According to Sweet Farm’s website, Gizmo was a local girl’s 4-H project. Typically cattle are sold to auction at the end of a 4-H member’s time raising them, but Gizmo had endeared himself to his family so much that they couldn’t bear to send him to slaughter. Instead, the charismatic steer came to Sweet Farm where he has befriended many of the other animals and charms human visitors.
Sturgis was given to them by his owner after her pasture flooded. Because he was a stallion, he couldn’t be turned out with the mares and at his advanced age—32 at the time—he had few options. Based on the video above and reports from Sweet Farm, he’s enjoying the companionship of his new, non-equine animal friends, especially Gizmo.
Find out more about Sweet Farm’s animals at www.sweetfarm.org
Leslie Potter is a writer and photographer based in Lexington, Kentucky. www.lesliepotterphoto.com
Awesome friendship between them! Sturgis looks great and moves out nice for a horse of 33 years old!
What a great friendship between Gizmo and Sturgis! LOve when Sturgis’s natural instinct of herding takes over!
Everybody needs a best friend, even these two buddies! Noticed some nice looking goats there too, awesome!
AWH so glad that they have each other, the young helping the old! Although Sturgis looks like he can be very active for 33 years old! Good for him!
Oh what we can learn about kindness and friendship from God’s creatures. Thank you for an uplifting reminder:)
Awh, friends till the end! What a great friendship in animals.
Gizmo is adorable and wow is Sturgis in great shape for 33 years old! Still got good body mass and very energetic for his age! So happy to see this!
AWH Gizmo is so cute and they way those to love each other! Happy that Sturgis has a buddy!