Some cats are inside cats, some are outside ones. The same goes for dogs. But what about cows? We typically think of cows as living out on a field. Well, this little calf just wants to be indoors with her family.
Harveigh is not your typical calf. She lives in southeast Texas with her owners, Tammy and Ren Canton. Just days after Hurricane Harvey took its toll, this poor calf was rejected by her mother. She was left outside in the freezing cold, starving and alone.
The Cantons had already made their home available to 2 families and 8 dogs, and they hardly had space for another animal. Still, they couldn’t bear to see the calf suffer. They took her in and introduced her to the pups.
When she first came inside Harveigh was weak and shivering. She wouldn’t have survived if she had been left outside, but with love and shelter she recovered. Tammy grabbed her some grub from the pet store, and the calf ate it right up.
The couple had nurtured cows before, but Harveigh was something else. “The few cows we have on our property are old show heifers and their offspring,” Tammy told Katy Magazine. The cows usually took care of themselves, but this one was the woman’s first newborn. Raising her from the very beginning “was a whole new experience.”
Harveigh hung around the house and got to know the other dogs. She made a special connection with Sealy, the pit bull. The pup has “taken over as her caretaker,” Tammy explained to Today. The two go everywhere together, and they have formed a friendship that will last a lifetime.
This calf has gotten quite comfortable with her canine companions. “I don’t think they realize that she is a cow and not just a really big dog,” observed Tammy. “Truthfully, I don’t think Harveigh sees herself any different from the dogs.”
This calf might be loving life, but she will soon have to make a change. One day Harveigh will be too big to enter the house. Her owners are already preparing her for life outside.
They try to get her to socialize with the other cows so the adjustment will be more comfortable for her. And they have built her a “cow condo” outside to ease the transition. Soon Harveigh will be a regular outdoor animal.
This calf is lucky to have so much love. Even when she outgrows the house, she will always have a special place in her family’s heart.
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