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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Sun May 25, 2014, 03:04 PM May 2014

This Baby Goat Is So Happy With His New Wheelchair, And We Just Can't Even

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/22/frostie-baby-goat-wheelchair-photos-video_n_5368083.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063





Frostie the snowman baby goat is a jolly happy soul today, after a sweet new set of wheels has given him some newfound freedom.

The adorable snow goat was previously unable to walk, after contracting a disease known as joint navel ill shortly after his birth. The condition infected Frostie's hind joints, leaving them painfully unusable. That changed with the introduction of his cart, which, in addition to helping his joints, seems to have given his morale a clear boost as well.

A video of the happy goat, shared by Edgar's Mission, a nonprofit farm animal rescue sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, shows the newly mobile goat frolicking and wagging his tail.

If his cart looks familiar, that's because it is: Frostie's ride comes courtesy of Leon Trotsky, the piglet at Edgar's Mission who used the ride while he recovered from a crushed pelvis. Yes, those pictures are also adorable.

http://vimeo.com/95834056
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This Baby Goat Is So Happy With His New Wheelchair, And We Just Can't Even (Original Post) xchrom May 2014 OP
Frostie has a nice smile. Uncle Joe May 2014 #1
That's a great invention flamingdem May 2014 #2
Oh. My. GOD! OnyxCollie May 2014 #3
I love these stories. Here's another... Thor! WorseBeforeBetter May 2014 #4
Awwww StarryNite May 2014 #10
lovable adorable baby! BlancheSplanchnik May 2014 #5
There's an adorable little beagle Maynar May 2014 #6
Yep, I've seen a few dogs in wheelchairs. Hassin Bin Sober May 2014 #8
Goats! Squeeeee! Matariki May 2014 #7
Oh, my gosh! StarryNite May 2014 #9
Too cute! McCamy Taylor May 2014 #11
What a sweet baby! shenmue May 2014 #12
A goat with training wheels! Spirochete May 2014 #13
Beautiful. narnian60 May 2014 #14

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
2. That's a great invention
Sun May 25, 2014, 03:14 PM
May 2014

They should market that for other animals, or show how to make it since it uses simple materials.

Maynar

(769 posts)
6. There's an adorable little beagle
Sun May 25, 2014, 04:40 PM
May 2014

in my neighborhood who uses a similar device. I see him out walking with his owner all the time.

Makes me smile every time!

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,330 posts)
8. Yep, I've seen a few dogs in wheelchairs.
Sun May 25, 2014, 05:09 PM
May 2014

And they are just happy as all get out to be alive and with their human pack.

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