Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Boxer Who Adopted the Kid

A paternal dog has adopted an abandoned baby goat as his surrogate child.

Billy the boxer has become the constant companion of the 12-day old kid called Lilly. He sleeps with the goat, licks her clean, and protects her from any dangers at Pennywell Farm wildlife centre at Buckfastleigh, near Totnes, Devon.

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Read the whole story here. I'm not surprised as our boxers have always been quite maternal about our kids (even though ours are human). I do have to say though that when they say Billy cleans up the goat's mouth after she eats ... there's a bit of self-interest there. I never knew a boxer to pass up a free meal.

Thanks to Hannah for this one!

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