Bad treatment?

[kjones]

I was watching a TV show the other day called When good pets go bad. Some of the video they showed was at rodeos. The narrator was talking about why the stocks behavior was because of bad treatment. I don't know about anybody else, but I've been involved with putting on :?: an annual rodeo for ten years now, and have yet to see a stock contractor mistreat his animals. The ones I know take better care of their animals than a lot of people do. Another thing I found amusing was why would they have rodeo stock on a show about pets? They are far from pets.

 

[chrisy]

it sells the programme ;-)

 

[*Cowgirl*]

it sells the programme ;-)

true

 

[VanC]

Yeah, calling a 2000 lb rodeo bull a "pet" is a little off the wall. It's just another yahoo with an agenda spreading misinformation.

 

[NamVet_Farmer44]

I was watching a TV show the other day called When good pets go bad. Some of the video they showed was at rodeos. The narrator was talking about why the stocks behavior was because of bad treatment. I don't know about anybody else, but I've been involved with putting on :?: an annual rodeo for ten years now, and have yet to see a stock contractor mistreat his animals. The ones I know take better care of their animals than a lot of people do. Another thing I found amusing was why would they have rodeo stock on a show about pets? They are far from pets.

Yeah, the people that make the stories for them shows are the people that say a rodeo bull bucks because it's got a rope around it's testicles too :roll: ...I can't even count how many times i've been asked by city folks if that's how they make the bulls buck

 

[msscamp]

Another thing I found amusing was why would they have rodeo stock on a show about pets? They are far from pets.

The pet industry in the US is a multi billion dollar business - what better way to get your message out?

 

[Victoria]

They don't have enough hamsters lunging out of their cages and taking down their owners by their throats so they have to call rodeo stock pets. ;-) :lol:

I'm with you though, the rodeo stock that I have known were all treated really well.

 

[kjones]

What really amazes some people , is how docile allot of the bulls really are. Most of them are actually quite calm, and are handled fairly easily, although you still need to keep an eye on them. To watch the stock contractor handle them, people that don't know wouldn't think they are rodeo stock.

 

[Victoria]

I like the ones that as soon as they hear that buzzer just stop. :lol: It's like "I did my job, made you look good, now get off!" :lol:

 

[MillIronQH]

I like the ones that as soon as they hear that buzzer just stop. :lol: It's like "I did my job, made you look good, now get off!" :lol:

Nope... The most dangerous time to get off, especially with bulls, is when they are standing still. If you watch the bullfighters if a bull just stops they move in and try to get him moving again before the cowboy bails out. That way the cowboy can move away from the direction the bull is going and have a little more time to get clear if Ole Twister decides it's time for lunch. Pretty much the same thing with horses. They may not be trying to eat you but you might be in their line of escape if they decide to move about the time you hit the ground.Z

 

[Victoria]

You are right I am sure but I am thinking of one particular bull. When I was about 20 I was dating a guy who rode bulls and he would go to an arena near here and practise and this one bull would come to a dead halt every time he hear the buzzer. He was well known as being quiet and no matter what the helpers would do he wouldn't move until the guy was off. Then he would just wander out the ring back to his pen and get his oats. It was funny to see.
I would imagine that with most bulls that would be dangerous and who knows, maybe this bull did get someone finally. I quit going when I stopped dating the cowboy.

 

[Miss Daisy]

You are right I am sure but I am thinking of one particular bull. When I was about 20 I was dating a guy who rode bulls and he would go to an arena near here and practise and this one bull would come to a dead halt every time he hear the buzzer. He was well known as being quiet and no matter what the helpers would do he wouldn't move until the guy was off. Then he would just wander out the ring back to his pen and get his oats. It was funny to see.
I would imagine that with most bulls that would be dangerous and who knows, maybe this bull did get someone finally. I quit going when I stopped dating the cowboy.

I have seen bulls like that too. I like the ones that calmly walk to the out gate after a trot around the arena to show their stuff.