Many of us grew up with an animal that we considered to be our best friend. It seemed as if they were there for us through thick and thin and regardless of whether we were having a good day or a bad day, they were by our side. For most of us, that faithful pet was either a dog or cat but for Mitchell Miner, it was a cow and her name is Audrey.
Recently, Mitchell took Audrey to the Iowa State fair and tried to win the prize in the youth dairy cattle soon. They competed in the contest but ended up coming in the fifth place out of seven. Since they were up at 3 AM for three days in order to prepare for the big day, they decided to celebrate their fifth place showing with a nice nap together inside of the barn. They may not have won the contest but they are winning the Internet.
For the past two months, Mitchell had spent almost every waking moment with Audrey to prepare her for the competition. He would babies, clip, lead and walk Audrey to prepare her for the big day.
When they were taking the nap, Jeremy Minor, Mitchell’s dad took the picture of the two of them sleeping away. As it turns out, the picture was so adorable that he decided to share it with the world on his Facebook page. Before long, the Internet was going crazy.
“Our son Mitchell and his heifer after showing in innkeeper u yesterday,” the photo’s caption read.
The picture got more than 15,000 lights by the next afternoon. Unfortunately, it was removed by Facebook.
“This is too cute,” wrote one YouTuber
“Moooooooooove over you’re hogging the hay,” joked another.
“That’s so sweet,” someone else commented
Nobody here but a boy and his cow. This picture is just too adorable for words:
Mitchell says he doesn’t know how they became so close.
“She likes to lay down quite a bit,” Mitchell told The Des Moines Register. ” I don’t really understand the bond with my animal either. She just enjoys my company.”
Mitchell’s mom, Laura, has an idea of why they may be so close.
“I think it’s just when you spend that much time with them, they get really comfortable with you,” she said.
Jeremy and Laura grew up on farms and they are the first generation in both of their families to step away from the tradition. Although they don’t live on a traditional farm, they do hold to many farm values.
“We learned a lot from the farm,” Jeremy said. “We have those values instilled in us and we are trying to do what we can to preserve that.
Audrey will be heading back to Blairstown to a dairy farm. She was only borrowed for the summer. They will have one more opportunity in the autumn to show Audrey again.