{"id":68,"date":"2022-12-21T21:08:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T21:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dretch.com\/?p=68"},"modified":"2022-12-21T21:08:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T21:08:20","slug":"my-friend-percy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dretch.com\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"My Friend Percy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Listening to: Typical Girls Volume IV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year ago I used to volunteer as a barn worker for a local rescue. S.A.I.N.T.S. in mission is a pretty unique place. A home\/refuge\/hospice that specializes in older animals. So looked forward it every week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I cleaned out the stalls, various animals would participate. Chewie<\/a> would always make mischief. Tipping over your wheelbarrow JUST when you finally finished filling it. So much character, he always got a skritch between the horns when I wandered by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pigs, goats, llama, sheep, horses, dogs, cats, birds, rabbits and more inhabited the place. But some of my favorites were the cows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Percy (pictured) was a 2000 pound steer hand raised after being rescued from a calf auction. The closest thing to a “lap cow” you’d ever meet. Always curious, he would run over to say hi when you passed by. It should be mentioned he was a bit licky. OK, a lot licky. I mean, in an affectionate way, like a dog. But with a massive tongue that felt like it was going to take your skin off when he wrapped it around your arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And he smelled good. Perhaps it was growing up on and around farms as a kid, but the smell of cow has always been a strong olfactory memory. When biking through nearby pasture country I’ll always cruise slowly with my visor up, taking in the barnyard smells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heck, as kids we played “king of the hill” on mounds of dried poo. Good for the immune system I once read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the world ever returns to normal, S.A.I.N.T.S.<\/a> used to have tours at 11:00am Saturday and Sundays. By donation. Totally worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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