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<blockquote data-quote="aussie_cowgirl" data-source="post: 666824" data-attributes="member: 1279"><p>Haha, excited Grandparent much? </p><p></p><p>Look there are 101 ways to break in cattle and after you have done it for a while you'll alter the way you do it and come up with your own individual way. A simple way to do it, and how I first learnt to do it was to put the animal through the crush and into the chute and put a halter in it (we use hackamores but plenty of people use regular rope halters). Make sure you have a long rope on the animal because when you let him out he is going to run, and make sure the yard is medium-small size. It's better to have someone else there so when you let him out you can pull the rope around a post with someone pushing him up from behind and tie it with a quick release knot. Some people leave them like this for a while but we just started either bagging (tie a hessian/feed bag over a broom and rub them all over) or just getting a soft brush and start brushing. Obviously we refrain from the back legs until they have quietened down and sometimes I think bagging first is a good idea, you rub them it all over it's body until they stop kicking and what not. Once they can be brushed all over easily you can try and teach them to lead. A nose clip is a good idea, the earlier they learn about it the better but it isn't a brake, its just a safety device. Make sure you never let them go otherwise they will learn that they CAN break away. Work on voice commands, say walk on (or what ever you want) and pull him to walk, and say woah (or again what ever you want) and stop them until they have learnt this. Then you go onto teaching them to stand, and wash them and blow dry. </p><p></p><p>But as I say this is one of 101 ways and by the time your grandy is 10 you will be a pro. Oh also on another note, I have found that weaning age is the best time to break in. They're sad and they are more likely to bond and respond to a person.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aussie_cowgirl, post: 666824, member: 1279"] Haha, excited Grandparent much? Look there are 101 ways to break in cattle and after you have done it for a while you'll alter the way you do it and come up with your own individual way. A simple way to do it, and how I first learnt to do it was to put the animal through the crush and into the chute and put a halter in it (we use hackamores but plenty of people use regular rope halters). Make sure you have a long rope on the animal because when you let him out he is going to run, and make sure the yard is medium-small size. It's better to have someone else there so when you let him out you can pull the rope around a post with someone pushing him up from behind and tie it with a quick release knot. Some people leave them like this for a while but we just started either bagging (tie a hessian/feed bag over a broom and rub them all over) or just getting a soft brush and start brushing. Obviously we refrain from the back legs until they have quietened down and sometimes I think bagging first is a good idea, you rub them it all over it's body until they stop kicking and what not. Once they can be brushed all over easily you can try and teach them to lead. A nose clip is a good idea, the earlier they learn about it the better but it isn't a brake, its just a safety device. Make sure you never let them go otherwise they will learn that they CAN break away. Work on voice commands, say walk on (or what ever you want) and pull him to walk, and say woah (or again what ever you want) and stop them until they have learnt this. Then you go onto teaching them to stand, and wash them and blow dry. But as I say this is one of 101 ways and by the time your grandy is 10 you will be a pro. Oh also on another note, I have found that weaning age is the best time to break in. They're sad and they are more likely to bond and respond to a person. [/QUOTE]
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