(goats bleating)
(upbeat music) - Puget Sound Goat Rescue
is the last hope for goats.
We rescue around 200 goats each year.
I founded the rescue in 2002.
I was a corporate sales rep for 24 years.
Someone gave me two goats that were left
tied to a post.
And I didn't know anything about goats.
And within a few months, I had over 60.
Rosebud is one of the house favorites.
She came in in October.
- We had a message come through on Facebook
from a woman that was looking for help.
- [Barbara] When they pulled in with her in their car,
she was unable to stand.
- [Sarah] Never seen a goat that thin, still alive.
- [Barbara] We were way in the hole to try and save her.
But we did save her.
What we couldn't save was her leg.
(piano music) - So after Pete did
the amputation surgery, he actually took her home,
to his house for the weekend.
- I met Dr. Pete when I first started rescuing.
We've got Rosebud her new cart.
I learned so much from him.
On three legs, she was all hunched. -Yep.
And I was hoping the cart would keep her body flat.
Do you want me just to hold this while
you put her in? - Sure.
- Pete is gonna help us decide if this is
the best thing for her right now, but...
- Oh, I can tell you it is.
- Wait, she's not in there.
There we go.
- [Dr. Pete] You can see how much faster
she's gonna be able to move.
- That's pretty cool.
She's doing a lot better than I thought.
- [Dr. Pete] Watch, she's gonna be running.
- [Barbara] Aww, look at her go.
- [Sarah] It gave him that personality back.
She got to be the goat she's supposed to be.
- Since we've had her,
she has never been able to run.
So this is how to go fast.
(Dr. Pete laughing)
Getting her in that cart and watching her rush
down the runway, that's priceless.
Some are braver than others, some are, you know, smarter than others.
Some are more mischievous than others.
- There are some that we don't think will
make it through the night.
And then to see them recover.
We did that.
And that's amazing.
We're gonna go give him his first bottle.
This is Tate.
He's just a day old.
We just rescued him from a dairy.
He's a little baby boy.
They don't have any use for the baby boys.
So, he's come to live with us.
I got a text at 10 o'clock at night.
One of our volunteers got on the road,
made about a seven hour drive to get him home.
- [Barbara] It's tough to go to the slaughterhouse.
When they come out of there, they're not too good.
- They're being outside for the first time,
being on grass for the first time,
and getting to just experience toys,
and things to play on.
Those are all firsts.
Tucker and Ziggy.
And you have the baby Ober.
(goats sucking bottles)
- [Terrence] Well they come here, and they're in shock,
and they don't do what you typically expect
little baby goats to do.
Jump, and play, and have fun.
But they see that happening.
(goat bleating) - I know.
- They get care, ad it's amazing how
their spirit just comes out there.
Then they thrive.
- Their personality starts to evolve and come out
once they start feeling better.
This is Moxie.
This is Hope's baby.
She was born-- hello!
Everybody.
Yeah, everybody jumps in.
So, hello.
I got the call to go pick up Hope's babies
to the slaughterhouse.
So when I went and got the babies,
we always ask about the mother.
And he said they still had her,
but she wasn't gonna make it.
So I took her.
Thinking that we would be digging a hole
when we got home.
- It was heartbreaking the condition she was in.
She couldn't move.
She was terrified.
I crawled in the back of the truck with her.
She was so defeated.
- Once she started to eat, I thought
we've got a chance.
We named her Hope.
- To see her over the next couple of days,
start to eat, and start to drink water,
and start to be comfortable, and know that we
were okay, and we were there to help her.
To see her now, it's unbelievable.
- Hope is doing great.
We have to be gentle with her.
She looks good.
And Moxie's tough.
- The goats that actually do well,
that come back from being sick or having such bad times,
there still is something in them.
You know, I think they haven't quite given up.
And all they needed is a little bit of care,
to have that woken up.
(hooves beating)
- I mean...
What can you not love about 'em?
- [Cameraman] Sorry to interrupt.
He's just eating your mic.
(exclaim of surprise) (laughing)