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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 769947" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Only experience we've had with Angus is when two cows (different times) estrayed through our front gate and we had to get them into our corral so owner could pick them up. They were totally nut cases and one bent one of our gates. </p><p></p><p>That aside,</p><p></p><p>I have heard from the "experts" that temperament is about 40% heritable.</p><p></p><p>The other issue with temperament is HOW one works them! The old Wild West Movies of whooping and hollering may have looked good in the movies on a 100,000 acre ranch; however, you end up with a lot of people unsocialized animals...</p><p></p><p>Temple Grandin has a lot of good advice on cattle handling...</p><p></p><p>Any animal species can "read" human's body language very well. Animals DO think...sometimes humans don't...lol.</p><p></p><p>We use voice commands and hand signals to work our Longhorns, along with using "flight zone pressure points" to move them. We also use a "dominant" female to gather up the rest on occasion.</p><p></p><p>Cattle, like dogs, need to be socialized with and by people. They need to know you are "their friend" and not an enemy predator (or other "abuser"). It's the old Golden Rule concept.</p><p></p><p>Of course, there is the occasional "Nut Case" that no amount of TLC, socializing will make them "nice"...those need to go to the Sale Barn or your freezer (or a lead bolus).</p><p></p><p> :cboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 769947, member: 9"] Only experience we've had with Angus is when two cows (different times) estrayed through our front gate and we had to get them into our corral so owner could pick them up. They were totally nut cases and one bent one of our gates. That aside, I have heard from the "experts" that temperament is about 40% heritable. The other issue with temperament is HOW one works them! The old Wild West Movies of whooping and hollering may have looked good in the movies on a 100,000 acre ranch; however, you end up with a lot of people unsocialized animals... Temple Grandin has a lot of good advice on cattle handling... Any animal species can "read" human's body language very well. Animals DO think...sometimes humans don't...lol. We use voice commands and hand signals to work our Longhorns, along with using "flight zone pressure points" to move them. We also use a "dominant" female to gather up the rest on occasion. Cattle, like dogs, need to be socialized with and by people. They need to know you are "their friend" and not an enemy predator (or other "abuser"). It's the old Golden Rule concept. Of course, there is the occasional "Nut Case" that no amount of TLC, socializing will make them "nice"...those need to go to the Sale Barn or your freezer (or a lead bolus). :cboy: [/QUOTE]
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