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<blockquote data-quote="Kell-inKY" data-source="post: 1376196" data-attributes="member: 23511"><p>Me too, never handled cattle in my life, we didn't even own a dog before moving to the farm 3 years ago. With that having been said, I think you are overthinking it. No doubt you can learn some from reading these books but 5 minutes in a sorting pen and you will get the hang of what it takes to move one where you want without getting them all worked up. I have 6 corral panels and a portable head gate I put in the corner of my holding pens to work the cattle, it works pretty well for my fairly calm cattle. I've watched some good Temple Grandin videos that I liked, but seemed geared more towards large handling facilities, some of it unnecessary for small herds of calm cattle with limited space/money.</p><p></p><p>I haven't been around tons of cattle people but I've only seen ones who handle livestock in a low stress manner, couldn't imagine doing it any other way? </p><p></p><p>Also, I'm kind of the opposite on the psychology thing, I've learned far more about <strong>PEOPLE</strong> by watching this herd for the last 3 years than I have in the 44 previous years of "handling" people situations. No wonder Jesus used so many allegories from nature to explain things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kell-inKY, post: 1376196, member: 23511"] Me too, never handled cattle in my life, we didn't even own a dog before moving to the farm 3 years ago. With that having been said, I think you are overthinking it. No doubt you can learn some from reading these books but 5 minutes in a sorting pen and you will get the hang of what it takes to move one where you want without getting them all worked up. I have 6 corral panels and a portable head gate I put in the corner of my holding pens to work the cattle, it works pretty well for my fairly calm cattle. I've watched some good Temple Grandin videos that I liked, but seemed geared more towards large handling facilities, some of it unnecessary for small herds of calm cattle with limited space/money. I haven't been around tons of cattle people but I've only seen ones who handle livestock in a low stress manner, couldn't imagine doing it any other way? Also, I'm kind of the opposite on the psychology thing, I've learned far more about [b]PEOPLE[/b] by watching this herd for the last 3 years than I have in the 44 previous years of "handling" people situations. No wonder Jesus used so many allegories from nature to explain things. [/QUOTE]
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