Duck Outfit Comforts Goat

November 24, 2016 10:27 AM

Now, whenever Polly has an anxiety attack, Lauricella puts her into the duck costume, and voila — instant calm.

The Goats of Anarchy website is coming soon, but they seem to have an active instagram presence.

posted by mrjohnmuller (23 comments total)

"Oh... I am a duck now. This is nice. Calming." Sort of the opposite of Allie Brosh.
posted by The otter lady at 10:47 AM on November 24, 2016 [10 favorites]

I can't imagine what people thought when she pushed her shopping cart by with a tiny goat in a duck costume.
posted by GuyZero at 10:50 AM on November 24, 2016 [14 favorites]

I think that at this moment in history a lot of us need a duck suit and/or piggyback goat.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 10:51 AM on November 24, 2016 [31 favorites]

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 11:27 AM on November 24, 2016 [10 favorites]

Cats in shark costumes, goats in duck costumes, dogs in panda costumes...

It's a funny old world.
posted by GenjiandProust at 11:45 AM on November 24, 2016 [4 favorites]

I like this
posted by supermedusa at 12:18 PM on November 24, 2016 [2 favorites]

My first thought was "What happens when the goat gets bigger?" But she had a solution for that. Let's hope Polly and Pocket become lifelong friends.
posted by Kevin Street at 2:27 PM on November 24, 2016 [1 favorite]

There is not enough "awww" in the universe for this.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 2:36 PM on November 24, 2016 [1 favorite]

AAAAHHHHHH I am overwhelmed by the cute. Holy bejeez.
posted by Fig at 4:29 PM on November 24, 2016

Omg together their names make Polly Pocket

1990s me is totes squealing right now on multiple levels
posted by Hermione Granger at 4:44 PM on November 24, 2016 [2 favorites]

same
posted by mrgoat at 7:01 PM on November 24, 2016 [3 favorites]

Oh lord, just don't go too far into the Instagram account if you want to keep your warm fuzzies. Also, I got really confused when I clicked back and the comments made NO SENSE:
All Hail the Yule Goat!!!
Yes! All we need now is for the phrase "1976 Local raggare ran the goat over with a car" to be resurrected!
I, on the other hand, have hope and faith, and am willing the goat to last longer than President-elect thingie.

Eh, wat?? Nooo... I landed on this thread instead. Ooops. Goat confusion.
posted by slipthought at 7:30 PM on November 24, 2016

This is the best thing I've seen today!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 8:50 PM on November 24, 2016

I keep reading this as "duck confit comforts goat" and honestly I'm not sure which would be weirder. Outfit is definitely cuter, though.
posted by rtha at 9:44 PM on November 24, 2016 [2 favorites]

Oh lord, just don't go too far into the Instagram account if you want to keep your warm fuzzies.

I scrolled for what felt like blissful hours and all I got was goats living their best lives — bow-legged, no-legged, blind and anxious goats getting the best possible care and attention, sometimes in costume — and followed.
posted by wreckingball at 10:14 PM on November 24, 2016 [3 favorites]

It would have made my whole year if I'd been shopping and she walked by with her little duck goat.
posted by ilovewinter at 10:34 PM on November 24, 2016 [1 favorite]

Oh, my heart melted. This is the best of the web. This is why the internet was invented.
posted by daybeforetheday at 1:48 AM on November 25, 2016 [1 favorite]

My soul needed this today, and is now momentarily replete. I need no more in the world than this tiny anxious goat being soothed by her duck costume.
posted by pseudonymph at 1:53 AM on November 25, 2016 [3 favorites]

This is definitely what we need right now.
But, I mean. Can someone please calm me of my worries? Because sometimes humans see what they want to see, like all the people who bathe their bunnies because "it makes them so calm" when in fact the bunny is lying very still due to fear-induced catatonia/tonnic immobility. Can someone pls convince me that this isn't what's happening to this goat?
posted by Nea Imagista at 2:30 AM on November 25, 2016 [3 favorites]

I had similar concerns and upon some light fretting decided it's probably fine. I think goats are pretty clothing tolerant, and probably appreciate the extra heat on a cold day.

Also, I mean, it's a kids costume.
posted by mrjohnmuller at 6:59 AM on November 25, 2016 [5 favorites]

We dressed our goats in costumes (Sara-saurus and Princess Pepper ) and they seemed to like it. I think it's very likely this little goat feels warm and secure, like it is wrapped in a giant hug.
posted by belladonna at 7:36 AM on November 25, 2016 [7 favorites]

Can someone please calm me of my worries?

Sure. Neither you nor I know shit about goat psychology, and these professionals clearly regard it as helping. Better?
posted by cmoj at 8:26 AM on November 25, 2016 [5 favorites]

These baby goats in pajamas do not seem immobilized by fear. And, as cmoj points out, a woman who runs a goat rescue likely has a pretty good sense of what actually helps vs. what just superficially appears to help.
posted by lazuli at 10:22 AM on November 25, 2016 [1 favorite]