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<blockquote data-quote="Ruark" data-source="post: 877744" data-attributes="member: 16279"><p>Well, they're not lazy, it's just associative conditioning. Any livestock will do it, not just cows. They've seen you go out to the hay ring and leave them hay to eat, so later, when they see you walk out to the hay ring.... Cows aren't exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer. You wouldn't want to fly in an airplane built by cows.. :cboy: </p><p></p><p>Had the same problem with a bunch of $#@%#@ Dorper Sheep one time. My mother made the mistake of feeding them cubes from a bag in the trunk of her car (she was too old to lift it out). From that point on, EVERY time they saw her car, they'd go running after it. I have the same issue with my cows; I've poured range cubes out of a bucket, so every time they see me carrying something, they think it's a bucket of range cubes and come a-runnin'.</p><p></p><p>You can use it constructively, by the way. I know of several cow men who train their cows to come into a pen - they feed them cubes by ringing a cowbell and pouring it in troughs in the back of the pen. So any time they need to collect them in the pen for shots or loading or whatever, they just ring the bell and the whole herd's in there in about 30 seconds.</p><p></p><p>It's just part of having livestock; always give some thought to how and where you feed them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruark, post: 877744, member: 16279"] Well, they're not lazy, it's just associative conditioning. Any livestock will do it, not just cows. They've seen you go out to the hay ring and leave them hay to eat, so later, when they see you walk out to the hay ring.... Cows aren't exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer. You wouldn't want to fly in an airplane built by cows.. :cboy: Had the same problem with a bunch of $#@%#@ Dorper Sheep one time. My mother made the mistake of feeding them cubes from a bag in the trunk of her car (she was too old to lift it out). From that point on, EVERY time they saw her car, they'd go running after it. I have the same issue with my cows; I've poured range cubes out of a bucket, so every time they see me carrying something, they think it's a bucket of range cubes and come a-runnin'. You can use it constructively, by the way. I know of several cow men who train their cows to come into a pen - they feed them cubes by ringing a cowbell and pouring it in troughs in the back of the pen. So any time they need to collect them in the pen for shots or loading or whatever, they just ring the bell and the whole herd's in there in about 30 seconds. It's just part of having livestock; always give some thought to how and where you feed them. [/QUOTE]
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