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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 6454"><p>>Amen, Bill. I totally agree with you. Of course I do raise Longhorns and I love em but I don't bash other peoples breed of choice. As for the temperament of Longhorns-so far my experience has been very good. I did have one Longhorn bull that got too frisky when you approached him. He is no longer in my breeding program. I've been run through a barbed wire fence by a Belgian Blue bull, and also charged by a Hereford bull. My most recent bad experience was when my neighbor's Angus bull decided to take out several feet of fence and proceed to beat the crap out of one of my young Longhorn bulls who I had in with some young heifers. The Angus gave us all Hell and it was two weeks before we could actually get him loaded and on the way to the sale barn (by the way we didn't sell the neighbor's bull-he did because of the bull's outrageous behavior). This particular bull broke down a couple of gates and basically caused alot of trouble for no reason. The heifers weren't in heat evidently since all have sinced calved and were from the Longhorn bull. Yes I'm sure there are some mean Longhorn bulls but not mine-I know that this disposition will be passed on to the offspring. I tend to believe that most breeds are gentle as a whole and that alot of this depends on how they are raised and handled. But you can always have that one rogue in any lot.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:rtownsend@staffmark.com">rtownsend@staffmark.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 6454"] >Amen, Bill. I totally agree with you. Of course I do raise Longhorns and I love em but I don't bash other peoples breed of choice. As for the temperament of Longhorns-so far my experience has been very good. I did have one Longhorn bull that got too frisky when you approached him. He is no longer in my breeding program. I've been run through a barbed wire fence by a Belgian Blue bull, and also charged by a Hereford bull. My most recent bad experience was when my neighbor's Angus bull decided to take out several feet of fence and proceed to beat the crap out of one of my young Longhorn bulls who I had in with some young heifers. The Angus gave us all Hell and it was two weeks before we could actually get him loaded and on the way to the sale barn (by the way we didn't sell the neighbor's bull-he did because of the bull's outrageous behavior). This particular bull broke down a couple of gates and basically caused alot of trouble for no reason. The heifers weren't in heat evidently since all have sinced calved and were from the Longhorn bull. Yes I'm sure there are some mean Longhorn bulls but not mine-I know that this disposition will be passed on to the offspring. I tend to believe that most breeds are gentle as a whole and that alot of this depends on how they are raised and handled. But you can always have that one rogue in any lot. [email=rtownsend@staffmark.com]rtownsend@staffmark.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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