Sunday, September 7, 2008

Cowboy's Homecoming


Aunt Joan and Kelsey eagerly waiting for Cowboy.






This was a special day for Kelsey. She was leasing him and had a lot of training on him. She had won quite a few blue ribbons and loved this horse. Then 6 years ago the owner who was going through a divorce and needed money took him from her and broke her heart. He was put in a stall in So. Utah until he was finally sold to
a lady, named Dawn, who lived in Michigan. Somehow she found out that Kelsey had done the training on him and contacted Kelsey from then on, letting her know how Cowboy was doing. This gave Kelsey a lot of comfort and Dawn took good care of him.

Then last fall she e-mailed Kelsey and told her that she had bought another horse and then had hurt her arm and wasn't able to work both horses and would she like him back. Kelsey was ecstatic! With times and lots of planning Kelsey's dreams finally came true. On Sunday July 20th a huge semi filled with horses drove into our neighborhood with an old friend. The neighborhood gathered and tears flowed as our Cowboy walked down the ramp.

At first I don't think he knew where he was, but once he got into his old corral and the sights and smells came back, he began to settle down. Kelsey went in and hugged him and his memory was back. She jumped on his back and gave him a big kiss. Cowboy was home!






Since July they have already won 3 blue ribbons. He is quite a horse and we are glad to have him home.

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