Hey all,
I'm new here - I live in WI and don't own cattle myself (yet) but have worked on a dairy and with my boyfriend's and brother's beef cattle. More of my experience is with horses.
I'm writing to ask a silly question, but does anyone have some tricks to help me remember how to correctly set up a rope cattle halter (the one-rope kind without any metal hardware.) For a class that I am taking, my final exam is to perform a physical exam on a cow, a horse, a goat, or a sheep (I'll find out when I show up for the exam.) I can get the halter on just fine when it's already set up, but our profs are not known for being kind or understanding - I've been told by past students that we'll be given halters that are all tangled up and if we can't quickly get one properly set up, then we are fair game for being ridiculed.
I know that the lead must be on the left and that the headstall and chinpiece are the only adjustable parts, but it seems like someone can aways find a way to ball a halter up or turn it inside out so that I can't fix it quickly. I *really* don't feel like being embarassed for this exam.
Thanks and hello!
I'm new here - I live in WI and don't own cattle myself (yet) but have worked on a dairy and with my boyfriend's and brother's beef cattle. More of my experience is with horses.
I'm writing to ask a silly question, but does anyone have some tricks to help me remember how to correctly set up a rope cattle halter (the one-rope kind without any metal hardware.) For a class that I am taking, my final exam is to perform a physical exam on a cow, a horse, a goat, or a sheep (I'll find out when I show up for the exam.) I can get the halter on just fine when it's already set up, but our profs are not known for being kind or understanding - I've been told by past students that we'll be given halters that are all tangled up and if we can't quickly get one properly set up, then we are fair game for being ridiculed.
I know that the lead must be on the left and that the headstall and chinpiece are the only adjustable parts, but it seems like someone can aways find a way to ball a halter up or turn it inside out so that I can't fix it quickly. I *really* don't feel like being embarassed for this exam.
Thanks and hello!