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,..A neat guy, but his personalitY ,ft blafi' Loving a pygmy ,goat By BEVERL.Y GEBER Rochester Post -Bulletin ROC'HESTER i AP) - Satan's oval eves are ►isected by black rectangular crises that never change �ess►oo e ib a make sort, climbing on cars eating pope and sampling the tastrof anything in his wa,, He requires much more care than is dog or cat or bird and he is not Call affectionate So a h� is David Caffes iw? attached to Satan his Afr►canp� gm-, goat" Caffes, cant figure iteut either "I don't know," he wys with a shruyr "I'm attached to trim ternbl but I'm the oniN one. It was on): b� accident that Caffes and his wife, >bett} acquired a pygrn} goat 18 months ago to add to their stable of three alp and one parrot Beth wa, looking for another dog bur ..hanged her mind when ttbcy saw for pyginy goat at the Pet Place in �cichesstrr The�'re w talc xheli tM•'n vtwri� C'aftes said Thee brought the 2 wwk�d oat tc, their country hPine (wtside of Rc+rteeder Caffes. a ho is "me all day tendirirt+,is antiquebusuiesa. beganlending Satan *fib eight bottles of milt daily Afler eight weeks of such attention, Beti% had lost ber "anduig A had to rase the sopt He dedst,'t liAe dray Hebutts her all the time' Caffessaid ) Satan gre% from a salt tiny pet to a headstrong, two- Iam goat and Caffe, dow't r+ecomrvend pigmyy goats hu e%eryone Despite claims that the pets can be "hous#4ostv that's tine on1% if you don't %slur your t%*W,ou nO ure, Cof fft said can house traNthem in most w ays but you Isn't train their, not tc-Iurr:p up tie+cause that's their 'natural thing,- Caffes said So, after Satan's infawv he anent to live rr, a mesh iosed peattached to rail" antiqueshop A Wle f urd r.►� a n wilt aticsa s lain to gci incx� tr, a tiny I11)wd space at the rear of the shot, arin the winter. Calfe>4 had tw to* a ater to Satan e• a da% after the fist batch (roar Thr stray► it-, hi.� pen must be changed repeatedl3 to keep it clean and be must be let outof thrcage, exertiaelw4 watched each &% "He's a neat gii� but he's a lot of work." Caffes said And there are no affectionate rewards such as one might receive from a ftg or a cat •Goats don't na%e VeMneltUeA," tw saki '' Re ' s 1w-t blah '' In the rural setting of the,: affes home, two acres on the edge of town with a refurbished W)7 home, an ancient tarn and two lqg buildings filled with antiques, Satan is free to roam Only twice has he ventured out on the road Caffes said Satan lies en edgy harmon% with the dogs docilely folk,a ing behind Caffes and the dogs on their dail% trip to a rmarby creek 'there is no doubt Satan k an unusual pet, but he is trot th- -Jv one in the area The , et place has been selling py piny goats for about 21 :• years The novelth of owning an exotic pN does not come cheaplt the'Pe(Place charges lii for a purebred male pggoat which can be stered by ttte owner said Pet I lace co-owner Karen Brink The shot) does not cam frmaie p� gate gnats, since their breeding qualities make them twice as exhes ie goats have proven quite popular, star says The shop keeps one or two on hand and - usual h we don. t Gave their more than a couple of weeks Brink said The goats have been in the United States stout 15 years but on!,. be#an to become popular in the past WA years, she said. Brink said tea owners milk the goatb the% do not produce enough to melee it worth%%tile Life span, is about 10 years and if bred. the females can produce two tittrrs a year of to ins or trplets T W N(mtss can be dehorned, Put that is an option that Gaffes reie cts It is Satan's size and horns that make him appealing tit saes Despite• his obvious attachment to the goat. C:affft aarns others P)gm) goats rein-r time and cornmitmei,t "The} 'rr for somebody a ho dueui 't hayr a job tw said is seat's beef hie