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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1671691" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>If you want the cow halter broke and she is gentle, you may just be able to slip a halter on her and find she behaves OK. My cows are generally so gentle that they are hard to move into the alley and chute. I have put a halter on some that have never had a halter before and been able to "pull" them into the chute. </p><p>If she fights the halter, it would not be worth it to me to go any further. A well known simmental bull PVF-BF BF26 BLACK JOKER was sold when he was 14 months old. The new owner wanted to show the bull, so he halter broke him and showed him. Owner was a big boy. But 14 months is a little late to start.</p><p>Once an animal has experience with a halter, you can generally put a halter on them years later and make out pretty good. But a mature bull that was halter broken when he was young sometimes is a little scary to lead with a halter. They don't have fear. I bought a yearling bull from Ankony that was green broke - mostly broke to tie up. He later had a foot abscess that needed attention. He weighed 2300 pounds and had not had a halter on in a few years. Took him to UGA vet school so he could go on the tilt table. Needed to unload him through a narrow door directly into the building. He would not go out of the trailer through the narrow door. I went into the trailer and put a halter on him and pulled and he came out. I did have a little fear in the trailer.</p><p></p><p>A little trivia. UGA vet school is very reasonable cost wise for treating cows. Seems like they charge a lot for horse work and small animals. I suspect they don't get much cow work, but they need enough to train their large animal students. I think the cost to treat the foot abscess was $80. And they have the equipment and facilities that most large animal vets don't have. If you are close enough to a vet school, you may find them cost effective to use for vet work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1671691, member: 40418"] If you want the cow halter broke and she is gentle, you may just be able to slip a halter on her and find she behaves OK. My cows are generally so gentle that they are hard to move into the alley and chute. I have put a halter on some that have never had a halter before and been able to "pull" them into the chute. If she fights the halter, it would not be worth it to me to go any further. A well known simmental bull PVF-BF BF26 BLACK JOKER was sold when he was 14 months old. The new owner wanted to show the bull, so he halter broke him and showed him. Owner was a big boy. But 14 months is a little late to start. Once an animal has experience with a halter, you can generally put a halter on them years later and make out pretty good. But a mature bull that was halter broken when he was young sometimes is a little scary to lead with a halter. They don't have fear. I bought a yearling bull from Ankony that was green broke - mostly broke to tie up. He later had a foot abscess that needed attention. He weighed 2300 pounds and had not had a halter on in a few years. Took him to UGA vet school so he could go on the tilt table. Needed to unload him through a narrow door directly into the building. He would not go out of the trailer through the narrow door. I went into the trailer and put a halter on him and pulled and he came out. I did have a little fear in the trailer. A little trivia. UGA vet school is very reasonable cost wise for treating cows. Seems like they charge a lot for horse work and small animals. I suspect they don't get much cow work, but they need enough to train their large animal students. I think the cost to treat the foot abscess was $80. And they have the equipment and facilities that most large animal vets don't have. If you are close enough to a vet school, you may find them cost effective to use for vet work. [/QUOTE]
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