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<blockquote data-quote="TCRanch" data-source="post: 1666783" data-attributes="member: 24027"><p>Sorry about your calf. And I did see about your neighbor in the news. Tragic!</p><p></p><p>Almost 11 years ago, we went to check on a newborn that was probably only 6 hours old. Mama just laid there but that baby jumped up and ran, eventually tumbling down a steep ravine into the watershed lake - and freakin' started swimming. WTH?!? It was early March, maybe upper 30's, so the water was super cold. Hubby took off to get the boat while I watched the calf swim .25 miles to the middle of the lake, then head north. I could tell she was struggling, so I stripped down to my long undies and went for a swim. Calf was so tired she really didn't fight me and I was able to get her back to the bank and up on a relatively flat rock, where I wrapped myself around her, trying to keep her (and me!) warm. Meanwhile, Hubby shows up with the boat and doesn't see me or the calf, but sees my clothes on the bank. Minor heart failure ensues. He finally hears me calling for him, docks the boat, wraps his coat around me and carries the calf back to mama, who evidently had no clue her baby was gone in the first place. And amazingly, that calf is due in about 3 weeks with her 10th calf and she's definitely the Head Cow.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":love:" title="Love :love:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":love:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCRanch, post: 1666783, member: 24027"] Sorry about your calf. And I did see about your neighbor in the news. Tragic! Almost 11 years ago, we went to check on a newborn that was probably only 6 hours old. Mama just laid there but that baby jumped up and ran, eventually tumbling down a steep ravine into the watershed lake - and freakin' started swimming. WTH?!? It was early March, maybe upper 30's, so the water was super cold. Hubby took off to get the boat while I watched the calf swim .25 miles to the middle of the lake, then head north. I could tell she was struggling, so I stripped down to my long undies and went for a swim. Calf was so tired she really didn't fight me and I was able to get her back to the bank and up on a relatively flat rock, where I wrapped myself around her, trying to keep her (and me!) warm. Meanwhile, Hubby shows up with the boat and doesn't see me or the calf, but sees my clothes on the bank. Minor heart failure ensues. He finally hears me calling for him, docks the boat, wraps his coat around me and carries the calf back to mama, who evidently had no clue her baby was gone in the first place. And amazingly, that calf is due in about 3 weeks with her 10th calf and she's definitely the Head Cow.:love: [/QUOTE]
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