My Rescue Pet: Rudolph the billy goat

Rudolph - renamed Pickles - was found all alone two weeks before Christmas. Photo / Supplied

Christmas was not the happiest time of the year for two-week-old goat Rudolph.

Found walking Auckland's streets alone with a serious toe infection, a member of the public picked him up and took him to a vet to get treated.

Taken to the SPCA and spending time with a foster family, he grew into an adventurous goat and developed a love for climbing up and down a set of stairs.

Rudolph was put on to the SPCA website where after just one day a family came to adopt him.

Having recently adopted another goat around the same age as Rudolph called Olive, the family was looking for a friend around the same age as her.

Rudolph was the perfect match.

Now renamed Pickles, Olive and her new brother get along like a house on fire.

How to adopt

If you are interested in adopting a pet from the SPCA, visit www.rnzspca.org.nz or call the Auckland SPCA on (09) 256 7300.