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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1375938" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>I can't answer the question as I haven't read several of Grandin's books, but as few others seem interested in answering the question...</p><p></p><p>I did read one of her books out of the agricultural college library, along with other cattle behaviour books and studies, around twenty years ago.</p><p>She discussed aspects of cattle experience that lead to behaviour (the reasons why they behave in a certain way) that still stick in my mind today. The key point was the 'seven emotions' of an animal... I don't remember them all, but they are the key to motivating your livestock to go where you want them to go, eat what you want them to eat, all sorts of things that make management easier.</p><p>I've also gained a bit of finesse in cattle handling from reading Monty Roberts books on horse communication. Some of his techniques work with cattle.</p><p>But mostly, it's just observing and responding. The books help. Talking to other farmers help. But in our fast-paced world of agriculture these basics can be easily lost - not passed down from one generation to the next, and not learned firsthand. Particularly when we as farmers are expected to abide by laws made by people who have never farmed, or who have never studied animal behaviour the way Grandin has.</p><p></p><p>I don't know the books you are looking at but my experience is that when several books by one author are available, every one of those books will rehash the main points of the author's knowledge. So any one of them would be a good start.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1375938, member: 9267"] I can't answer the question as I haven't read several of Grandin's books, but as few others seem interested in answering the question... I did read one of her books out of the agricultural college library, along with other cattle behaviour books and studies, around twenty years ago. She discussed aspects of cattle experience that lead to behaviour (the reasons why they behave in a certain way) that still stick in my mind today. The key point was the 'seven emotions' of an animal... I don't remember them all, but they are the key to motivating your livestock to go where you want them to go, eat what you want them to eat, all sorts of things that make management easier. I've also gained a bit of finesse in cattle handling from reading Monty Roberts books on horse communication. Some of his techniques work with cattle. But mostly, it's just observing and responding. The books help. Talking to other farmers help. But in our fast-paced world of agriculture these basics can be easily lost - not passed down from one generation to the next, and not learned firsthand. Particularly when we as farmers are expected to abide by laws made by people who have never farmed, or who have never studied animal behaviour the way Grandin has. I don't know the books you are looking at but my experience is that when several books by one author are available, every one of those books will rehash the main points of the author's knowledge. So any one of them would be a good start. [/QUOTE]
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