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Katie Sucharski tugged on the goat’s purple leash.
“Come on,” the 11-year-old said. “Don’t be stubborn.”
But the goat wasn’t in a cooperative mood.
It jerked, thrashed — and then it pooped.
“Come on,” Anna Mundell, 11, said. Isabel Waters, 10, echoed her sentiment.
It was “goat spa day” at Clearwater Farm, and the seven girls enrolled in Animals on the Farm were trying to lead their client to the hose. The goat finally succumbed to their requests when water sprayed from the hose.
“You’ll be happy when it’s done,” said Alli Christenson, 10, as she and the others lathered the goat’s back.
Retired Onalaska teacher Sandy Musolf teaches the six-day summer class designed to help students connect with the farm. There are two sessions offered, one for first- through third-graders, the other for grades four through six.
“It’s just the perfect place for teaching,” Musolf said. “The kids really like it.”
Being out on the farm located in Onalaska’s Greens Coulee is a summer highlight for Christenson.
“I want to be a veterinarian,” she said. “Animals are so friendly. They seem to understand you when you talk.
“I’m not the best with people, but I’m good with animals.”
Maddie Knorr, 9, has developed a liking for the chicken coop and enjoys chasing the chickens.
The Polish chickens are her favorite, she said, “because they’re easy to catch.”
Everything is better when it happens on the farm, according to 8-year-old Morgan Cudo.
“It’s really fun,” Cudo said.
“I love animals. They are so kind and sweet.”
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