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Hector Aubertin went on a cross-Canada roadtrip with his pet goat named Jimmy (www.cbc.ca)
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Jimmy the goat was rejected by his mother, so Hector Aubertin stepped up and became his best friend [...] "Everywhere we go, people are doing double takes," Aubertin told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. "He's probably had his picture taken easily 100 times." [...] "After the first week or so, we formed a bond. I literally cannot go anywhere without him or he just starts blaa-ing. He wants to know where I am. He needs to be with me." [...] So when it came time to go on a long-planned road trip to Edmonton with his daughter to visit her sisters, Aubertin figured he had no choice but to bring Jimmy along for the ride. [...] "We go everywhere. We go to the stores. We go to Canadian Tire. I can get him to come to me, you know. I can get him to lay down if I need to. He listens very well," he said. "He's like a dog, but twice as fun and just a little bit harder to train." [...] "He is absolutely my best friend. We go everywhere together," Aubertin said. "He's done so much for me."

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[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I've been wanting a lil miniature goat but now I really want one as an adventure companion.

My aunt had several, and one season a baby was rejected by its mother. She brought him in the house because it was still winter when he was born. Same thing as Jimmy, the baby imprinted on her, followed her everywhere. She named him Dustpan because he liked to gobble up any dust bunnies lurking about!

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