A Tale of a Tail

Evan (my wonderful husband) and I trekked to Fort Worth on Nov 15th to pick up Texas Citizen. It is an easy 6 hour drive from our home in Douglass, KS straight down through OK to TX. It was a cloudy, dreary day but we had a great time. We picked up Tex at Remember Me Rescue in the drizzle on Sunday morning. He is an amazing boy! He hoped right on the trailer and off we went...

 

The snow started about 2 hours into our drive and our lovely 6 hour drive there turned into a white knuckle 7 1/2 hour drive home. Luckily, Tex must be well traveled because we didn't hear a peep from him the entire trip. He was curiously looking out the window at each gas stop but was never concerned, didn't paw, didn't move around, what a trooper!

 

We got home in the dark, cold and snow at 7:00 Sunday night. The temperature had dropped from 45 degrees to 14 degrees during our drive. Tex settled in and was so happy to see a little grain and lots of hay and water that he didn't worry about his new blanket, or his new friends.

 

That was when I noticed that HE HAS NO TAIL! Ok, so not no tail, but really not much of a tail, like not even to his hocks, it is VERY short! So that is why this is the Tale of Tex's Tail.

 

So over the course of the next 4 months, along with watching his training progress I am going to be keeping an eye on his tail to see if there are any changes. He is getting the best food (Purina Ultima donated to him by William's Ace Hardware in Andover, KS) and I will do my best to remember any magic remedies to make tails grow. Keep a watch out for our tail!