During the all day coverage of the inauguration, one reporter started mentioning all the different kinds of pets that the First Families had brought to the White House. Of course, my ears perked up when I heard some had goats. But they did not say which Presidents they were. So I googled it.
Benjamin Harrison had a buck named Old Whiskers. Wow! They had a great little cart. One day, while the
President was waiting for his carriage at the front of the White House, Old
Whiskers darted through the White House gates, pulling the children behind him in
the cart. President Harrison ran down Pennsylvania Avenue holding on
to his top hat and waving his cane, but the goat kept running, only stopping after
numerous Washington, D.C., residents had seen the Commander in Chief chasing the
runaway goat cart!
Yep, folks have seen me running down Thornhill and Delmar chasing a goat. Goats don't care how they make their owners look.
Tad and Willie, President Lincoln's two sons had two pet goats named Nanny and Nanko. The boys would hitch the goats to kitchen chairs or wheeled carts and have a ride through the White House as the goats pulled them along. Nanny was often seen sleeping in Tad's bed. The goats also outraged the White House gardeners by ruining the flower beds.
I haven't found that my goats mess up the flower beds much. What they like best is to trim the rosebushes. So I find that rather helpful, if they would just wait until the bloom is gone.
Yep, folks have seen me running down Thornhill and Delmar chasing a goat. Goats don't care how they make their owners look.
Tad and Willie, President Lincoln's two sons had two pet goats named Nanny and Nanko. The boys would hitch the goats to kitchen chairs or wheeled carts and have a ride through the White House as the goats pulled them along. Nanny was often seen sleeping in Tad's bed. The goats also outraged the White House gardeners by ruining the flower beds.
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| Here on Thornhill, we love our lap goats. |
