Saturday, May 28, 2011

Nick Nack Paddy Wack!

Nicole

In 1994 we lived on the Scott River in California and found a baby deer in the road. She was newborn and still had her umbilical cord attached. We moved her off the road beneath bushes so her mother could find her and she would also be safe from any traffic. I didn't even get back to our car before she came running after me, bleating and head-butted my leg. We took her home and raised her. Our dog, Bill looked after her, cleaned up after her, and protected her. She was a blast to have around and very smart. One day I went into our bedroom and Nicole was on the bed throwing my stuffed animals up in the air. She was house trained and went to the door when she needed to potty. At about 4 months of age there wasn't a leaf or flower in the yard as high as Nicole could reach. We had to take her to a preserve so she could be with her own kind but that was like leaving one of my children. Especially after she chased us down. We took her back and the man who lived at the preserve had to take her inside until we left, and I could hear her bleating as we drove away. I cried all the way home.

7 comments:

  1. This reminds me of a story my husband read in National Geographic. This guy in Maine found some two abandoned baby cubs and he took them and raised them as his own. He eventually took them and set them out in the wild. He did go back to visit them much later, and the big grown bears remembered their "father"!
    ~Cecelia Dowdy~
    www.ceceliadowdy.blogspot.com
    www.ceceliadowdy.com

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  2. Oh, BTW, not sure if this is a blogger issue or not, but I had the HARDEST TIME leaving a comment on your blog. Don't know why? I had to use an alternate blogger/google ID just to leave my comment!

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  3. Hi Cecelia,
    Thank you for dropping by. Blogger has had problems as of late with either posting comments or posting articles. I am hoping they will get the bugs worked out soon.

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  4. I admire you for being able to do what was right for the deer. I don't know if I could have parted with it. Wonderful story and thanks for sharing. I am a new follower and can't wait to read more stories. Donna
    http://mylife-in-stories.blogspot.com

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  5. I so feel for you. Animals become attached to us easily and us to them.

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  6. Hi Donna, Thank you for following, and I am now following your blog too! If you get the chance, please stop by http://dancingwithbear.webs.com and become a member. This helps the site get noticed in web searches. Thank you very much.

    Lady Bear

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  7. Thank you for commenting Candance! (Love that name!) I am a huge animal lover and have a house full of dogs (9 of them), plus cats, cows, horses, and a plethora of wild animals and birds. I call my doggies my "kids" and they call me Mama! :)

    Lady Bear

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