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<blockquote data-quote="Ann Bledsoe" data-source="post: 20769" data-attributes="member: 60"><p>I've got the vet coming out next week to dehorn a yearling Scottish Highland heifer. Poor thing, her horns turn under and given another couple of months will make contact with skin, one of them blocks her eyesight on that side. </p><p>Sounds like it's going to be a major undertaking. Took me several days to get her halterbroken so that she can be laid down on the ground.</p><p>Vet says that Highlands (like Longhorns) have a heavier blood supply into the horns so he can't take the horns off in the same manner that he would on say a Jersey, so he wants her on the ground with plenty of room to work.</p><p></p><p>I hope it goes well for her, and that laying her down on the ground is the right way to go -- otherwise all these bruises she gave me are for nothing. We had a major fight, but I won, and as of yesterday afternoon, she was leading quite nicely and had learned to stand tied -- but I will never again attempt to halterbreak a wild yearling. I ache so bad today!</p><p></p><p>Ann B</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ann Bledsoe, post: 20769, member: 60"] I've got the vet coming out next week to dehorn a yearling Scottish Highland heifer. Poor thing, her horns turn under and given another couple of months will make contact with skin, one of them blocks her eyesight on that side. Sounds like it's going to be a major undertaking. Took me several days to get her halterbroken so that she can be laid down on the ground. Vet says that Highlands (like Longhorns) have a heavier blood supply into the horns so he can't take the horns off in the same manner that he would on say a Jersey, so he wants her on the ground with plenty of room to work. I hope it goes well for her, and that laying her down on the ground is the right way to go -- otherwise all these bruises she gave me are for nothing. We had a major fight, but I won, and as of yesterday afternoon, she was leading quite nicely and had learned to stand tied -- but I will never again attempt to halterbreak a wild yearling. I ache so bad today! Ann B [/QUOTE]
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