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<blockquote data-quote="aussie_cowgirl" data-source="post: 390781" data-attributes="member: 1279"><p>The tractor is not a cruel option. AT ALL. it gets the animal used to noise and machinery too. but on a difficult animal, even that wont help. same with the food; unless you have an animal who is partial to feed (a show steer being fed up for example might not be lured so easily by food.) that method won't work. its hard enough trying to get some show steers to eat, let alone luring them with food. IMO each animal needs to be broken in differently. most of them will do it the normal way fine, but many, like a stubborn hereford or a cunning brahman, will test your creativity. maybe this is something you learn when you work across a heap of breeds. i know i had a maine anjou heifer once i got hold of and she'd obviously been beaten in the head, so i spent a while in her yard turned away with her fiddling with some hay. curiosity got the better of her and she came over. after i got her walking with the method i meantioned earlier i tied her up and bagged her head down till she realised that i wasnt going to hurt her and it wasnt that bad.</p><p></p><p>ultimately i guess you just have to get creative with your breaking in techniques, thats how all these gurus get their more obscure techniques anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aussie_cowgirl, post: 390781, member: 1279"] The tractor is not a cruel option. AT ALL. it gets the animal used to noise and machinery too. but on a difficult animal, even that wont help. same with the food; unless you have an animal who is partial to feed (a show steer being fed up for example might not be lured so easily by food.) that method won't work. its hard enough trying to get some show steers to eat, let alone luring them with food. IMO each animal needs to be broken in differently. most of them will do it the normal way fine, but many, like a stubborn hereford or a cunning brahman, will test your creativity. maybe this is something you learn when you work across a heap of breeds. i know i had a maine anjou heifer once i got hold of and she'd obviously been beaten in the head, so i spent a while in her yard turned away with her fiddling with some hay. curiosity got the better of her and she came over. after i got her walking with the method i meantioned earlier i tied her up and bagged her head down till she realised that i wasnt going to hurt her and it wasnt that bad. ultimately i guess you just have to get creative with your breaking in techniques, thats how all these gurus get their more obscure techniques anyway. [/QUOTE]
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