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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 6457"><p>I'm very pleased that the comments regarding Longhorns are a lot more "tame" than the board discussions about Angus! Angus purist people seem to have reduced tolerance for their own "competitors" programs as well as for any other breeds....now, the next item:</p><p></p><p>Quality Longhorn breeders only breed and keep quality, tame, etc., stock. Any "culls" that emerge are taken to the "Sale Barn" or to the freezer.</p><p></p><p>Only with one of our Longhorns would I dare pick up a newborn calf from under mamas nose to weigh it. Only with a longhorn would I attempt to lead it, pet it, or walk amoung "all those horns". They are know to be "Gentle Mamas" and "Gentle Daddys". There must be something to them when you go to a show and see a kid under age of 12 leading a large horned Longhorn around the arena like a puppy dog! I would never attempt any of the above feats with an English, Continental, or Commercial Cross-bred animal. One case in point: Recently my wife went to weigh a new born Longhorn calf in our pipe and rod holding/calving pen. She went to pick up the calf to weigh it, mama came over with 50+ inches of horn and was about 2 feet away--wife had her back to the pipe fence. Nothing happened--and, this cow was one of our most dominant, protective cows! Enuf said... have a great day!</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:bill@runningarrowlonghorns.com">bill@runningarrowlonghorns.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 6457"] I'm very pleased that the comments regarding Longhorns are a lot more "tame" than the board discussions about Angus! Angus purist people seem to have reduced tolerance for their own "competitors" programs as well as for any other breeds....now, the next item: Quality Longhorn breeders only breed and keep quality, tame, etc., stock. Any "culls" that emerge are taken to the "Sale Barn" or to the freezer. Only with one of our Longhorns would I dare pick up a newborn calf from under mamas nose to weigh it. Only with a longhorn would I attempt to lead it, pet it, or walk amoung "all those horns". They are know to be "Gentle Mamas" and "Gentle Daddys". There must be something to them when you go to a show and see a kid under age of 12 leading a large horned Longhorn around the arena like a puppy dog! I would never attempt any of the above feats with an English, Continental, or Commercial Cross-bred animal. One case in point: Recently my wife went to weigh a new born Longhorn calf in our pipe and rod holding/calving pen. She went to pick up the calf to weigh it, mama came over with 50+ inches of horn and was about 2 feet away--wife had her back to the pipe fence. Nothing happened--and, this cow was one of our most dominant, protective cows! Enuf said... have a great day! [email=bill@runningarrowlonghorns.com]bill@runningarrowlonghorns.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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