Everything you said of Alfred is spot on. I hope things go better with his goats..
And, for hydration issues, I have a cheap and simple tip.....ALKA-SELTZER. The GOLD, not the others that have aspirin or acetaminophen. In JA, its called "Andrews Salts", and every little store has it for sale by the packet. It contains all the ingredients of rehydration salts except..sugar...so plop, plop, fizz, fizz, drink it up and eat something sweet with it. Like...a banana! LOL! I take mine first thing in JA and try to down at least a litre of H2O with it.
