Heartwarming Animal-People Friendships: Part 2 of a Multi-part Series

Today we have more heartwarming and cute stories to share with you. “So he came to Hope Haven and Jim joined a flock of Emden geese. But after some time, they started to pick on him. So Jim was really at a loss and we were very sad for him too. He wanted someone to be his friend and to protect him. And then Richard came. He saw Richard on the other side of the fence. They’re always walking around together. Obviously, Richard and Jim are a big hit when they are together because it is so unusual to see them side by side.” “I went to this little local livestock auction to save one animal's life. He just got pulled from his mom! He ended up being the littlest calf of the whole night. The next day, he ended up being almost exactly the same size as Colton, my dog, and it was still chilly, so I ended up taking one of Colton’s jackets and put it on Bucket. And then they were playing together. Bucket is no different than Colton from a personality standpoint.”

“Mila came from a rescue. She was one of 3 babies that were pulled out from the mud. And she was very brave. Mila really loves the baby donkeys. And she’ll chase other horses off if they’re bugging them. She’s really protective of them.” “I was a vet nurse at a clinic and a farmer brought Rudie in missing half of his front leg. So we went straight into surgery and he was definitely a fighter from the start. And he ended up being able to run just like a normal deer. We had cats that would look after him, alpacas, sheep. He didn’t show any signs of fear, it was like he knew he was being rescued.” Lastly, we see a friendship between a pony-citizen and his dog-person brother. "Whatever his brother Dom does Sutton copies. From day one Sutton was like a sponge. We even caught them grazing together. Dom, you’re not a horse. And even though they are from different worlds, they have formed an unbreakable connection.”