Goat Born Without Rear Hooves Takes First Steps in Booties

A rescue goat born without rear hooves tried out custom-made booties for the first time in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 1.

Stitch, a 5-month-old Nigerian dwarf goat with a congenital deformity, had been using a walker “wheelchair” so he could “run around like the other baby goats” at the Butterfly Valley Rescue & Sanctuary.

This footage shows the first steps of his transition “from his wheelchair to his new custom-made soft splint prosthetic booties.” Butterfly Valley Rescue & Sanctuary told Storyful that these booties are the “first of their type.”

The sanctuary added that “his transition is going well, and he is now able to spend more time on his four legs.” Credit: Butterfly Valley Rescue and Sanctuary via Storyful

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[GOATS BLEATING]

- Hi, buddy.

- I know. They feel weird. It's OK. Stitch, it's OK. It's OK.

- Come on. You can do it. Good job. Come on. You're going to get it. You're going to get it. Come on. Come on. Let's go. Let's go for a walk. It's OK. Hey. Stitch.

- Stitch.

- Hey, buddy. Come on, let's go for a walk. Come on, bud. It's OK. Come on. Let's go for a walk. Whoa. It's OK. Come on. Whoa. Easy. Come on. Take it easy. Good job. (LAUGHING) Good job, buddy. Hi, buddy. Good job.

Now, easy. You're doing good. You're doing good. Do you want to go home? Come on. Come on.

[DISTANT SHOUTING]

[GOAT BLEATS]

- Come on, baby.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- [LAUGHS]

- Hey. [GIGGLES] Hey. Hey, you're doing so good. Come on. Good job, Stitchie. Good job. Good job, buddy. Good job. Come on, Stitch. Keep going. Good job, Stitch. Come on, buddy. Come on. Good job. [CHUCKLES]

Come on, Stitch, you're doing good. Come on, Stitch. Good job. Come on, Stitch. You're going the wrong way. Stitch.