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Joy of Medina County Magazine | November 2021
Janine Smalley hugs Henry the troublemaker. Smalley’s mug is printed with “Who rescued who?” photo by Amy Barnes
by Amy Barnes
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new home. They were trying to remodel a bathroom in their Berea home. here were not going to be any goats,” at Since Scott owns a home renovation company in least for a while, said Janine Smalley, laughing, as Berea, he was doing the work himself. Janine was she glances at her husband, Scott. looking through real-estate listing photos for No goats at first because the farm-animal rescue bathroom remodeling ideas. was not supposed to grow as fast as it did, Janine That was when Janine found a listing for the kind of said. place she had dreamed of having since childhood but Scott stands in the barnyard of the 1 1/2-year-old had given up on ever having. sanctuary as chickens, geese, pigs, goats, turkeys, It was a 5-acre property with a log cabin, a fenced guinea fowl, and a duck mill around him, and he barnyard, a small pond, privacy, and located 6 miles chuckles somewhat wryly. He knew from the beginning that Janine’s big heart from shopping. The Smalleys decided to visit the property during would never turn away an animal in need of peace its open house. After all, it was not like visiting it and care. would cost them anything, they could check out the Janine admits, “I can’t say, ‘no,’ to an animal.” bathroom for design ideas, and it would give them a The couple was not planning on opening a farmpleasant outing. animal sanctuary, they were not even looking for a
