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Critters, Part II

My calf thinks she's a dog.
We found Cherry half-starved underneath a tree about five months ago, clinging to life. I was worried she wouldn't make it, but she's thriving and looks fantastic.
We've been bottle-feeding her, and then she has her feed and a yard full of grass to much on.
But that's not our secret ingredient to her recovery.
She loves dog food. Loves it.

Her tub of feed is right next to the dogs' tub, so I guess she thought she was supposed to eat it, too.
But that's not all.
She plays chase with the two dogs. And I swear if I threw a stick at her, she'd play catch.
When she was smaller, she'd climb underneath the trampoline when the cats were playing on it and kick up her head, sending them flying in the air. Now they cuddle up to her.
When she's hungry for her bottle, she bangs the front porch swing into the house.
I expect her to start barking any day now.
Paw said once she was grown we'd let her back out with the rest of the cows, but I don't see how she'd survive out on the range.
She's too used to ready-to-eat grass in the front yard and her tub of grub in the garage and all the other perks of a dog's life.

Posted by Lara Richards at 8:35 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)