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Breeding / Calving Issues
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<blockquote data-quote="Peace" data-source="post: 1771608" data-attributes="member: 41443"><p>That horse if from some awesome cutting stock...</p><p></p><p>I think the girl needs a whole lot more training than the horse...maybe you could hedge your bet and charge her about $5000 to show her how to actually handle a horse. Basic stuff like how to lead, be the leader and actual ground work and basic horsemanship...that's worth $5000 to me. Probably more with a horse like that.</p><p></p><p>edit*** and how to feed a horse and that they're not pets unless her objective is to make them pets or money pits... stuff like this really irritates me...spend money on training yourself, then you can make money on training...until then she shouldn't touch a lead line, or feed that isn't what was laid out for her...I might trust her to fill their water if needed...</p><p></p><p>As far as dairy cattle not getting old, most of that is how that industry treats the cattle. They're used hot and fast...kept in loafing barns so they don't get exercise and breeding has caused them to get thinner in the rear end so they give out faster. Add into that the production increases and pumping feed through them and you have a recipe for a short life... When I was a kid and the cows were let out onto a pasture and fed in a bunk that they actually walked to from the pasture it wasn't unusual for them to be productive into their teens, now the teens is rare for a loafing barn cow, hell to most commercial farms 10 is a rarity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peace, post: 1771608, member: 41443"] That horse if from some awesome cutting stock... I think the girl needs a whole lot more training than the horse...maybe you could hedge your bet and charge her about $5000 to show her how to actually handle a horse. Basic stuff like how to lead, be the leader and actual ground work and basic horsemanship...that's worth $5000 to me. Probably more with a horse like that. edit*** and how to feed a horse and that they're not pets unless her objective is to make them pets or money pits... stuff like this really irritates me...spend money on training yourself, then you can make money on training...until then she shouldn't touch a lead line, or feed that isn't what was laid out for her...I might trust her to fill their water if needed... As far as dairy cattle not getting old, most of that is how that industry treats the cattle. They're used hot and fast...kept in loafing barns so they don't get exercise and breeding has caused them to get thinner in the rear end so they give out faster. Add into that the production increases and pumping feed through them and you have a recipe for a short life... When I was a kid and the cows were let out onto a pasture and fed in a bunk that they actually walked to from the pasture it wasn't unusual for them to be productive into their teens, now the teens is rare for a loafing barn cow, hell to most commercial farms 10 is a rarity [/QUOTE]
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