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Friends Forever - A Tale Of Love Between A Goat and A Dog
tricities ^ | 4/30/2009 | Daniel Gilbert

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.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dog
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1 posted on 04/30/2009 5:57:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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I thought this was a Taliban article.


2 posted on 04/30/2009 6:01:07 PM PDT by Spirochete (Texas is an anagram for Taxes)
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3 posted on 04/30/2009 6:02:21 PM PDT by GSP.FAN
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4 posted on 04/30/2009 6:03:11 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono; goat granny

5 posted on 04/30/2009 6:03:21 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: JoeProBono

On Elephant Sanctuary, Unlikely Friends

Tarra the 8,700 pound Asian elephant. And Bella. The dog.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/02/assignment_america/main4696340.shtml


6 posted on 04/30/2009 6:05:42 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: JoeProBono

I love God’s creatures! What a story. I hope they find a wonderful home together.


7 posted on 04/30/2009 6:05:59 PM PDT by Republic (Jedem das Seine)
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To: JoeProBono
I hope that somebody will be able to adopt both of them or that the real owner will come get them. I'd hate to see them get separated.

I'm just a sentimental animal lover. I'm sorry.

8 posted on 04/30/2009 6:05:59 PM PDT by 3catsanadog (I plan to give the new President the same respect and dignity the other side gave Bush.)
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To: JoeProBono

Maybe they were running away to Iowa to be married.


9 posted on 04/30/2009 6:11:17 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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I’ll help you hold that good thought, 3c&d. They will be adopted together and entertain some lucky family for a long time to come.


10 posted on 04/30/2009 6:11:41 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: 3catsanadog

I thought the same thing—”please don’t separate them!”.


11 posted on 04/30/2009 6:12:46 PM PDT by Grandma Pam
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12 posted on 04/30/2009 6:14:55 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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At least there is still honor among animals. Sweet story, thanks.


13 posted on 04/30/2009 6:15:10 PM PDT by McLynnan
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To: Republic
I love God’s creatures!

Me too!


14 posted on 04/30/2009 6:21:31 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Party? I don't have one anymore.)
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To: Republic

15 posted on 04/30/2009 6:21:47 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: stylecouncilor

Ping


16 posted on 04/30/2009 6:22:05 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: JoeProBono

Great story, thanks Joe.....great pictures also...


17 posted on 04/30/2009 6:24:03 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Daffynition

Hi Daffy, thanks for the ping.....you and JPB sure get some interesting stories...


18 posted on 04/30/2009 6:26:58 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Republic

19 posted on 04/30/2009 6:30:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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I’m so glad they allowed the two to stay together.


20 posted on 04/30/2009 6:30:53 PM PDT by Atom Smasher
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