Sunny and Sheba: Canadian Dog Adopts Rejected Lamb
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18 commentsFor a little lamb rejected by her mother, a dog will do.
“It’s amazing how animals start sharing,” said Dianne Shaw, who had something a little quirky to celebrate on Mother’s Day. Just north of Morris, she and her husband Ray have 16 sheep, 15 lambs, a donkey named Holly who herds them and two dogs.
Sunny the golden retriever took Sheba the motherless lamb under her wing, Dianne said. When the little black-and-white lamb’s mother wouldn’t nurse her, Shaw started feeding the lamb special powdered milk. Their dog Sunny’s maternal instincts kicked in too, and she started producing milk. Now Sunny, who hasn’t had a litter of pups in more than two years, nurses Sheba the baby lamb.
Sheba follows Sunny around the farmyard. The friendly dog with the big droopy nipples stops for the baby lamb to snack. It’s heartwarming, says Ray, who sees the goodness in their menagerie of animals. “A lot of humans are rejected by their mothers,” he said. He hopes those kids find adults who care for and nurture them too.
Awww, what a cute story! It always amazes me when dogs and other animals have instincts so strong that they have a biological reaction, like being able to produce milk. You have to love those warm fuzzy stories!
What a great story! I hope you won’t mind if I share it on our Facebook page.
Nature and dogs are so amazing. There is a need for nurturing and they step in.
What a lovely story! We hope your move went smoothly!
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Martha and Bailey xx
Awww! Canadians are awesome!
Whoa! Hang on… this is about the animals… sorry… bias stepped in a bit there…
THAT. Is an incredible tale. Can’t believe the pup up and produced milk after two years – snap! Amazing! And that she helped a lil lamb – awwww all around and bravo! I love this story!
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Sammie
Like the new look, Neil!
What a sweet story! I really enjoyed this. I can’t imagine either of my dogs doing something like this. My chi’s like to think they’re above all other animals in the kingdom.
Great story – it is amazing how many times we see dogs willing to step up to the task.
Woos – Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara
this is such a sweet story.
incredible that sunny started producing milk for baby sheba!
by the way, for some reason i was never able to receive a live feed from your old blog site, so i never knew when you posted things. this new blog site works great, and i’m getting the updates. hooray!
the booker man and asa’s mama
Pawesome story!
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Lorenza
WooHoo! Just had a ride on the re-director! It was worth it nice story!
Congratulations on your new site! Looks great!
What a super story!
Suka
Congratulations on the move! I have made the switch!
Aren’t animals just incredible? They never cease to amaze me
Love the story and love the new site!
I seem to have read this same or very similar story elsewhere. Very sweet story! We can learn a lot from animals about acceptance!
Maternal interspecies stories are cool. This one is a bit more special for me than some others because Morris, Manitoba is not far from my home town of Winnipeg. =)