I Don't Always Ride Cows — Barry Rides Belle | Wolf & Steer

The shirt born from a real farm moment

This one actually happened. Barry, our white goat with main-character energy, climbed up onto Belle, our ginger Scottish Highland cow, and made himself at home. He napped. He surveyed his kingdom. He did not get down for a long, long time. Belle, ever the patient big girl, just kept chewing her cud like a goat on her back was a perfectly normal Tuesday on a Michigan farm.

We grabbed a photo. The photo became a legend. The legend became a shirt. I Don't Always Ride Cows — but when Barry does, he picks the fluffiest one on the pasture.

Who is Barry?

Barry is a beast apart. He is not part of the Glam Squad — that is the fashion-girl goat pack (Birky, Chanel, Gucci, Louie, and Prada). Barry runs solo. Around the farm we call him the Most Sophisticated Goat in the World, and we mean it with full sincerity and zero seriousness. He is rumored to drink, scheme, and work on his demonic spells in the back of the barn. He is also extremely photogenic, as Belle would tell you if she could.

Who is Belle?

Belle is one of our original Scottish Highland girls. Big ginger coat, big sweet eyes, big appetite for treats. She recently became a mama to Ava, a little white Highland heifer. Belle has the kind of unbothered energy that lets a goat use her like a recliner and not blink about it. Iconic woman. Iconic cow.

About the tee

Printed on a Bella+Canvas 3001 unisex tee — the soft, well-fitting one that has earned its reputation honestly. Crew neck, classic cut, holds its shape, washes well, gets better with wear.

• Soft ringspun cotton with a little bit of stretch where it counts
• Unisex sizing — runs true; size up if you like a roomier fit
• Printed on demand in the USA via our Printful partners in Charlotte, Los Angeles, and Dallas
• No warehouse, no waste — we make it after you order it

Who this shirt is for

Highland cow lovers. Goat people (you know who you are). Farm-humor folks who appreciate a real story over a stock graphic. Anyone who has ever met a goat and thought, that animal is up to something. It works as a casual everyday tee, a barn shirt, a county-fair shirt, or a gift for the friend whose Instagram is 80% cows.

The story behind Wolf & Steer

We are a small working family farm on 30 acres of triangular land in Ithaca, Michigan, between Lansing and Alma. The Wolf in our name is for Chase and Everest, our husky-mix siblings who came north with us from Texas. The Steer is for our cattle — thirteen of them right now, a mix of Scottish Highlands, Black Dexters, and Mini Moos. Barry is one of six goats. The peacocks call themselves the Cartel. The chickens are the Yakuza. It is a whole situation out here, and we love every weird minute of it.

Care

• Machine wash cold, inside out
• Tumble dry low or hang to dry
• Do not iron directly on the print
• No bleach

Wear it to the feed store. Wear it to brunch. Wear it the next time someone asks if goats really do that. They do. We have proof, and now you can wear it.