CHEYENNE'S PRIDE N JOY

The picture below is Cheyenne's 3 year old quarter horse, Rhiannon. She is a sweet little dun who became very attached to Cheyenne right away. Unfortunately, she is pretty high strung and a few days after we brought her home, she got upset that Cheyenne was leaving her and tried to run into the fence. She came to a sudden stop and reared up. When she came down, she imbedded a tee post into her chest about 6 inches. Yuck! Vet bill number one and training postponed for about a month.

Fast forward to last week. Her wound is almost healed and she is allowed out with the other horses again. She then proceeded to pick a fight with the resident dominant mare, Zipper. Zipper has shoes. Zipper nailed Rhiannon. Vet bill number two and training postponed a few more weeks.

I really think Rhe-rhe (as Cheyenne calls her) will turn out to be a really good horse but it is frustrating. Especially since Clint has decided that, in view of her two incidents, she is a worthless clown. Of course, he also proclaimed her "lame for life" when Zipper kicked her. He was sure the leg was broken. Can you say "pessimist"? Man I wish we could hurry up and find land to buy.