Well... hello ya'll. Life is definitely looking better here on the ranch today. I'm not worryin' 'bout all those life questions which were swirlin' round in my head yesterday and instead.. I'm lookin' forward to a great day today.

Fer one thing... our precious cattle dog... Buddy... is still alive today and that is great news. Yesterday... he had a big encounter with a rather mean longhorn cow with very very long horns and it didn't go so well for Buddy. She gored him in the right side of his chest and sunk about 4 to 5 inches of that twisted horn into his chest cavitiy. Lucky fer Buddy... the horn managed to miss all vital organs except for nicking a lung. The vet says he is very very lucky and she reports that he is up and around today.

It really was touch n' go yesterday as Buddy "crashed" once he arrived at the vets and he had to have CPR. He'd lost way too much blood and was in shock. They put tubes in his lungs to drain fluid and have him on anti-biotics to fight infection from that dirty horn.

Today... Buddy is on the road to recovery and that ole mean cow is on her way to the sale yard. The cow isn't our cow, but is our neighbor's and she has been causing havoc around the neighborhood. By-the-way... yes... some cows do have horns. The junior vet trainee had a difficult time grasping the fact that a cow could have horns. He needs to go back to vet school for more training. lol

Ya'll have a great day today.

Annie :o)