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<blockquote data-quote="DOC HARRIS" data-source="post: 461818" data-attributes="member: 1683"><p>Any breeder who goes to a sale and "discovers" the perfect answer to his selection needs, bull OR cow, and realizes that he/she/it wants to flee the scene, or take the nearest human being for a "Tilt-O-Whirl" ride on it back, is just kidding himself if he brings that animal home! I don't care HOW 'cheap' it is! Docility, or the lack of it, is a moderate to high heritablity trait, and to deliberatly introduce a ring-tailed ding-bat into your herd for <strong><em><u>WHATEVER</u></em></strong> reason just insures that you are asking for trouble, and are going to GET it - eventually!</p><p></p><p>There are several ways to determine the 'nervous tendencies' of an animal, both in the field and in the squeeze chute arena. Just approaching one a little quickly, or looking them in the eye, or bending over to merely touch the ground can sometimes reveal crackpots that you don't want to have teach the other members of your herd their bad traits! If you find a cow that acts like your mother-in-law - - fore warned is fore armed!!</p><p></p><p>DOC HARRIS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOC HARRIS, post: 461818, member: 1683"] Any breeder who goes to a sale and "discovers" the perfect answer to his selection needs, bull OR cow, and realizes that he/she/it wants to flee the scene, or take the nearest human being for a "Tilt-O-Whirl" ride on it back, is just kidding himself if he brings that animal home! I don't care HOW 'cheap' it is! Docility, or the lack of it, is a moderate to high heritablity trait, and to deliberatly introduce a ring-tailed ding-bat into your herd for [b][i][u]WHATEVER[/u][/i][/b] reason just insures that you are asking for trouble, and are going to GET it - eventually! There are several ways to determine the 'nervous tendencies' of an animal, both in the field and in the squeeze chute arena. Just approaching one a little quickly, or looking them in the eye, or bending over to merely touch the ground can sometimes reveal crackpots that you don't want to have teach the other members of your herd their bad traits! If you find a cow that acts like your mother-in-law - - fore warned is fore armed!! DOC HARRIS [/QUOTE]
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