Some of Oak Harbor’s friendliest farm animals are ready to hit the road.

Earlier this year, Clementine Lee launched Happy Hooves and Quacky Feet, which is willing to travel the length of Whidbey Island to bring a smile to kids’ faces. With a goose named Dog and a dog named Goose, there’s plenty of fun to be had.

Right now, Lee is running an introductory rate of $200 for two hours. The mobile petting zoo consists of three sheep, two goats, one goose and 20-something ducks who will come to you.

“It’s hard to count them because they move around,” Lee said with a laugh.

She takes care of the flock with the help of her 9-year-old son, Leonidas Mitchell. Ducks turned out to be the “gateway” animal when the family lived in northern California. Sadly, they lost their animals and house to one of the deadly fires in Santa Rosa.

When Mitchell attended an outdoor farm school in California, Lee had her first interaction with an affectionate sheep.

“After losing my home, going there and this sheep comes up and just gives me all the love and hugs,” she recalled.

She never imagined that that sheep, Celeste, would become hers someday, along with her two lambs, Clover and Crimson. Since moving to North Whidbey in 2021, her son’s former teacher contacted Lee to ask if she would take the sheep. It was a 16-hour drive in the truck from California to Oak Harbor.

“I never knew that I would love a sheep or a goose,” she said. “I didn’t know that sheep liked people. I always thought they were just afraid of everything.”

She also acquired goats Willow and Fern from another petting zoo on the island. And now, the hope is that the does and ewes will soon become pregnant and give birth to kids and lambs in the spring.

The goal is to have animals that children feel comfortable with approaching.

“Little kids can hold them ‘cause they’re small,” Lee said of the petting zoo’s call ducks, which are a diminutive breed of fowl that don’t mind being cuddled.

Even Dog is a gentle goose who likes to be held.

After her years of face-painting and teaching pre-school, bringing her animals to birthday parties and other events, like the recent Greenbank Farm Harvest Faire, felt like a natural fit.

“My life just keeps taking me into different directions, and all of them are very exciting,” she said.

She plans to bring her animals to the upcoming Fall Festival 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20 at Whidbey Grace, a church in Oak Harbor. They will be dressed in Halloween costumes, including Dog, who will be a mermaid.

Follow the mobile petting zoo’s adventures on the Facebook page, Happy Hooves and Quacky Feet. Booking inquiries can be emailed to happyhoovesquackyfeet@gmail.com.

Leonidas Mitchell, 9, holds a call duck.

Clementine Lee gives treats to her sheep and goats.

Photo by Kira Erickson/Whidbey News-Times Clementine Lee with Celeste, the first sheep she ever loved.