ZONGULDAK-A lamb given as a pet to a bus driver keeps the owner company during his daily travails in traffic and never leaves his side.

38-year-old Bülent Taþbidek was given the month-old lamb three weeks ago and is happy with the fact that Süleyman, the sheep’s name, walks behind him all the time and sits next to him while he is driving passengers to their destination.

Taþbidek said: "I give Süleyman three liters of milk every day. He is a very cute animal. We have been together at work for the past two weeks and he´s never left my side."

He said when he went into state offices for business, Süleyman followed him into the building. "Sometimes when the door closes behind me and he is left outside, he starts bleating. He gets on by bus with the customers. I had to make a special place for him next to me. He keeps me company at work," he said.

Source: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/11154406.asp?gid=243

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Funny news. This type of articles I like, in my country - so overregulated - it wouldn´t be possible.

Soooooooooooooooooo cuteeeeeeeee!

It would be interesting to know how this turns out. I once raised two orphaned lambs and they became quite dependent on me. They were smarter than the other sheep and always found a way out of the fence and up to the house to call for me. They grow so fast --the driver will likely soon have a rather large sheep trying to get up to the wheel with him!

Yup, agree... hopefully he will keep this friendship in the lamb´s adulthood, too.

 I will buy a dog too. Im thinking of some names. there are a few candidates already

 Dogs are such loyal animals so choose wisely

Have to add this -- sheep make great watchdogs too. My first home in Alaska was very rural (1and 1/2 mi. to the first dirt road) and people often had to walk in during winter and spring break-up. The dog would lounge around until someone was on the doorstep but the sheep were always on the lookout. If I saw them staring down the road I knew someone was on the way. One day the two of them chased a moose back down the trail! Imagine a one ton moose running from a small Shetland sheep  - it was so surprised it slipped on the ice and had to scramble up to get away!

Sheep are also good dancers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8DFwb3zlDk&feature=related

Wow! Very interesting! And must have been quite a scene.)))

This story reminded me something actually..

Years ago, when I was still working on the constuction sites in the wild, a baby goat was rescued from village dogs by our watchman in the middle of a night. (they were like wild dogs and can be quite scary some times) 

He was so cute and lovely and we fed him for a few days along with two dogs (sivas kangal) I used to have. The owner found out his goat was with us and when he wanted to take him back, I bought the goat from him because the goat got used to us, he was lovely, and he was playing with my dogs..

The goat grew up with the dogs and he was fed at the same time as the dogs (of course he was not given meat )

We could see the goat was sleeping in the dog house and the dogs were sleeping out side from time to time. When the dogs were barking and running after something, he was following them with his ´beeeeeeee´. 

I think he had an serious identity issues..

Anyway, there was a long holiday and when I came back, the goat was missing. I think some people who did not like me there, ate him..