P.T.S.D. Goat

"I'm going to need the veterinarian to come out right away!  Our goat was attacked by a bear and he's hiding under the deck shaking and won't come out." 
Ugh...a bear attack...never good.  "Is he bleeding?" I asked.
"I don't know, I can't see." a frantic voice replied.
"Okay, I'll send the doctor out right away.  In the meantime, you are going to have to get the goat out from under your deck for the doctor to be of any help."
"Okay. Okay."
I filled the doctor in on the appointment and the doctor rushed around the office grabbing suture and bandage material.  It was only a mater of minutes after I received the phone call that the doctor was on her way. 
Meanwhile, I got busy changing appointment times in order to give the doctor plenty of time to put the goat back together again.  When I had the schedule all reorganized the doctor came driving in.  Not good I thought.  Poor goat probably had to be euthanized it was so bad. 
The doctor walked in and I winced when I asked her how it went. 
"Well, the goat's fine, not a scratch on it."
"Really?"
"It turns out, that the dogs of the goat owner, were going nuts out in their yard which caused them to go outside to see what was wrong.  A big black bear was in their yard just sitting on top of their goat!  Just sitting on it!"

I wonder how many goats could fit under that ba-dunk-a-dunk?

The veterinarian went on to say that the owners made some sort of ruckus and chased the bear off.  Freed from the grizzly prison of buns of steel, the liberated goat B-lined it back to the house hiding itself under the deck.  There wasn't a single ding on him.  The poor little guy was just traumatized.  The veterinarian gave him a little sedative to help him relax but that's about all she could do to calm his little nerves. 
We called a few days later to check in.  He was doing well but still not himself.  Unfortunately, there aren't any self help groups for goats like him to talk out his terrifying experience and to know, that he is not alone.

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