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<blockquote data-quote="Farm Family" data-source="post: 1797280" data-attributes="member: 43070"><p>Cow reaction to dogs and threats is an interesting angle. Last year our cows suddenly started bawling and lined up. Every cow had their kid. I knew something was up so I grabbed our LGD who was maybe 6 months old, she was waiting at the house for her breakfast. We walk down and I see a coyote stalking in the alley and cows in a stand off. Our little red cow was pawing the ground and shaking her head pacing the line. We joke she was willing to take one for the team. Our LGD growls. Coyote looks our direction. LGD gives a warning bark. Coyote takes step towards herd. LGD off like a shot, chased coyote up over the first rise. Because she was young I followed. She returned to the rise before I got there, she swept the hill barking and right past me back to her herd. I thought "goodness maybe not a good plan to go in the pen right now" thinking the cows surely will have no canine near. Nope they saw their girl and if it was Far Side they would be cheering cows, some kissed noses with her as she sat right amongst them. Soon everyone all relaxed, returned to eating, calves dispersed. She took her spot on her hill and that day skipped breakfast at the house. To this day even the grumpiest Angus mamas after calving will relax when she sits, softens her ears and remove eye contact. Neat to see…how they can differentiate, their "own" from "does not belong".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farm Family, post: 1797280, member: 43070"] Cow reaction to dogs and threats is an interesting angle. Last year our cows suddenly started bawling and lined up. Every cow had their kid. I knew something was up so I grabbed our LGD who was maybe 6 months old, she was waiting at the house for her breakfast. We walk down and I see a coyote stalking in the alley and cows in a stand off. Our little red cow was pawing the ground and shaking her head pacing the line. We joke she was willing to take one for the team. Our LGD growls. Coyote looks our direction. LGD gives a warning bark. Coyote takes step towards herd. LGD off like a shot, chased coyote up over the first rise. Because she was young I followed. She returned to the rise before I got there, she swept the hill barking and right past me back to her herd. I thought “goodness maybe not a good plan to go in the pen right now” thinking the cows surely will have no canine near. Nope they saw their girl and if it was Far Side they would be cheering cows, some kissed noses with her as she sat right amongst them. Soon everyone all relaxed, returned to eating, calves dispersed. She took her spot on her hill and that day skipped breakfast at the house. To this day even the grumpiest Angus mamas after calving will relax when she sits, softens her ears and remove eye contact. Neat to see…how they can differentiate, their “own” from “does not belong”. [/QUOTE]
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