Miracles Do Happen . . .

January 18, 2010 
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Especially when you are as stubborn as Ellen is. She has worked with the calf, Erin, for four days straight, trying to convince him that sucking and walking are good activities for a small bull to be engaged in. Erin, for all his desire to lay down and die was very actively stubborn about dying. He wrestled, and flopped around and ooched away whenever Ellen tried to feed him. It isn’t unheard of to see an animal without any will to live, it’s just a little surprising to find one with a will to die. Or so it seemed.

The last time Ellen tried to teach Erin to suck a bottle he got so angry that he accidentally learned to walk on his three good legs. After about an hour of fighting to get him to suck, she finally put the rest of the milk down him with the tube, again.

The next morning, she went out to repeat the process only to find this: She said she was so relieved she almost cried. He finally learned to nurse and has apparently decided to live.