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| Our cow Freckles touching noses with Dream. |
A few weeks ago I enjoyed a small adventure on our property. Since I live on 40 acres, own two cows, one sheep, four
chickens, four cats, and a horse, with practically no neighbors on
our street, I get the full country life. So anyway, I saddled up
Dream with my sister and parents and we rode Dream in our lower 20
acres. It was really fun as this was her first time in the “lowland”
as we refer to it. She had only met our cows over the fence so she
was as excited as could be to meet the cows face to face. As I rode her
toward the cows and sheep, her whole body began to vibrate violently.
At the time I thought it meant that she was scared but have since
learned that that means that they are excited. I turned her around
and began to walk away and as I did the cows and sheep began to come
toward us. I have to admit that I was pretty nervous as I was on her
and didn't know how she would respond and also, there are a lot of
gopher holes in the lowland that I was afraid if she started to run
she might step in and break a leg. However, after the cows and sheep
followed us, I decided to let them meet. I once again turned her
around and after a while, our youngest cow stepped forward and
reached out her neck as far as she could. It was sort of like, “Hey!
I want to meet you but am just a bit afraid. But my curiosity is
getting the better of me. I'll just keep my distance.” I can
understand why the cows would be a bit afraid because I'd never
realized just the size of the cows until I was up on Dream's back.
Even though Dream is considered a “pony” she is still a good
size. I was looking
down on
the cows instead of up to
them. It was practically magical to watch as they touched noses. I
can tell you that I let out a sigh of relief as I realized just how
relaxed Dream was since she was eating grass as
she approached the cows!!! :P
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| A girl and her horse. . . and two cows and a sheep. |
I just
wanted to share this special part of my life with you all. Thanks for
reading!
