Rita the baby goat was rejected and a.b.a.n.d.o.n.e.d by her mother at the moment of her birth. However, Blizzie the dog intervened to take care of her.
Eighteen-year-old farmer Glori Rushing told Metro UK that the moment Rita’s mother, Smore, refused to feed her, Blizzie took over: she jumped into the pen and took her to bed with her own babies, whom she had given birth to a few days earlier.
The three-year-old dog and four-week-old Rita formed a beautiful bond.
As Blizzie instinctively took care of Rita, Gloria decided to let them stay together. “She was doing an amazing job,” she said. She had enough milk to feed them all.
“Blizzie’s supposed to help take care of the farm and the goats, but I’ve never seen her take one like this before. I was giving Rita a bottle every two hours because I didn’t know how good dog milk would be for a goat, but instead she just went to Blizzie.