{"id":1085,"date":"2010-02-12T10:57:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T18:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2010-03-16T12:36:06","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T19:36:06","slug":"chico-sheep-dorothy-goat-true-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/chico-sheep-dorothy-goat-true-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Chico Sheep + Dorothy Goat = True Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h3><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\">Hello,  I Love You<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">by  Farm Sanctuary National Shelter Director Susie Coston<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">It\u2019s that magical moment. You\u2019re at a gathering, the same  old scene. You\u2019re hanging out, maybe munching on some food, not expecting to be  noticed. Then you look up, and there she is. You\u2019ve seen her before, in passing,  but something has changed. Your eyes lock across the room. You walk toward each  other through the crowd. You converge. The chemistry is perfect. She\u2019s the one.  It\u2019s love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">It\u2019s the sheep barn at Farm Sanctuary\u2019s New York Shelter. This is  where a sheep named <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.farmsanctuary.org\/rescue\/rescues\/2006\/chico.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Chico<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> and a goat named <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.farmsanctuary.org\/rescue\/rescues\/2007\/bing_goats.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Dorothy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> (pictured above) fell for each  other. We\u2019ve seen our share of special bonds at the shelter. Steers Larry and  Kevin have stood by each other for 16 years. Bing and Bessie, two geese, have  been loyal companions for 24 years. Friendships thrive here. Free from fear,  stress and deprivation, which can stifle an animal\u2019s personality, our residents  are able to express their natures and, well, follow their hearts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">As  in human relationships, sometimes those hearts lead their owners in surprising  directions. Though our sheep and goats get along fine with each other, we rarely  see any particular interest between members of the two species. Dorothy and  Chico weren\u2019t rescued together, and they live in a herd of more than 100 sheep  and goats. People who have not spent time caring for these animals have a hard  time telling them apart, especially all the sheep. But Dorothy recognizes Chico  from the other end of the barn. They seek each other out, and when they meet,  they exchange adoring greetings by rubbing their heads against each other. They  spend hours each day grooming, playing and snuggling together. We don\u2019t know how  it happened, but these two are obviously smitten. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Susie  Coston<\/strong><\/strong>, Farm  Sanctuary&#8217;s national shelter director, joined us in March 2000.  In the six years prior to coming to Farm  Sanctuary, she worked for a veterinarian and at a sanctuary in  West Virginia.  Before that, she earned a master&#8217;s degree in special education and worked with  kids with disabilities. As a committed farm animal caregiver for more than a  decade, Susie has been a mentor for many of her peers (who have started their  own sanctuaries throughout the U.S.) and is well-known for bringing  the animals&#8217; stories of love, loss and life to the public. Currently, she  oversees a full department of caregivers, feeders, cleaners, and project workers  at the New York Shelter, ensuring that hundreds of animals are given the best  possible care at every stage of their lives. Aside from working at  Farm Sanctuary, Susie cares for her  own 10 cats, two dogs and two roosters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I Love You by Farm Sanctuary National Shelter Director Susie Coston It\u2019s that magical moment. You\u2019re at a gathering, the same old scene. You\u2019re hanging out, maybe munching on some food, not expecting to be noticed. Then you look up, and there she is. You\u2019ve seen her before, in passing, but something has changed. Your eyes lock across the room. You walk toward each other through the crowd. You converge. The chemistry is perfect. She\u2019s the one. It\u2019s love. It\u2019s the sheep barn at Farm Sanctuary\u2019s New York Shelter. This is where a sheep named Chico and a goat named Dorothy (pictured above) fell for each other. We\u2019ve seen our share of special bonds at the shelter. Steers Larry and Kevin have stood by each other for 16 years. Bing and Bessie, two geese, have been loyal companions for 24 years. Friendships thrive here. Free from fear, stress and deprivation, which can stifle an animal\u2019s personality, our residents are able to express their natures and, well, follow their hearts. As in human relationships, sometimes those hearts lead their owners in surprising directions. Though our sheep and goats get along fine with each other, we rarely see any particular interest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4277,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[330,329,331],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-rights","category-general","tag-farm-sanctuary","tag-shelter","tag-valentines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chico Sheep + Dorothy Goat = True Love - HappyCow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/chico-sheep-dorothy-goat-true-love\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chico Sheep + Dorothy Goat = True Love - HappyCow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hello, I Love You by Farm Sanctuary National Shelter Director Susie Coston It\u2019s that magical moment. 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