A day or so after we came home from Idaho, Austin and I were part of a "livestock at large" rescue. Headed home we came upon a sheep and a goat walking down the street.
This street is empty and dead-ends into the base of the mountain where the fire was burning - which would be behind all the houses in the picture below. It's likely the fire had separated them from their herd and pushed them over the mountain into our area.
My neighbor (and my girls' favorite babysitter) has been training to be a vet tech and has experience with livestock, so I called her to come help. The three of us did much running and dashing and sliding and speedily changing directions to catch the animals. It was something to see- too bad you weren't there to make fun of us.
Her mom arrived shortly after we'd caught them animals and volunteered to hold the goat (she's wearing a pirate hat as part of bet she had going with her 8 year old son and it certainly added to the comedy of the situation).
Animal control finally arrived to save the day! Well, pick up the animals anyways :)
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