A visit from Button the pet lamb
Our marketing coordinator brought in a pet lamb to see our residents last week.
Button has been bottle fed since she was born, and is very friendly and happy to walk on a lead. It’s almost impossible to housetrain a sheep so she wore a very fetching nappy!
Sally took her up in the lift, and into the resident rooms to say hello. Some of our residents come from farming families and had a great time reminiscing about their own lambing experiences. Gladys loved stroking Button’s fleece “I used to have pet lambs myself. I love her fleece and her little face.” Joyce fed Button a grape and gave her a cuddle saying “I’ve never seen a lamb in a nappy before! It’s made my day.” Stuart talked about the farm where he grew up Sally commented “I love to do this – it’s often difficult to coordinate as I have to gain a special licence from DEFRA, but once that’s done, it’s lovely that I can bring a lamb from our farm to visit. Button managed really well and as she thinks I’m her mum, she just trotted behind me from room to room.”
