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<blockquote data-quote="cowgirl_jenna" data-source="post: 993774" data-attributes="member: 20102"><p>Yes, it is a good first step. I went to a three day one. First day you do mostly class room, discuss cattle cycles, parts ect. and we practiced on repro tracts. second and third day was mostly hands on, err in, training. We had a lot of cows to practice on and several instructors so there was a lot of one on one time. To be quite honest, just after the class I wasn't too sure if I would get the hang of it. I passed several ai rods in class, but things just didn't click, yet. This class was a month before we started the ai season on our herd. When I bred my first "for real" cow I was like??? the second, ok this seems kinda right. After a few, things did start to kinda line up, but it took a while, and I'm still not perfect by any means. But I take my time (much to the dismay of my cows :x ) but am getting pretty good. The worst thing for beef AI'ers is you breed for a month or so, then nothing for another year usually. To combat this I volunteer to do the AI for some of my parents dairy cows from time to time (I don't tell them i'm doing it for the practice though <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ) </p><p>So, tell him to take the class, come home practice practice, and things will line up sooner or later. This is a skill he will never regret learning in my opinion. </p><p>Jenna</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowgirl_jenna, post: 993774, member: 20102"] Yes, it is a good first step. I went to a three day one. First day you do mostly class room, discuss cattle cycles, parts ect. and we practiced on repro tracts. second and third day was mostly hands on, err in, training. We had a lot of cows to practice on and several instructors so there was a lot of one on one time. To be quite honest, just after the class I wasn't too sure if I would get the hang of it. I passed several ai rods in class, but things just didn't click, yet. This class was a month before we started the ai season on our herd. When I bred my first "for real" cow I was like??? the second, ok this seems kinda right. After a few, things did start to kinda line up, but it took a while, and I'm still not perfect by any means. But I take my time (much to the dismay of my cows :x ) but am getting pretty good. The worst thing for beef AI'ers is you breed for a month or so, then nothing for another year usually. To combat this I volunteer to do the AI for some of my parents dairy cows from time to time (I don't tell them i'm doing it for the practice though :) ) So, tell him to take the class, come home practice practice, and things will line up sooner or later. This is a skill he will never regret learning in my opinion. Jenna [/QUOTE]
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