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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 735061" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>I have been in the angus business for thirty five years.</p><p>I worked in the dairy industry for over twenty years as well. </p><p>I have dealt with killer bulls and i have dealt with dog gentle bulls.</p><p>I have lost friends to killer bulls.</p><p></p><p>I expect my remarks to generate a little heat.</p><p></p><p>I have never observed a situation where a nose ring made a bad bull any better.</p><p></p><p>I have observed situations where putting in a ring made moderate bulls a bit worse.</p><p></p><p>If you have a bad bull and you are close enough to grab a nose ring then your odds of dying go up dramatically anyway.</p><p></p><p>Hanging a chain on a nose ring borders on cruelty in my mind. If you disagree then I assume you are one of the peirced weirdos i see with crap hanging off of you.</p><p></p><p>Nose leads are useful for control where the bulls are to be handled. It does take a good cow man to put them in after the first few times. but it can be done.</p><p></p><p>The nose leads response tells me that rings might be excessive. if a bull is truly evil and very valuable as is the case with some dairy bulls and must be handled as for collecting then the safety of the handlers is paramount.</p><p></p><p>for a farm bull....if he is bad enough to warrant this then MacDonalds is taking aplications.</p><p></p><p>as my Daddy use to say......"it don't cost a d--ned bit more to feed a good one than it does a sorry one." and in my opinon disposition is a factor in that classification.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 735061, member: 6543"] I have been in the angus business for thirty five years. I worked in the dairy industry for over twenty years as well. I have dealt with killer bulls and i have dealt with dog gentle bulls. I have lost friends to killer bulls. I expect my remarks to generate a little heat. I have never observed a situation where a nose ring made a bad bull any better. I have observed situations where putting in a ring made moderate bulls a bit worse. If you have a bad bull and you are close enough to grab a nose ring then your odds of dying go up dramatically anyway. Hanging a chain on a nose ring borders on cruelty in my mind. If you disagree then I assume you are one of the peirced weirdos i see with crap hanging off of you. Nose leads are useful for control where the bulls are to be handled. It does take a good cow man to put them in after the first few times. but it can be done. The nose leads response tells me that rings might be excessive. if a bull is truly evil and very valuable as is the case with some dairy bulls and must be handled as for collecting then the safety of the handlers is paramount. for a farm bull....if he is bad enough to warrant this then MacDonalds is taking aplications. as my Daddy use to say......"it don't cost a d--ned bit more to feed a good one than it does a sorry one." and in my opinon disposition is a factor in that classification. [/QUOTE]
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