JORGE HAS ARRIVED

Good Morning Everyone

Jorge (pronounced hor-hey)

This is my second attempt at this particular posting.  The first one (that I thought was quite brilliant, by the way) went into the great abyss where all good, unsaved writing goes - never to be found again.
There is always a good reason when this happens to me although my first thought is never "Sure glad I lost that amazing piece of writing that I have been working on for hours."  But once I get over it, I realize that the piece is too "ranty" or too superficial.  Or just silly.
So, let me begin again.
Our newest donkey, Jorge, arrived yesterday.  The SECOND thing that Shirley noticed was how much he looks like our own little Hoss.  The FIRST thing she and Rob noticed was the extent of damage to his hooves.  AGAIN!
As I have mentioned before, we are blessed if we can get to the hooves and correct them before the damage has affected the development of the leg bones.  On Saturday, when the vet comes out to do his examination of Jorge, we will have a better idea if there are remedial therapies we will need to do for Jorge to correct bone damage.
Fingers crossed, everyone - even though we began correcting Hoss' hooves as soon as he arrived at the Refuge, he still has a shortened gait with his back legs due to some degree of malformation due in all likelyhood to the pressure put on his leg bones because of the extent of damage to his hooves.

Ouch!!! This is very bad.

Oops, this is starting to look a little "ranty".
Jorge also still has his "baby-maker" so Saturday he will be gelded.  A welcome package from the Refuge.  It is the safest thing we can do for him and the rest of the herds.
We have a call in to the farrier to begin reshaping Jorge's hooves.

Ah, it never ends.  New day, new challenge!  I am blessed to be part of it.   MY HEART THANKS ME!