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<blockquote data-quote="Keren" data-source="post: 390050" data-attributes="member: 3195"><p>Just another note on the tractor dragging side of things:</p><p></p><p>I break in the majority of my animals using a slow and steady method, and it seems like most people on this board use a similar method.</p><p></p><p>However, the decision whether or not you will pull an animal gains a new perspective when you move from breaking in a handful of cattle a year, which you show, to breaking in 50 + animals every year, which are not your own and which you are paid to break in.</p><p></p><p>I sometimes do not get a choice what I break in - many of the animals I get sent are ones that can't be broken by a patient method. The owners have tried. And I can't afford to just send these animals back to the paddock - their owners are paying good money for their animals to make it to the show ring. </p><p></p><p>There are other instances where I have had to break in large numbers of animals over a short period - one year we did 40 angus 15 - 20 m.o angus heifers in three months - when you are working with numbers like these, it is inevitable that you will encounter some that require extreme treatment.</p><p></p><p>In a good year I will not have to drag any animals. In a bad year I may do 3 or 4. It has never failed as a method of breaking in for me, but it is not the sole method of breaking in, and it requires a lot of other work. And we never drag on concrete/hard surfaces, always on grass, and we have designed a special attachment for the back of the tractor to prevent any injuries and allow the animal to be turned loose quickly in case of emergency. We don't drag them till their feet are injured. We will have them on the tractor for 15 minutes at the most, then they are rested. We might take them out twice a day for a couple of days if they really need it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keren, post: 390050, member: 3195"] Just another note on the tractor dragging side of things: I break in the majority of my animals using a slow and steady method, and it seems like most people on this board use a similar method. However, the decision whether or not you will pull an animal gains a new perspective when you move from breaking in a handful of cattle a year, which you show, to breaking in 50 + animals every year, which are not your own and which you are paid to break in. I sometimes do not get a choice what I break in - many of the animals I get sent are ones that can't be broken by a patient method. The owners have tried. And I can't afford to just send these animals back to the paddock - their owners are paying good money for their animals to make it to the show ring. There are other instances where I have had to break in large numbers of animals over a short period - one year we did 40 angus 15 - 20 m.o angus heifers in three months - when you are working with numbers like these, it is inevitable that you will encounter some that require extreme treatment. In a good year I will not have to drag any animals. In a bad year I may do 3 or 4. It has never failed as a method of breaking in for me, but it is not the sole method of breaking in, and it requires a lot of other work. And we never drag on concrete/hard surfaces, always on grass, and we have designed a special attachment for the back of the tractor to prevent any injuries and allow the animal to be turned loose quickly in case of emergency. We don't drag them till their feet are injured. We will have them on the tractor for 15 minutes at the most, then they are rested. We might take them out twice a day for a couple of days if they really need it. [/QUOTE]
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