Rescue Goat Suffering From Anxiety Only Calms Down In Her Duck Costume
Rescue goat Polly was suffering from anxiety until one day her owner got her a duck costume that changed the goat’s life forever! The poor animal is blind, has neurological problems and is severely underweight. Little did her owner know that the duck costume she got from the kid’s section at Marshalls would help her goat go from anxious and stressed, to all zen and chill! “As soon as I put it on her, she just instantly got calm,” Leanne Lauricella from Goats Of Anarchy told The Dodo.
Before that, Polly would be frantically running around and crying if she couldn’t find her owner. She would also show some other anxiety related behavior. “She’ll find a corner of a wall in the house, and she’ll just start sucking on the wall,” says Lauricella. “So all the corners in our house have these little suck marks from her mouth.”
Well, these days are over, all thanks to the duck outfit. “There’s something about that duck costume that calms her” Lauricella says. “She goes into a little trance. She just closes her eyes and she’s out.”
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Rescue goat Polly was suffering from anxiety until one day her owner got her a duck costume
The poor animal is blind, has neurological problems and is severely underweight
The duck costume helped Polly the goat go from anxious and stressed… to all zen and chill!
“As soon as I put it on her, she just instantly got calm”
“There’s something about that duck costume that calms her”
“She goes into a little trance. She just closes her eyes and she’s out”
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Also why is she in a trolly?? it looks very unnatural & uncomfortable!I am delighted she is doing well but I think the owner could take the goats needs and natural behaviour on board a bit more!
As nice as this story is: how did they get the idea to put a goat in a duck costume at the first place? o_O
My aunt has a pet goat and when she was small she bought her little dresses from petsmart that are for dogs. She wore them when they walked around town.
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This goat is from a rescue that takes care of animals with disabilities. The rescue has spent thousands of dollars on providing a natural environment for the goats. This one unfortunately doesn't like to socialise just yet. Killing is not an option for this organisation.
The article says she is blind; she would not do well in a totally natural, free, environment, that's probably why she was stressed, actually. Any human or animal needs to know where they are and what's around them or they will feel panicky. The costume could be anything of course, anything that envelopes her and makes her feel like she's being touched, or hugged, or safe inside something. Perhaps a dog harness & leash, with or without a 'jacket' of some sort, could also be helpful.
Yes. I wonder how many of the negative comments come from those who've actually owned goats, much less blind ones. The goat may have been bottle fed. Inht case it is strongly bonded to humans. The duck costume is probably like a thunder shirt for dogs.
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Oh here they come! ALL of the goat "EXPERTS" are here to tell you EVERYTHING you are doing wrong with your goat! Goats are not born with a pre-set notion of what type of environment they are meant to live in! (idiots) The only instincts the have are head-butting and climbing! So long as they can do that, and are well cared for and loved, THEY ARE HAPPY! (it bears repeating...idiots)
They say that about keeping caged birds who aren't born in the wild but in an aviary or cage. Most people who keep caged birds let them out for a few hours each day anyway.
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I wonder if the people talking about putting the animal to sleep who say the same for their own blind human relative with anxiety and neorological disorder?
A goat in such an artificial environment is bound to be anxious and stressed. I think returning her to a more natural environment, with other goats as company, would help far more than a duck costume.
I somehow doubt a blind goat with neurological problems can do well in a natural environment
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I guess the duck costume gives a sense of security around its body cute! :)
That is so CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 ..............................................U
I guess she calms down in a hat also..What a crock...Just wants attention! Also why is the goat in a freaking shopping cart??? Oh wait must calm her down...
I don't think it is about the duck costume. It is more about being comforted that she has something close "holding her" - like being hugged by someone.
We should all embrace a goat with a fluid species identity issue. I think the goat is super happy self identifying as a duck.
I feel like the owner isn't able to let go. As a veterinary nurse one of the most important lessons i had to learn was that animals rely on
Whoops hadn't finish . Animals rely on us to make the choices that will stop them hurting and living a life not worth living! Poor thing!
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But why would you bring a goat shopping? No matter what that would stress out a goat. Cute, but making it live such a domesticated life would cause undue stress. And sitting like that in the cart?
Do you even know anything about goats? Ever raised one? /facepalm...
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There comes a time to make the tough decision that it may be better for both parties (in this case "goat" and "owner") to humanely put the animal down. Take a goat dressed in a duck costume into stores (for what reason no one knows) is cruel. Eventually, everyone (and everything) dies ... sometimes it is better if it happens sooner than later.
As someone who has raised milk goats, are you nuts? Put it down? Stay away from my severely autistic grandson!
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The goat needs to be a goat again. Needs fresh air and running around with his fellow goats.....staying inside a house surely will stress any animal....
Not cute, not right, very cruel.enough with the madness.as in " terrified goat in diaper,stupid costume & shopping trolly".please people
In Western Europe your comment is called being a jerk
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Depends on your definition of "vegan" I guess...
Load More Replies... Also why is she in a trolly?? it looks very unnatural & uncomfortable!I am delighted she is doing well but I think the owner could take the goats needs and natural behaviour on board a bit more!
As nice as this story is: how did they get the idea to put a goat in a duck costume at the first place? o_O
My aunt has a pet goat and when she was small she bought her little dresses from petsmart that are for dogs. She wore them when they walked around town.
Load More Replies... This goat is from a rescue that takes care of animals with disabilities. The rescue has spent thousands of dollars on providing a natural environment for the goats. This one unfortunately doesn't like to socialise just yet. Killing is not an option for this organisation.
The article says she is blind; she would not do well in a totally natural, free, environment, that's probably why she was stressed, actually. Any human or animal needs to know where they are and what's around them or they will feel panicky. The costume could be anything of course, anything that envelopes her and makes her feel like she's being touched, or hugged, or safe inside something. Perhaps a dog harness & leash, with or without a 'jacket' of some sort, could also be helpful.
Yes. I wonder how many of the negative comments come from those who've actually owned goats, much less blind ones. The goat may have been bottle fed. Inht case it is strongly bonded to humans. The duck costume is probably like a thunder shirt for dogs.
Load More Replies... Oh here they come! ALL of the goat "EXPERTS" are here to tell you EVERYTHING you are doing wrong with your goat! Goats are not born with a pre-set notion of what type of environment they are meant to live in! (idiots) The only instincts the have are head-butting and climbing! So long as they can do that, and are well cared for and loved, THEY ARE HAPPY! (it bears repeating...idiots)
They say that about keeping caged birds who aren't born in the wild but in an aviary or cage. Most people who keep caged birds let them out for a few hours each day anyway.
Load More Replies... I wonder if the people talking about putting the animal to sleep who say the same for their own blind human relative with anxiety and neorological disorder?
A goat in such an artificial environment is bound to be anxious and stressed. I think returning her to a more natural environment, with other goats as company, would help far more than a duck costume.
I somehow doubt a blind goat with neurological problems can do well in a natural environment
Load More Replies... I guess the duck costume gives a sense of security around its body cute! :)
That is so CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 ..............................................U
I guess she calms down in a hat also..What a crock...Just wants attention! Also why is the goat in a freaking shopping cart??? Oh wait must calm her down...
I don't think it is about the duck costume. It is more about being comforted that she has something close "holding her" - like being hugged by someone.
We should all embrace a goat with a fluid species identity issue. I think the goat is super happy self identifying as a duck.
I feel like the owner isn't able to let go. As a veterinary nurse one of the most important lessons i had to learn was that animals rely on
Whoops hadn't finish . Animals rely on us to make the choices that will stop them hurting and living a life not worth living! Poor thing!
Load More Replies... But why would you bring a goat shopping? No matter what that would stress out a goat. Cute, but making it live such a domesticated life would cause undue stress. And sitting like that in the cart?
Do you even know anything about goats? Ever raised one? /facepalm...
Load More Replies... There comes a time to make the tough decision that it may be better for both parties (in this case "goat" and "owner") to humanely put the animal down. Take a goat dressed in a duck costume into stores (for what reason no one knows) is cruel. Eventually, everyone (and everything) dies ... sometimes it is better if it happens sooner than later.
As someone who has raised milk goats, are you nuts? Put it down? Stay away from my severely autistic grandson!
Load More Replies... The goat needs to be a goat again. Needs fresh air and running around with his fellow goats.....staying inside a house surely will stress any animal....
Not cute, not right, very cruel.enough with the madness.as in " terrified goat in diaper,stupid costume & shopping trolly".please people
In Western Europe your comment is called being a jerk
Load More Replies... Depends on your definition of "vegan" I guess...
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