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<blockquote data-quote="RockinM5Ranch" data-source="post: 1764041" data-attributes="member: 42814"><p>We recently purchased a 4 month old Braford heifer, from what I read she is technically classified as an F1 since her sire was full Brahman and dam was full Hereford. We have had her a total of 9 days. She had no human interaction up until we got her, which don't get me wrong she has come A LONG way in those days but she is something else. She wants to be loved on, for example: you pet her for a few minutes, stand next to her, talk to her, stop touching her (but continue to stand next to her), talk to another human for a second, take your attention back to her or move your feet and she completely comes un glued like you are a monster who just jumped out the bushes to eat her! All the while, she is haltered and tied. I have trained many horses/foals so I know the basics... calves aren't toooo far off from equine. but this heifer is driving me crazy with her craziness! She also kicks and kicks hard. I did read to pop her on the leg when she kicks, to learn that "ouch that hurts" when she kicks out but it seems to set her back and have a negative result, I have been kicked 4 times by her, which now has me on guard, yet still soft around her but leery of her back end because that crap does hurt...lol so I stopped popping her because it made the situation 10x worse(only done it one time, the result of that popping made her not allow me near her for 5 or so minutes). She does not respond well to negative response to bad behavior, but in the same sense I am at a loss for how to correct that behavior. I'm worried that if we continue to tip toe around her she will learn, well if I act out it makes the humans go away but me correcting her bad behavior has a negative affect too. When we do work with her we use a lot of pressure and release, that seems to be the only form of training she accepts and acts decent with, am I on the right track? She was purchased to be my daughters future show calf/cow, she already has a steer and he is so laid back and easy compared to this girl. Any advise is greatly appreciated.</p><p>Sidenote: she is halter broke, stands tied, somewhat accepting of a bath, walks on lead somewhat, somewhat easy to catch but does have a 12 ft lead attached to halter(all within 9 days time)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockinM5Ranch, post: 1764041, member: 42814"] We recently purchased a 4 month old Braford heifer, from what I read she is technically classified as an F1 since her sire was full Brahman and dam was full Hereford. We have had her a total of 9 days. She had no human interaction up until we got her, which don't get me wrong she has come A LONG way in those days but she is something else. She wants to be loved on, for example: you pet her for a few minutes, stand next to her, talk to her, stop touching her (but continue to stand next to her), talk to another human for a second, take your attention back to her or move your feet and she completely comes un glued like you are a monster who just jumped out the bushes to eat her! All the while, she is haltered and tied. I have trained many horses/foals so I know the basics... calves aren't toooo far off from equine. but this heifer is driving me crazy with her craziness! She also kicks and kicks hard. I did read to pop her on the leg when she kicks, to learn that "ouch that hurts" when she kicks out but it seems to set her back and have a negative result, I have been kicked 4 times by her, which now has me on guard, yet still soft around her but leery of her back end because that crap does hurt...lol so I stopped popping her because it made the situation 10x worse(only done it one time, the result of that popping made her not allow me near her for 5 or so minutes). She does not respond well to negative response to bad behavior, but in the same sense I am at a loss for how to correct that behavior. I'm worried that if we continue to tip toe around her she will learn, well if I act out it makes the humans go away but me correcting her bad behavior has a negative affect too. When we do work with her we use a lot of pressure and release, that seems to be the only form of training she accepts and acts decent with, am I on the right track? She was purchased to be my daughters future show calf/cow, she already has a steer and he is so laid back and easy compared to this girl. Any advise is greatly appreciated. Sidenote: she is halter broke, stands tied, somewhat accepting of a bath, walks on lead somewhat, somewhat easy to catch but does have a 12 ft lead attached to halter(all within 9 days time) [/QUOTE]
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