Pete

Before I move on, I can't forget about Pete! Pete was our pet. He was half longhorn. Jonathan use to do a few things like take semen back and forth from Logan to Lehi for this guy that owned some longhorn's that lived in Lehi. So, as payment Jonathan asked him he could have Pete because the guy raised longhorn's and Pete was a little mishap and only half longhorn. Pete was super friendly, wel loved that little dude! Jonathan was determined to train Pete so that he could ride him! Jonathan didn't get to spend as much time as he would have liked to training Pete, but he sure thought Pete was pretty cool.
After Jonathan died, Pete hat a little mishap up at Jonathan's parents house. Somehow, he got his horn stuck in the fence and when he pulled it out, the outer part of his horn ripped off. I brought him up to Connie's house (the girl I lived with after Jonathan died) to try to take care of him and help the his horn heal. I took him to the vet and the vet gave me some things to do to try to help, but basically told me it will be hard to heal. I took care of his horn for a few weeks. He was really big at this point and didn't like me dumping the solution on his horn that the vet had given me. I think it probably didn't feel real good either. He was too big for me to handle and I never knew where he might jab those horns, so after a few weeks of no real healing and him basically running away when he saw me come out to clean up his horn, I decided it was best for Pete to move on to bigger and better things. Hopefully Jonathan has trained Pete by now, so that when I get up there I can actually see him riding him! :) So, Pete moved on to the next life and some may think I am a bid morbid for doing this, but I had Pete skinned and had his hide tanned. I think at the time, it was all part of my healing process, I needed anything that was associated with Jonathan with me because it reminded me of him. It really isn't that morbid, animals hides are tanned all the time and used as rugs, mine was just my pet! He sure is pretty though!
I wish I could find a picture of Pete to share! I am in the process of trying to sell my house, and am hoping when I go through everything I can find a picture of Pete.