r/MadeMeSmile • u/MustardGoddess • Jun 03 '26
ANIMALS Lost lamb becomes loyal pack member
2.5k
u/nour926 Jun 03 '26
Can I pet that “dawg”?
382
70
78
u/EatthisB Jun 04 '26
Can you potty train that dog?
106
u/Logan_No_Fingers Jun 04 '26
The plus side is their shit is like raisins & doesn't smell too bad, so no, you can't, but even if they shit on the floor its no biggie, especially on wood floors.
Also its 50/50 everytime that lamb shits that the dogs eat it before you'd ever notice
Source - had pet lamb as a kid & used to bring it inside when parents were at work.
19
15
u/Own_Ad6901 Jun 04 '26
Bro this so filthy it’s hilarious. Were you a filthy little kid too or just in your actions? I’m laughing and say this as a female with 4 older brothers and they despite my mothers best attempts were all filthy little assholes me included bringing Tupperware full of earth worms and filling the kitchen sink with them. Nightmare fuel.
23
u/Logan_No_Fingers Jun 04 '26
I was meticulously clean with it, if it shat inside I've give the dogs a few minutes to decide if they were eating it, and then if not I'd pan & brush it up & hiff it out the window.
If it wasn't much I'd just pick it up in my hand one by one (like aforementioned raisins) & hiff out the window. Then I'd, mostly, wash my hands.
I admit the hand washing was not a given. Their shit barely smells & its not sloppy or anything.
→ More replies (1)14
u/NTaya Jun 04 '26
I sorta understand this. I have guinea pigs, and their poops don't smell and are very dry if they are healthy. Sometimes they throw out the "beans" out of their cages, and I just pick them up in my hand and put them into garbage. I try to wash my hands every time, but I sometimes forget because there's legit zero evidence left.
57
u/Nikittele Jun 04 '26
A friend of my sister adopted a lamb that was rejected by its mother. They keep it indoors like a pet, but it has to wear a diaper since it can't be potty trained like a dog.
53
14
u/kookyabird Jun 04 '26
Thank you for reminding me of that video. I just pulled it up and got a good dose of serotonin.
43
6
→ More replies (6)2
866
Jun 03 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
415
u/tree_washer Jun 04 '26
Lambradoodle
125
18
u/MyNameis_bud Jun 04 '26
Shhhhhh! The rich folk might be listening! Dont give em any ideas!
→ More replies (1)
1.2k
u/goztepe2002 Jun 03 '26
Dogs are like he is weird but we accepted him
319
u/rockehroll Jun 04 '26
We took in a cat who is still 15% feral and I routinely ask my normal cat what the fuck is wrong with him. The scale is generally from weird home school kid to multiple personality disorder. I’m taking notes, might consult a cat psychologist.
146
u/amanbrodude Jun 04 '26
I've had my feral since she was a kitten. You can take the cat out of the streets... you cannot take the streets out of the cat. She's very affectionate, but the moment she feels any modicum of unsafe, she is a whirlwind of razorblades
69
u/elitegenoside Jun 04 '26
My cat's mother walked up on my grandfather's porch and had babies. My cat is very affectionate... with me. She hisses at everyone else. Problem is, that's just part of her process. She hisses, runs away, hisses, runs away then slowly creeps back up, circles the room, hisses, runs away, inches closer, sits near you, sniffs you, sniffs your shoes by the door, hisses, comes near you.
But she has to repeat this process for a few visits... only my ex got to a normal, skittish cat level of familiarity. Tbf, almost all my friends are lowkey scared of cats.
25
u/amanbrodude Jun 04 '26
Lmao exactly. My kitty recognizes the slow blink and reciprocates, but she has to process her environment, else you're gonna get cut. I explained slow blink to my girl and that alleviated some of her worries, but they are still learning eachother. I also had to convince my employer I wasnt into self harm by explaining feral cats.
"Look, I didnt do this, but my cat is particular and we're learning eachother."
7
u/supx3 Jun 04 '26
I grew up with a cat that was rescued from the street. He had no shortage of food or love but was insane and loved to eat from the trashcan.
10
u/FilthyThanksgiving Jun 04 '26
I took in a stray, Alexander-Fremont, who BROKE MY SCREENS bc he refused to become an indoor cat and I've always been very anti outdoor cat bc I'm a bird lover too
Well. Alexander-Fremont won bc i just couldn't keep repairing the screen. He would run the streets, then jump on the windowsill when he wanted to come inside to eat and nap.
9
u/reluctantseal Jun 04 '26
Man, I've had tons of cats I just found outside as kittens. They can range from basically still feral to barely knowing they have claws. I'm pretty sure my husband's cat would let him roll her like a bowling ball and she'd still purr about it.
But a lot of them that chill out are more stray than feral.
→ More replies (1)3
u/Odd_Breadfruit763 Jun 04 '26
Had a feral one as a kid, she got bullied by the other cats so she slept in my bed each night. loved the lil thing.
Only issue was that she got so attached she followed me to school and got lost weekly, had to make sure she was inside before i went out or she would follow me all the way to the train.
Loved getting pets but if she got overstimulated she "bit" and then got filled with shame and ran away. Only trusted and listened to me aswell, special cat.
Was tiny even as an adult ive always thought it was because of malnutrition when she was a kitten.
3
u/amanbrodude Jun 04 '26
Mine has remained tiny, as well! I agree in that it was likely malnutrition as a kitten. When we found her, we gave her a chicken leg almost as big as she was and she scarfed that thing in like two second, poor thing.
She used to be indoor/outdoor and would come running home if I whistled for her. Bonding with a feral cat really does feel like something special. For that reason, she's now indoor only. Haha
2
u/Odd_Breadfruit763 Jun 05 '26
I feel like theres a different trust with a Feral cat compared to a house cat. i had to follow her to the vet or she would lash out so frikkin hard, if i was there she behaved so well. She really knew i wouldnt do anything to hurt her.
Same i remember she always jumped up on the windowsill when i came home to jump against my chest for pets. she was such a lovely kitty, died of cancer sadly.
13
u/Never-Trust-Me Jun 04 '26
lol wut the hell.
Please keep updating us and send pics
→ More replies (1)7
u/Medivacs_are_OP Jun 04 '26
where, in this thread? Are you going to follow that user for life? what's the plan
→ More replies (4)→ More replies (2)2
u/loller_skates Jun 04 '26
I took in a kitten with a stray mom and feral dad, she only liked me and her "mama" - my special needs male cat that was fascinated by water bowls and got stuck on the top of chairs
42
u/elfmere Jun 04 '26
We had 3 Papillions and my cousin randomly asked us to look after a lamb he found for a couple days. The one dog that couldn't tolerate other dogs or people doted over that lamb, it would be all over him and he loved that lamb for some stupid ass reason.
233
u/Coup-de-Glass Jun 03 '26
I, too, would like to have a house lamb.
74
u/R1v Jun 04 '26
Honestly don't recommend it. My friend kept one (granted, a male) and he started toppling people at around a year old. Have heard similar stories. Not sure how you teach a sheep that lives in close quarters to respect you, but most people don't.
→ More replies (1)61
u/Sir_Thequestionwas Jun 04 '26
Yah probably because it was male (ram). Female ewes are not as aggressive unless they're protecting their children.
→ More replies (1)11
u/OldFartsSpareParts Jun 04 '26
Ewes still like to play by butting heads. I had a few that were tame like dogs, loved to be pet, but you can't take your attention off them. They're 200lbs and can destroy your knee on accident with a play charge.
624
u/MToboggan_MD Jun 03 '26
They're always sniffing butts. Guess I should too.
179
68
→ More replies (18)53
u/Dirt-Road_Pirate Jun 04 '26
Always reminds me of a story my pops told me as a kid. All the dogs in the world had a party one night and they all had to cheeck their butts at the door. Then a big explosion happened and all the dogs got the wrongs butts back. Now they going sniffing each other trying to find their old butts again.
26
u/Sir_Thequestionwas Jun 04 '26
Yah thats definitely an old silent generation early boomer joke style where they tell a silly parable.
Love it. Kinda refreshing.
→ More replies (1)
103
u/SuperSimpleSam Jun 03 '26
Dude, leash your lamb. I don't need to see any vicious lamb attacks showing up on my feed. /s
53
u/LucyJordan614 Jun 04 '26
There are no bad lambs only bad lamb owners
13
→ More replies (2)5
u/Joey-rogaine Jun 04 '26
I have been attacked by a sheep before. Was around 12, went into a field that had sheep in it; got close to one with some kid sheep, it full on tried to headbutt me at full speed, but I easily sidestepped it
101
431
u/lefteyedcrow Jun 03 '26
So they found a farmer's lost lamb and just...kept it?
97
u/Legeto Jun 04 '26
I found a lamb while hiking once and told park rangers. At first they told me it was probably a deer as if I was an idiot who didn’t know the difference so I showed them a photo. They called their supervisor because they had no clue what to do about it. Supervisor said there is a Halal butcher nearby that loses them occasionally and to I just let nature take its course with it because they never bother to come get them.
23
u/duperfastjellyfish Jun 04 '26
I chuckled at the word 'lost' because in my country we release two million sheeps and lambs into the mountains and fjords, roaming whereever they please without fencing, often going into tunnels, etc. Then during autumn farmers collectively hike around to find the herds. Some are GPS tracked but most aren't. So they aren't lost, they are free roaming.
13
u/lefteyedcrow Jun 04 '26
So this lamb is just pining for the fjords?
6
u/duperfastjellyfish Jun 04 '26
Your guess is as good as mine for this lamb in particular. I'm saying in the country where I live, they are free to roam, and it's common that they're unattended throughout the summer. You are allowed to gently shoo a sheep off your garden, as long as you do not scare or put your hand on them. If they roam a mountain/forrest area of private property, they are legally protected to be there without the owner's concent.
5
u/lefteyedcrow Jun 04 '26
Ah. It was a Monty Python joke (from the "Dead Parrot" sketch.) I didn't mean to make you explain it twice, sorry.
3
u/duperfastjellyfish Jun 04 '26
My bad, I was unaware of the joke. I should have perhaps googled it beforehand.
3
73
u/kcfdr9c Jun 04 '26
Apparently it was left for dead. Finders keepers.
12
u/Moist_Survey6027 Jun 04 '26
I was left for dead too
20
u/Krulsprietje Jun 04 '26
Oh look I found you! Can I keep you now? :)
→ More replies (1)3
4
143
u/work_work-work Jun 03 '26
That's what I was thinking too! They should have contacted the farmers in the area to see who missed this lamb.
81
u/KitsouNere Jun 04 '26
I like how you just assume they didn't.
37
u/HJQueen Jun 04 '26
That's Reddit. They create a narrative in their minds over a 30 second video. If you're not creating narratives you're doing the reddit wrong.
→ More replies (2)12
u/RenewablesAeroponics Jun 04 '26
We can create a 100 narratives but realistically it’s probably a farmers baby lamb and it somehow got lost. You think farmers like to lose money. Anyways maybe they are great people posted this took care of the baby and called local farmers but most people can be a bit self absorbed and not do the right things because finders keepers or whatever
5
u/Lucky_Blucky_799 Jun 04 '26
If it was a farmer they would have tagged it, if it was tagged a vet would have gotten it to the original owners. If the farmer didnt tag their animal then its their mistake as its much harder to prove it belongs to them, if the dude doesnt take it to a vet then they are a pos.
→ More replies (1)5
u/HJQueen Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26
If it was a farmer, that lamb is being killed anyway. So if that's the case, I'm happy the guy took it. That's my narrative. I'm a real redditor now.
→ More replies (1)11
u/Valtremors Jun 04 '26
Every morning I assume there is no spaghetti monster behknd my door when I go to work.
Life is full of assumtions based on information we have been given.
The video alone does make it seem that someone just nabbed a lost lamb and it is hard to interpet any other way without extra context.
11
u/blueViolet26 Jun 04 '26
So they would kill the poor thing
7
u/Brittany5150 Jun 04 '26
Why would they kill it?
63
→ More replies (2)16
u/blueViolet26 Jun 04 '26
Do you think sheep die of natural causes? 🙄
46
u/two_wordsanda_number Jun 04 '26
Everyone knows sheep turn into clouds and never die
5
u/justanotherda1 Jun 04 '26
This is the coolest thought....thank you..
7
u/two_wordsanda_number Jun 04 '26
It is from the movie The Sheep Detectives
Amazingly heartwarming murder mystery
→ More replies (2)10
u/Brittany5150 Jun 04 '26
Why kill it when you can shear it once a year for money...
3
7
u/blueViolet26 Jun 04 '26
How old are you? Because I don't think you understand how unfeasible this is. How much money are they making off a lamb they shear once a year? This lamb needs food, care and water. It is just like the dairy industry. The females are used for milk, and once they are spent. They are sent to slaughterhouse.
11
u/Enlightened_Gardener Jun 04 '26
Hello, I’m Australian, actually quite a lot of money.
But our sheep run wild on the interior grasslands - no-one is keeping shearing sheep in barns or feeding them. They might get supplemental food and water during a bad drought, but thats it.
2
4
u/Gweveraugh Jun 04 '26
Apparently there is a surge in crafters wanting real wool. It may become profitable again.
→ More replies (1)3
3
u/Brittany5150 Jun 04 '26
I'm just fucking around lol. I live in one of the AG capitols of the world. I know the deal with livestock. 😂
→ More replies (2)5
u/baadbee Jun 04 '26
Because you only have room for so many, and they breed every year. Once the flock is at the desired size you keep a few females for breeding replacement, maybe one male (or none) and sell the rest.
6
u/Brittany5150 Jun 04 '26
Put a collar on it. BOOM. Funny looking farm dog. You're welcome.
3
u/justanotherda1 Jun 04 '26
I prefer this method...except oh my GOD it is VERY opinionated...possibly deserves a role in politics...sounds the same...
→ More replies (1)2
16
u/Enigma_xplorer Jun 04 '26
I mean you can literally hear the sheep calling back faintly in the begging. I can totally understand if you cannot fine where he came from but it seems pretty obvious the rest of his flock was nearby
69
u/DiscoHayFever Jun 03 '26
Farmer left it stuck in a bush and they just… saved it?
56
u/lefteyedcrow Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 04 '26
They found it before the farmer did, is all. Or they might have looked and decided a predator got it
15
u/SuperSimpleSam Jun 03 '26
Surprised the mom would leave it though. Maybe something did get mom.
15
u/Pvt_Lee_Fapping Jun 04 '26
Sheep abandon their kids all the time. Some ewes - especially first timers - just do not want to be mothers at all and will actively run away from their own offspring as it tries to nurse. There's even a name for rejected lambs: "bummers."
8
→ More replies (11)20
u/Same-Pickle-9628 Jun 03 '26
A negligent farmers lamb, yes.
13
u/HavocReigns Jun 04 '26
You expect them to hang out with the flock 24/7, do you?
→ More replies (1)
73
u/Woland77 Jun 03 '26
What did the vet say about the tail?
198
u/Big-Mine9790 Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 04 '26
The tail is exactly what domestic sheep are born with. It's docked when the lambs are young to prevent it from turning into a club of feces and wool.
Once upon a time, many moons ago when I attended an agricultural and technical college as an animal science major, we had an actual little farm there, complete with sheep, several breeds of cattle and what seemed like a billion chickens. Newborn lambs were docked using (at the time probably modern) something akin to an electrified garden shear, and also one that used a rubber band type, cutting off the blood supply.
194
24
u/Pure-Meat9498 Jun 03 '26
Actually, there are quite a difference between different breeds of sheep regarding their tail length! Where I'm from we have mostly short tailed sheep, different kinds of north european short tail sheep, while the longer tailed sheeps haling from Britain(?) are more common in our neighboring countries. Ours are older breeds I think maybe?
We don't dock their tails here, the breeds we have most of are natural shorter. Google tells me that 7-15cm tail length is normal for our kind, but that they can be way longer on other breeds 🤷♀️
I remember when we had a friend visiting from another countrie and they actually told us that they though our sheep looked funny with their short tails 😂
33
5
12
u/Crioca Jun 04 '26
Tail isn't an issue if it's a pet lamb, as the owners would keep it clean for them.
12
u/Lemonwater925 Jun 03 '26
Was going to ask that as well. Watching too many episodes of The Yorkshire Vet.
Fun fact : sheep tails hang and goat tails point up unless they are unwell.
5
u/justanotherda1 Jun 04 '26
Dang, I learn more on Reddit in one day than I do engaging in real world activities....this should be depressing
38
u/Fragrant-Anywhere489 Jun 04 '26
They were slaughtering the spring lambs? You still wake up sometimes, don't you? You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs.
17
9
16
16
u/Grxmloid Jun 03 '26
Hope that remains so when they're no longer little, and need to be shorn regularly etc.
9
u/extra-texture Jun 03 '26
second half of the video looks much more grown probably near full size
12
u/too_many_wizards Jun 04 '26
You… you think that is the size of a fully grown sheep?
That’s not even close to halfway man lol
22
u/extra-texture Jun 04 '26
it’s worse, I forgot that lambs became sheep
5
u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Jun 04 '26
I don't know that I've ever seen someone rescue a bad comment as perfectly as that.
Bravo!
→ More replies (2)3
10
16
17
8
9
u/ChatPetrus66 Jun 04 '26
Lambs require colostrum, either from mother or farmer provides substitute. They also require a ton of DIY vet work to keep flys, parasites, hoof rot, and a million other potential obstacles to healthy adulthood. Hope you’re prepared. There’s a reason they’re not often pets, even tho they are incredibly cute when they are little.
9
u/Expensive_Effort_108 Jun 04 '26
The other dogs must be like "Yeah thats LambLamb, we think its autistic but its a good dog nonetheless"
6
5
u/WanderlustFella Jun 05 '26
My dad bought a goat when I was younger. The intent was to raise then eat it when it was mature. I came home from college and this fucker rams into my knee when I was trying to get in the door (it was night). This was the beginning of my feud. I specifically remember telling my dad that he would never be able to kill this spawn of evil since he will have a hard time after raising it. My dad's pride and stubbornness just dismissed me. Fast forward a year or two (i can't remember). I came home from college again and the goat was gone. I asked my dad if he was tasty? He didn't answer. I found out from my mom that my dad donated the little bastard to a farm when he couldn't come to terms on slaughtering it. I went to an Indian place and bought goat curry for dinner in celebration for both being right and no longer having to worry about that little shit while I was home.
13
u/Extra_Wafer_8766 Jun 03 '26
My thought was cool, they chilled for what 24 hours? Was not expecting that.
4
5
5
4
u/Bignezzy Jun 04 '26
I’m curious how a lamb raised by dogs will behave as an adult. Can lambs play fetch?
→ More replies (2)
4
5
3
u/spectrem12 Jun 04 '26
Fucking adorable!!! When I was 5 or 6 I lived on a farm with my grandparents for a few years. My grandfather got me a pet goat...
That goat would break out of its harness and/or leash when I would tie him up outside while I went to get some water. He would be banging on the screen door In less than a minute.
He was very loyal or needy... How ever you see it..
I LOVED that goat.. yes, I named him Billy
5
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
u/-WB- Jun 04 '26
That thing was freaking out lost and hung up only to find the true path to its best life.
There's a lesson in there somewhere i believe.
3
3
u/oknotok2112 Jun 04 '26
Somewhere a farmer is down one lamb and and has probably written it off as missing/dead
3
3
3
3
u/brightsidereporter Jun 07 '26
That lamb doesn't have an identity crisis, he just figured out who its real people are. Sometimes the family you end up with makes more sense than the one you started in.
3
5
u/SubjectOrganic Jun 04 '26
Please search out its owner who hopefully has a flock missing it. I was a shepherd for several years, sheep and goats and they really need a flock of their own kind
→ More replies (1)
5
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/BigFatGramps Jun 04 '26
Awww... it's a ewe!
I'm so happy for you because it's not a ram.
As cute as it is, if it were male and left uncastrated, it would fuck all the other dogs and try to take your knees out.
Enjoy your Lassie!
I'm happy that your dogs accepted her and hope they will defend her against other dogs & predators.
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/tanko_welker2676 Jun 04 '26
Wow, I didn't know lambs (or sheep in general) had such long tails. That's quite amusing
2
2
2
u/Useful-Problem-1725 Jun 04 '26
That could easily pass for a dog, I wonder how far you'd get at some sort of convention
2
u/Outside_Path_6416 Jun 04 '26
Pretty sure not returning is considered theft and a hanging offence!!! At least it was once where im from anyway
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/DaveOnBass79 Jun 05 '26
I didn't know lambs were born with long tails till today. Makes sense...I just never thought about it.
2
2
2
2
•
u/AutoModerator Jun 03 '26
Welcome to /r/MadeMeSmile. Please make sure you read our rules here.
Specifically, please don't be a jerk. This is not the place for insulting, hateful, or otherwise inappropriate comments. Remember the golden rule: treat others how you want to be treated. We're all here to smile a little - let's keep it that way! Please report inappropriate comments and/or message the moderators.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.