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--- On Fri, 12/10/10, Judie <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Judie <[email protected]>
Subject: [all_chihuahuas] Pet Goat and Two Dog Pals Saved From Sheriff and the
Street
To: "Judie Wellman" <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 6:16 AM
A heartwarming story to share...
Pet Goat and Two Dog Pals Saved From Sheriff and the Street
By Diane Herbst | Tuesday, December 7, 2010 9:17 PM ET
This stray goat (who acts like a dog), Great Dane and Retriever are an
inseparable — and unlikely — trio.
It all started in early July on the grounds of a palatial Dallas-area wedding
chapel. On the sprawling lawn lounged a goat and a Great Dane, who were taken
to the nearby East Lake Pet Orphanage.
This was no usual couple. At the orphanage, Judy the Great Dane, and Minnelli
the goat, were inseparable.
"This is definitely the most unusual inter-species match-up of pets I've ever
seen," says Dr. Karen Fling, the veterinarian who founded the orphanage and
owns the East Lake Pet Hospital that services -- for free -- the orphanage.
"They acted like a married couple, Judy and Minnelli are bonded at the hip.
They eat together, sleep together, huddle around in a little ball and sleep
together. It is very sweet."
Media coverage of the cuddling couple caught the attention of the Dallas County
sheriff's office. In Texas, Fling soon learned, it is illegal for someone to
harbor stray livestock. "This is all news to me," Fling says. "I had no idea
this law was on the books."
Fling tried to work something out with the deputy sheriff overseeing the case.
But there was nothing Fling could do as Minnelli was taken to the city animal
impoundment facility, locked up with other homeless goats.
If Minnelli remained unclaimed by her owners, she'd be transferred to a town
called Mexia, sold at a livestock auction for about $25, and end up as
someone's dinner. "It was heartbreaking for us," Fling says, "to think a pet
that walks on a leash, goes for walks like a dog and is a house pet could be
sold to be eaten."
However, this was no ordinary goat. Thanks to media coverage of Minnelli's
plight and the subsequent public outcry, the Dallas County Commissioner
declared at a press conference: "It's not going to be auctioned off. I'll
guarantee that."
Soon after, Minnelli and Judy's owners surfaced, and handed ownership of the
pair to Fling. They also gave her their three-legged retriever, Lucky. "He was
pining away at home," says Fling, "missing the other two."
Finally reunited, over 200 families inquired about adopting them. But first,
the ten veterinarians at the hospital (in the same building as the orphanage)
donated their time to spay, neuter, and de-worm the dogs.
After the dogs healed, Norman and Sandra Williams of Ennis, Texas adopted the
trio on November 27. The "three amigos" as Sandra calls them, join her cats,
dogs, horse, llama, birds, chickens, geese, and ducks on 3 acres. "They're
doing great and they'll be happy here for the rest of their lives," says
Sandra. "They walk around like a little troop; where one goes, the others go.
They just capture your heart."
For more information on this unique pet hospital and orphanage, go to
www.elpo.org or www.welovepets.net.
