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Just how wild is a Brahman
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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 1223942" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>This hits it right on the head. Brahman and Brahman influenced cattle are differetn then the British or continental breed. I think their brains are wired differently. I haven;t worked with them in years, but it was Brahamn influenced cattle that taught me "how" to work cattle correctly. If you yahoo and stir up a Brahman one time you can pretty well bet you'll never get it into that situation again. It</p><p>s kind of like the old car racing axiom to slow down to go fast. Work them slow and easy (goes for the Brit and continentals too) and you'll get done faster. You'll get a knothead sometimes just like any breed. But they seem to adapt to handling better then the other breeds, that is as long as you kind of make them think it's their idea.</p><p>Years ago Carnation Genetics has a Gyr bull named Pauncho. When you walked up to his pen he woudl shuffle around and roll a big heavy exercise ball over to where you were standing and want you to throw it for him to go and retrieve. After a few minutes of that he would turn parallel to the fence and flop against it so you could scratch his hump, after a few minutes he turned around and did it again so you could scratch the other side. I've alwasy liked Gyr cattle since them, of course the big ol trumpet shaped ears helped with that too. We bred Basset Hounds at the time and he reminded me of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 1223942, member: 34"] This hits it right on the head. Brahman and Brahman influenced cattle are differetn then the British or continental breed. I think their brains are wired differently. I haven;t worked with them in years, but it was Brahamn influenced cattle that taught me "how" to work cattle correctly. If you yahoo and stir up a Brahman one time you can pretty well bet you'll never get it into that situation again. It s kind of like the old car racing axiom to slow down to go fast. Work them slow and easy (goes for the Brit and continentals too) and you'll get done faster. You'll get a knothead sometimes just like any breed. But they seem to adapt to handling better then the other breeds, that is as long as you kind of make them think it's their idea. Years ago Carnation Genetics has a Gyr bull named Pauncho. When you walked up to his pen he woudl shuffle around and roll a big heavy exercise ball over to where you were standing and want you to throw it for him to go and retrieve. After a few minutes of that he would turn parallel to the fence and flop against it so you could scratch his hump, after a few minutes he turned around and did it again so you could scratch the other side. I've alwasy liked Gyr cattle since them, of course the big ol trumpet shaped ears helped with that too. We bred Basset Hounds at the time and he reminded me of them. [/QUOTE]
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