SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A dwarf billy goat gave new meaning to the word “scapegoat” when he busted out a surprisingly slippery Clydesdale that went on the lam in California for several days.
The nearly 1-ton horse named Budweiser, who goes by “Buddy,” was safely wrangled back into his pen Sunday in the Santa Cruz Mountains on California’s Central Coast.
The goat named Lancelot knows how to butt open the stable gate, and did just that Wednesday, letting his best friend escape, owner Tamara Schmitz told the Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper.
Another Clydesdale, Harry, also fled and was nabbed in a meadow the next day. But Buddy is more wary and wily, Schmitz said. MORE
Those horses weren’t going anywhere for long. Life in the Santa Cuz mountains is about as good as it can be for a large, hairy animal. Green, cool, lush. And surounded by a population of hippies,old hippies, laid back people who couldn’t hurt a horse if the tried to.
That horse looks like Kramer.
I love that little goat! So sassy! LMAO
Hey – – my name’s not anonymous.
Not attracted by other horses? Sounds like a dangerous loner to me. What kind of horse-play was he up to during those days on the lam?
Hey Billy – lets hope “Kramer” doesn’t get a snoot-full of Beef-o-Reeno while he’s out galavanting around! Gas from a horse that big could do some real damage!
Manzanita shrubs must be itchy…
Hey MJA, anna see a big goat?….I’m speakin’ for Gus and Gruff….Gus has the beer….
My goats were #250, but they trimmed down for the swimsuit edition….
willysgoatgruff, At first glance of title, I thought this post was about you and your animals.
A Clydesdale named Budweiser. How imaginative.
They really dug deep and outdid themselves coming up with Harry, also.
Maybe I should name my next dog Fido or Rex. At least the guy down the street named his what I thought was a cool name at first: Diogi.
But it was D.O.G.
I thought John Kerry was in Shitstinkastan. Turns out he was hanging out in the Santa Cruz Mountains…who knew?