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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 977066" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>chippie, I am around my cows every day for a couple hours are more. I comb burs and debris from their coats. We have big cockle burs here. They sometimes get in their leg pit for want of a better word. I comb them out. Not all my cows allow this. I do pet them and walk around them while they eat. This time of year when I feed the square bales of hay that I throw out behind the barn where there is a waste gravel area that does not get muddy, I stand among them and watch them eat. It is a joy to me and I like to study their behavior. I have been curbing my more dangerous interactions with them. But I still expose myself to a certain level of risk. Getting hit by one of them throwing their head is what I think is the biggest potential for getting injuried. I know I should stop but it is much like my experience with venomous snakes. I once was an avid handler of copperheads and rattlesnakes not for religious reasons but for the thrill. Instead of AA I need to go to some program to curtail my risks with animals. I even like to put on gloves and fight hand to jaw with my Blue Heeler.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 977066, member: 17767"] chippie, I am around my cows every day for a couple hours are more. I comb burs and debris from their coats. We have big cockle burs here. They sometimes get in their leg pit for want of a better word. I comb them out. Not all my cows allow this. I do pet them and walk around them while they eat. This time of year when I feed the square bales of hay that I throw out behind the barn where there is a waste gravel area that does not get muddy, I stand among them and watch them eat. It is a joy to me and I like to study their behavior. I have been curbing my more dangerous interactions with them. But I still expose myself to a certain level of risk. Getting hit by one of them throwing their head is what I think is the biggest potential for getting injuried. I know I should stop but it is much like my experience with venomous snakes. I once was an avid handler of copperheads and rattlesnakes not for religious reasons but for the thrill. Instead of AA I need to go to some program to curtail my risks with animals. I even like to put on gloves and fight hand to jaw with my Blue Heeler. [/QUOTE]
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