When Ryan Phillips heard a strange knock on his window in the middle of the night, he immediately wondered if he had locked the doors. It could have been anyone trying to break into her Williamsburg, Virginia, home. However, after a brief moment, Phillips remembered who was to blame for all of this. None other than a cow.
Cow that loves hugs
In a Facebook post, Phillips described waking up scared, jumping out of bed and “running to see what was happening.”
Photo: Playback / Facebook
But the founder of Life With Pigs Farm Animal Sanctuary, a shelter for abandoned animals, knew it was his rescue cow Jenna demanding hugs.
“Jenna hits daily, multiple times a day,” Phillips told the news portal. The Dodo.
“She likes to come to the window and look if we are eating or going out to let us know she is there.” complemented the man.
The routine started when the cow was a few months old and has since become one of her favorite pastimes, depending on what she wants.
“She’ll slam her horns to let us know she wants me to come out and give her a hug,” Phillips said. “Sometimes she wants carrots or she sees the really ripe bananas out the window and you know they're hers. "
Photo: Playback / Facebook
Friendship story
Initially the cow, which was 3 days old when Phillips rescued her, mooed when she wanted to be fedPhillips bottle-fed Jenna from a young age, so she quickly learned that knocking on the door got his attention much faster.
“That first bottle was the beginning of our friendship, and from then on we became best friends,” Phillips said.
“I think she adopted me as a surrogate mother. She would headbutt my stomach to try to get the milk to come out when the bottles were empty, just like calves do to their mothers. She is definitely my baby.”
Although Jenna shares the sanctuary with a plethora of rescued farm animals, she prefers Phillips, and she'll make a fuss until he comes to her - even if it's in the middle of the night.
“She knows she is loved, safe and everyone adores her,” Phillips said. “I can’t imagine a world without her. I wake up every day excited that she is there. I'm so lucky to have a best friend who wants to hug, hang out and snuggle in her barn,” concludes Phillips.
Photo: Playback / Facebook
About the author
