I had to put one of the boys down in February. Today I want
to write about him.
His name was Zeus. I bought him sight unseen after seeing an
ad and talking on the phone with his owner. He was 15, a KWPNxRID cross. I was so
interested in how he sounded that I put him on Paypal that very day and picked
him up a few days later. One of my daughters went with me. He was not exactly
like his pictures had portrayed him. “Mom!" she cried. "You bought a gigantic white donkey!"
Not that I could blame her. I couldn’t deny that he was not exactly beautiful. He had been on
trial, had been on the back burner, was thinnish, dirty, scraped up, unfit and
out of shape. He was sound, but had no muscle and was straight shouldered and kinda ewe necked. He had a gigantic head and gigantic feet. 'Clunky' was somewhat of an understatement. He was
grey. His dad was E’sops Fable, a beautiful KWPN stallion, and his mom was
Carragawn Lady, an RID. He was his mothers son, that's for sure. He had been an
eventer and was a good honest jumper. I ignored her, we loaded him up (he was not very obedient but gave up
eventually) and took him home.
