Who wouldn’t want a cute pet to greet them while shopping? A gun store in Maine is drawing customers in by having a pet cow as one of its employees.
Adam Hendsbee, the owner of A&G Shooting in Fairfield, Maine, said the miniature zebu calf wasn’t supposed to have anything to do with the business. The calf, named Kade, took an unusual route to becoming the store’s goodwill ambassador.
“Mom had rejected him so he was shivering and cold and laying in some mud in the woods and we found him and me and my wife brought him in the house and warmed him up and kept him alive,” Hendsbee said.
Hendsbee said Kade had a huge personality while he was being nursed back to health. That’s when Hendsbee got the idea to bring the bovine to the store.
“Didn’t plan on having a cow but now we have a cow so what do you do with a cow? You treat it like a dog and you bring it to work,” Hendsbee said.
Many people from around the area have started to visit the store thanks to Kade since he’s become something of a local celebrity in Fairfield. “He brings in a lot of smiling faces and a lot of kids,” said Payton Atwood, one of Kade’s coworkers at the store. He said the cow “gets the newer generation into stuff and makes the gun shop aspect a little warmer.”
Hendsbee said Kade is expected to stay at the store for the time being and continue to pose for photos with customers, which he enjoys. “For the next few months, I would say he’s going to be a staple here as long as I can fit him in the car, he’ll go wherever with me,” the owner said.