thing in the neighbourhood at 6am, he seems to have developed a stealth mode when he needs it which allows him to creep in unnoticed! Jean-Pierre, our guard, seems to really like him, which is surprising, since we discovered yesterday that they goat has chosen his bed as the ideal place to lie down to sleep at night. Someone was translating for us, and Jean-Pierre said “I really must find him somewhere to sleep that is not my bed!!” He also ate the rhubarb crumble that we gave to J-P the other day, while J-P was opening the gate, he raised himself up on the chair and got stuck-in, knocking the entire bowl on the floor as he did so! So, we have some way to go with the training, but he is getting quite good at coming when called….
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