As the old saying goes, a dog is a man’s best friend. Fortunately, for the Gaines’ kiddos, they have plenty of best friends. “We now have more dogs than children,” Joanna Gaines penned in 2019 as she introduced the family’s SIXTH dog. But that’s not all. Aside from their six canines, the Gaines’ gang also have goats, pigs, horses, cows, chickens, turkeys, bunnies, AND a guinea pig. OH MY!
Still, Chip and Joanna are adamant that caring for all of these pets has helped to instill their children with a sense of responsibility and work ethic. “Living the farm life — never a dull moment. Something needs to be fed, something’s having a baby, there’s been a fence break and some animal snuck through that fence,” Chip explained in May during a video for the Bobcat Company about all of the hard work that comes with having that many animals on their property. It appears that even the Gaines’ youngest child, Crew, would agree. In March 2024, Joanna captured him working hard as the family’s “goat sitter.” So sweet!
