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Mini Cow Saved From Slaughter Falls In Love With a Dog

<div><p>When Janice Wolf, the founder of a Rocky Ridge Refuge, attended a livestock auction with a friend, they changed the life of a miniature cow named Moonpie. </p><p>"She was a mini, and you don't see a lot of those go through the local auctions," <a href="https://www.thedodo.com/moonpie-miniature-cow-dogs-2323700404.html">Janice told The Dodo. </a></p><p>Moonpie was a young milk-dependent baby, so Janice couldn't keep her outside with the other rescue cows at the refuge. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c2-2.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c2-2_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c2-2_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Rocky Ridge Refuge</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>"I don't have a lot of room here, and it was cold and rainy, and that wasn't good for a little calf," <a href="http://www.lifedaily.com/mini-cow-saved-from-auction-house-falls-in-love-with-a-dog/">Janice explained.</a> "All my heated buildings were occupied with other critters, so that's how she ended up in my bedroom. I figured it would just be for a few days, but the weather just kept going whacky, so she's been in there for the last six weeks."</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c6-2.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Rocky Ridge Refuge</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Inside the house, Moonpie spent her time with 12 dogs who lived there. While they all got along well, it was a deaf white bull terrior named Spackle who really grew fond of the new addition.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c4-1.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Rocky Ridge Refuge</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"Spackle loves babies, and immediately became her protector and buddy. She wouldn't leave that calf's side. They instantly bonded," <a href="http://www.lifedaily.com/mini-cow-saved-from-auction-house-falls-in-love-with-a-dog/">said Janice.</a></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c3.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c3_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c3_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Rocky Ridge Refuge</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>She has even learned how to go outside to use the bathroom like the dogs do. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c1-4.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c1-4_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/c1-4_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Rocky Ridge Refuge</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>"At first she wasn't sure what to think, and then she just like, "˜OK, a bigger dog,'" Wolf said. "But they started hanging together, too. She now knows she's a cow, I think."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div>

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