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<blockquote data-quote="Linda" data-source="post: 295662" data-attributes="member: 50"><p>I have one tame beef cow. She leads the rest of the herd when I need to move them through a gate, etc. She'll eat apples out of my hand, is halter broke, but definitely knows the meaning of the words No or Back. She also will let me milk her IF I halter and tie her. I don't consider her a pet - she is a working animal. She's calm and easy to handle, and calms the rest of the herd. She gives us a nice calf every single year.</p><p></p><p>My bull is gentle, but I still consider him a bull and, as such, a dangerous animal. The rest of my cows are easy to get along with, but I am careful around them. If I am carrying a sorting stick, all of my cows know to start looking for a gate to go through. If I need to move my bull, I keep my dog at my side as insurance. Although, my bull loads himself into a stock trailer as he thinks when that gate opens he is going to visit some more ladies. </p><p></p><p>I think pet cattle can be very dangerous. Even our halter broke cow injured my husband about 10 years ago. We had trailered her in from another state. It was dark and cold when we got home. My husband led the cow through the gate and was walking her back to the corral when one of our horses startled her. She swung her head to see what or who was back there and hit my husband right over his liver. He sported a nasty bruise on his belly for a couple of weeks. We were very grateful she was polled. </p><p></p><p>A bull or cow or steer that has been lead to believe people are playtoys is an accident waiting to happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Linda, post: 295662, member: 50"] I have one tame beef cow. She leads the rest of the herd when I need to move them through a gate, etc. She'll eat apples out of my hand, is halter broke, but definitely knows the meaning of the words No or Back. She also will let me milk her IF I halter and tie her. I don't consider her a pet - she is a working animal. She's calm and easy to handle, and calms the rest of the herd. She gives us a nice calf every single year. My bull is gentle, but I still consider him a bull and, as such, a dangerous animal. The rest of my cows are easy to get along with, but I am careful around them. If I am carrying a sorting stick, all of my cows know to start looking for a gate to go through. If I need to move my bull, I keep my dog at my side as insurance. Although, my bull loads himself into a stock trailer as he thinks when that gate opens he is going to visit some more ladies. I think pet cattle can be very dangerous. Even our halter broke cow injured my husband about 10 years ago. We had trailered her in from another state. It was dark and cold when we got home. My husband led the cow through the gate and was walking her back to the corral when one of our horses startled her. She swung her head to see what or who was back there and hit my husband right over his liver. He sported a nasty bruise on his belly for a couple of weeks. We were very grateful she was polled. A bull or cow or steer that has been lead to believe people are playtoys is an accident waiting to happen. [/QUOTE]
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