Goats In Boots?

Goat In Boots?

I’m sure you have all heard ‘Puss In Boots’ but ‘Goat In Boots’ – seriously? This four legged animal is not a fictional character, like in stories or in a film, it’s a real life specimen that resides in the tiny village of Probus in Cornwall, England.

Earlier in December, Maisie, a 12-year old rescue goat has been sporting two pairs of stylish pink rain boots. This has nothing to do with looking fashionable, but it’s to ensure she can get cured of her hoof rot, a painful and serious condition akin to trench foot in humans, caused by prolonged exposure to the soggy fields that she has been spending her days on, following the recent floods in the area.

 Maria Mulkeen, (the shelter’s founder) was the one who decided, the only way to save the Maisie, who already suffers from painful arthritis further anguish, was by protecting her hooves to help them dry off.

Strangely… This is not the first time an English animal has been suited with gum boots. A pig farmer in North Yorkshire put some green wellies on a baby pig because… believe it or not, in 2008 Cinders was afraid of mud! People sure hope the boots work as well for Maisie as they seemed to, for Cinders.