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<blockquote data-quote="karlie45" data-source="post: 403021" data-attributes="member: 5751"><p>Very well said Bez>! If our calves are not trained enought to go to a show, they dont go. We will not pump our calves full of drugs just to win a prize.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Kids put out the cash? What kid (8-18 year old) do you know that can fork out 50k a year for a calf and 6k for equipment and a cooler room? Im pretty sure that it is the parents that are spending the money. And if they are so uncontrollable that you have to get the calves 'drunk' in order for the kid to handle it, something is wrong here. A little more work on the showmans part would solve this problem. Just 30 minutes at halter a day, and you dont have to worry about breaking any rules. And as long as you start the calves young, I have never met a calf that is unbreakable. You just need patience and HARD WORK. A little persistance goes a long way.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I understand bringing the calf to the arena for a younger child, but I have a problem with kids my age (14-18 ) not touching their calves untill they are 3 feet from the ring. What really made me mad, was at a show a few years ago. A girl that was a couple years older than me had a heifer. Her 'brother' took care of the heifer, led the heifer, fit the heifer, everything. Then, he hands her the halter 2 feet from the show ring. He then proceded to tell her how to show this heifer from the outside of the ring. Telling her when to stop, set up, move what foot where, circle, everything. This girl was at least 16 years old. She should be able to do all of this on her own. She ended up winning the sup. champ. heifer. THATS what makes me mad. No, im not jealus of this girl. I take pride in knowing that all of the clipping, fitting, and training for the calf is done by me, and when I enter the showring I know that the animal that is on the end of the halter is the result of my hard work.</p><p></p><p>ok. so this is the one thing that I can get fired up about, and I know that I went on and on and on about it. I apologize. Thanks for listening, I will put down the mega-phone now.</p><p></p><p>To answer the original posters questions. I 'think' that it is very common (people are sneaky, and you often times dont know who is doing what) and NO, its not fair. There are kids out there who bust their a-- every single day to get their calf ready to show, just to be beat by a drugged up 'calm' calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="karlie45, post: 403021, member: 5751"] Very well said Bez>! If our calves are not trained enought to go to a show, they dont go. We will not pump our calves full of drugs just to win a prize. Kids put out the cash? What kid (8-18 year old) do you know that can fork out 50k a year for a calf and 6k for equipment and a cooler room? Im pretty sure that it is the parents that are spending the money. And if they are so uncontrollable that you have to get the calves 'drunk' in order for the kid to handle it, something is wrong here. A little more work on the showmans part would solve this problem. Just 30 minutes at halter a day, and you dont have to worry about breaking any rules. And as long as you start the calves young, I have never met a calf that is unbreakable. You just need patience and HARD WORK. A little persistance goes a long way. I understand bringing the calf to the arena for a younger child, but I have a problem with kids my age (14-18 ) not touching their calves untill they are 3 feet from the ring. What really made me mad, was at a show a few years ago. A girl that was a couple years older than me had a heifer. Her 'brother' took care of the heifer, led the heifer, fit the heifer, everything. Then, he hands her the halter 2 feet from the show ring. He then proceded to tell her how to show this heifer from the outside of the ring. Telling her when to stop, set up, move what foot where, circle, everything. This girl was at least 16 years old. She should be able to do all of this on her own. She ended up winning the sup. champ. heifer. THATS what makes me mad. No, im not jealus of this girl. I take pride in knowing that all of the clipping, fitting, and training for the calf is done by me, and when I enter the showring I know that the animal that is on the end of the halter is the result of my hard work. ok. so this is the one thing that I can get fired up about, and I know that I went on and on and on about it. I apologize. Thanks for listening, I will put down the mega-phone now. To answer the original posters questions. I 'think' that it is very common (people are sneaky, and you often times dont know who is doing what) and NO, its not fair. There are kids out there who bust their a-- every single day to get their calf ready to show, just to be beat by a drugged up 'calm' calf. [/QUOTE]
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