Walkies in collars and fluffy hoods

CAMILLA AINSWORTH, 24, is founder of M+LK PLUS (mylkplus.com), a nut milk brand. She’s single and lives in Blackburn with her parents and fully grown goats Vincent van Goat and Nigel, both aged two. Camilla (pictured) says: WHEN my late great-grandmother left me £500, I bought two miniature billy goats. Everyone thought I was bonkers, but I had two as pets when I was a girl and was bereft when they died within a week of each other.

When I bought these two — who I named Vincent Van Goat and Nigel — as 12-week-old kids, I spent two weeks house-training them before they went to live in a pen in the garden.

Now, they love to sit in the kitchen while we all eat dinner. They also climb on the sofa and anything else they can get their hooves on.

I should only feed them their special dry mix once a day, but they shout if they don’t get a second portion. Mischievously, they’ve eaten all the fruit and veg plants in the garden. They love bread and Nigel guzzles around six bottles of nut milk a week.

A favourite pastime is going on long walks on their leads. In their pink collars and matching coats, they get a lot of attention. With winter on the way, I’ll soon be dusting off their thicker coats, which have fluffy little hoods.

They even have their own Instagram page. Vincent is smaller, more fun, and cheerful in the morning. He’s a bit of a mummy’s boy, and loves to snuggle up with me on the sofa.

Meanwhile, Nigel is grumpy until he’s had his breakfast and bullies Vincent a bit. Both of them hate it when I wear wellies, and will start butting me if I do. But they’re so comical and I think they’re the perfect pets.