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       Cherokee        

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Cherokee is a yearling sorrel quarter horse mare by a registered* stallion. Unfortunately, as shown in the 3rd photo above, the poor baby tangled in some type of wire fencing and has severely injured her right hind leg.  Cherokee's owners were unable to care for her injury, and donated her to Crosswinds.

Cherokee has a darling personality, is sweet, gentle, and eager to please. She is also amazingly social. Her leg was swollen to twice its normal size when she came, and she is still very timid about having it handled, but she seems to understand that we are only trying to help and is particularly patient for actual wrapping over the leg. She seems to find comfort in the bandage.

Luckily, she moves well on the leg, and the injury is no where near her hock or fetlock joints. The vet is optomistic that she will hopefully recover fully. With the help of Yunan Payaio (an herbal treatment our vet prescribes), the proud flesh is retreating and hopefully even the scaring will not be too severe.

01/03/04 update: Cherokee's leg still shows little signs of healing. We continue to treat and bandage it daily, and hope for more improvement in the days and weeks to come. Socially, she has settled in wonderfully, and made fast friends with Sandy.

02/08/04 update:  Cherokee's leg continues to make slow progress. The 2nd leg photo, above, shows how much of the injured area is now clean skin hoping to grow new hair. The central injury area continues to improve slowly. Unfortunately, the leg remains swollen and its prognosis is still unclear. Sadly, this little girl may never be fully sound and "normal" again.

The McMaster family, incredibly supportive and generous donors, have purchased a winter blanket for Miss Cherokee so that she can spend more of her time in the pasture with her newfound friends during this unusually bitter winter. As soon as it arrives, photos will be added.

05/01/04 update: Cherokee was adopted this weekend to a wonderful, loving family just 45 minutes from Crosswinds, to be a companion to their other horse and to fully recover her leg. In the future they hope to use Cherokee for light riding once she is fully healed. CONGRATULATIONS!!

*Cherokee's sire is Gold Times Two, a registered Gray AQHA stallion, registration #3467164, by Tee J Howdy Gold and out of Double D Classy Bar.