Posted on 04/30/2009 5:57:36 PM PDT by JoeProBono
BRISTOL, Va. – An animal control officer went to an address on Indiana Street to see about a dog and a goat creating a nuisance. She found a plot straight out of Milo and Otis – a pair of star-crossed four-leggeds on an unknown journey, whose bond transcends biological differences and police protocol.
Bristol authorities are calling the case one of an “unusual relationship,” and have dubbed the pair Thelma and Louise, whose journey came to a peaceful stop on the afternoon of April 19.
That day, a chocolate Lab and a white goat trotted through the rain up the road and onto Loretta Smith’s expansive front porch. They moved together slowly, shoulder to shoulder, with the purposeful gait of wet, hungry animals heading for shelter. They found it at the doorstep of Smith, who fed the dog biscuits, puppy chow, cereal, crackers and a banana – actually intended for the goat.
“I never saw a dog eat a banana before,” Smith said.
The goat, while relieving itself on the porch, devoured Smith’s pansies and munched a shrub. Then the goat began to dance on top of the Toyota owned by Smith’s granddaughter. Smith decided it was time to alert the authorities.
“They were so inseparable,” said Lisa Holly, the responding animal control officer. They were curled up together on Smith’s porch when Holly arrived to pick up the Lab – or Louise, as she has been nicknamed.
The office does not work with goats, Holly told Smith, so Thelma – a young female – would have to wait for a specialist in nuisance wildlife.
But Thelma would not wait.
As Holly led Louise away on a leash, Thelma leapt up and ran after them, rearing up, bleating and attempting to climb into Holly’s truck, the officer said.
With Holly’s assistance, Thelma scrambled into the truck and fussed no further.
“They’ve probably been raised together at somebody’s farm, and somehow got into the city,” Holly said.
The pair is currently sharing a large pen at Jones Animal Hospital in Bristol, Tenn.
“They absolutely love each other,” said Bridget Worley, the receptionist at the hospital. “When you take the Lab out for a walk, the goat goes crazy. They don’t like to be without each other,” she said.
A dog would hump my leg. So what’s so strange about a dog humping a goat? Stupid dogs.
To the very left of the article there is an ad to “Donate a Goat” to Feed the Children, LOL!
'Sides, reminds me of James Herriot, the English vet who wrote the wonderful books of his experiences in the gorgeous countryside of Yorkshire, England. He titles each of his books with a line from that great poem..
Why is it that animal stories get to us so easily?
Bristol is a city?
This is not even *slightly* “odd”.
Goats are chronic herd animals and will literally latch onto *any* animal, if there are no other goats around.
My first pygmy goat trailed my 3 geese wherever they went and he was the low goat on the totem pole.
The following spring, I bought him a little black girl goat for a friend and he was *so* attached to the geese by then that he really didn’t know what to with her.
She, however, knew she was a goat and not a goose so she began to follow him while he was following them.
After a while, something in his head “clicked” and he decided he was a goat again and began hanging out with her instead of the geese.
In fact, when the gander would assault “his girl” over food, he’d come to her rescue.
Now, they’re inseparable.
He’s too heavy and stubborn for me to lead anywhere so I lead her away and he follows.
That being said, for the goat’s sake, I hope they either leave her with dog or better yet, find her a nice herd of goats.
A solitary goat is a miserable creature.
You’re such a kid.............................................der.
Nowhere in the story does it mention the dog humping anything.A rather perverse interjection on your part. I’m certain that the only way a dog would hump your leg is to express in no uncertain terms that he is superior to you. Of course you may be a b!tch in heat. That would change the scenario.
Stupid n00bs.
LOL...what’s the origin of that clip?
“LOL...what’s the origin of that clip?”
Read this: http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=74349
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