I still think you could have some fun by proposing some odd animals.
Emu? Lemurs? Llamas? Here’s a cute one: Dwarf miniature horse.
Oh, he would go for llamas in a heartbeat! He was all gooey-eyed over them at the County Fair last year. *Rolleyes*
Good call, though. I know I have to play my hand correctly and make him think this is all HIS idea. *WINK* I knows my man... :)
There is a miniature Jersey milk cow that I’ve been telling him about. She’d fit perfectly in the pole barn, and I’m sure ‘Old Man Sweeny’ who owns all the land around us would let me pasture her in the unused meadow...for a fee, the JERK!
http://www.miniaturejerseyassociation.com/HomesteadCows.htm