Are you my mother?

Are you my mother?

Animals wearing pants just won’t die. First an abused donkey got pants so his fur could grow back. Then we found a photo of a cow wearing pants to keep flies away.

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Now, in this video unearthed by Laughing Squid, Gladys the long-suffering bull terrier wears “raw milk pants,” holding completely still while hyper young goats jump around and gulp excitedly:

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They aren’t so much “raw milk pants” as they are a diaper harness for milk jugs, am I right? Unless we’re calling diapers “pants” now, in some sort of weird British trousers/pants switcheroo. Just saying, milk doesn’t usually come out of my pants. Suddenly breastfeeding seems a lot more complicated.

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Apparently the video was part of an ad for customized dog tags. It seems more like an ad for baby goats (or strap-on nipples), but maybe that’s just me.

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