Dr. Jones
Dr. Jones lives next door.
We hopped in the golf cart and went looking for Dr. Jones. Through the gate in the back pasture, through another two neighbor's gates. Down a road and through a gate onto paved Yorktown Road where big pick-up trucks zoomed past us at 60 mph. Off the road and back onto the neighbor's ranch property. We found him! He's way over there, on the other side of the pond. But! Dr. Jones comes when you call his name, so Charlene, treats in hand, called and called: :::DR. JONES:::DR. JONES:::DR. JONES:::: And he came. Meet Dr. Jones.
Dr. Jones is a Watusi. Learn about his breed.
Ankole-Watusi Cattle have been a documented breed for over 6,000 years.
Long-horned, humpless domestic cattle were well established in the Nile Valley by 4000 B.C. These cattle, known as the Egyptian or Hamitic Longhorn, appear in pictographs in Egyptian pyramids. Over the next twenty centuries (2.000 years), the Egyptian Longhorn migrated with its owners from the Nile to Ethiopia, and then down to the southern reaches of Africa.
Baby Horse
Charlene's other neighbor.
Charlene used to breed horses, so when the neighbor's mare was in labor, the first thing they did was call Charlene. Charlene was the first human this little guy saw after he was born.
Small Animals
These are Charlene's. The miniature horse and the baby burro raced, and romped, and zoomed around us.
Large Animals
These big guys live next door. They are retired Budweiser Clydsdales.
Clydsdale Breed.
The Clydesdale horse breed is best known for its size, over 18 hands, about six-feet and the feather above the hooves. This long hair covering their ankles makes this breed easily recognizable and it is thought the feather was developed during the first breedings with the Fleming and English Breeds. This feather, a thick mane and heavy coat helped the breed survive in the Scottish climate.
