Bittersweet

 I never really did care for that word. I mean who likes to take the bitter with the sweet but we all do it. Today is a bittersweet day. As most of you know, we got a couple of cows a couple of weeks ago. Jasper and Clare. Jasper was a bottle baby and he was a broke cow. He is very sweet and loving. He wants attention, can be led with a halter, so on and so forth. Clare on the other hand, was not broke. Let me tell you a bit about Clare. The day these two were brought to the house, Clare had on a halter and lead rope. She broke out of that trailer and ran right into the field. For 3 days we attempted to get her into the pen with Jasper to gentle her. On day 3, she straight up jumped the fence. Well, Ronnie got to meet our neighbors finally since we needed to get her back. She was finally in a pen at the neighbor’s. The next day, Ronnie got kicked so many times and even head butted with one of her horns while getting her into the trailer. This poor cow does not want any part of being here. She was only with other cows. We have all kinds of animals out here: chickens, roosters, donkeys, a horse, dogs, cats, etc. Clare would start to get upset just by a chicken squawking. She is so scared. I feel so bad for her. She has been in the trailer for a week. Yes, she has adequate food, water, etc. The trailer is cleaned out daily and she is given new hay to either eat or lay down in. She mostly just used it to lay down in. Ronnie spends about 2 or 3 hours a day with her. I didn’t spend much time with her, but some. Poor girl just wasn’t getting used to being here even enough to get her out of the trailer without her trying to do harm to us and herself. The people we got her from called a couple of days ago and asked how things were going. Ronnie told him we were really trying to work with her and all. The guy asked if they could take her back. What?? That usually doesn’t happen. They are great people and love their animals. They really do. This wasn’t a rescue situation. We are taking Clare back home today. It is what’s best for her and for us, too. So, like I said, it’s a bittersweet day.