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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 515116" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>Glad to hear you are both alive. It's hard when you live in a cold climate, sometimes they need help even if mom and baby are both doing everything right. When you're tired and cold it gets too easy to do something stupid like take chances you shouldn't take. I remember once we had a calf, don't even remember what was wrong with it but had to get it into the truck. The cow and calf were out in the field. Couldn't get out of the back of the truck or she'd kill. So I managed to get ropes around the legs and was pulling the calf into the back of the truck. Mom had turned off the truck, why I don't know. Finally got the calf in and the cow was coming too. I'm yelling at Mom to go and you guessed it the truck wouldn't start. So I dive in through the back window into the cab and I am still holding the ropes for the calf. The cow is pretty much in the back of the truck and we are kind of stuck. Sent Mom out to climb into the back (well, more like the roof) still trying to hold the calf while distracting the cow. I took off running for the house to bring back the other truck. Ended up saving the calf and the cow left that fall. </p><p>I prefer the two I tagged today. Walked up scratched baby awhile, cow chewed her cud, gave tag. Not as exciting of a story but far safer. :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 515116, member: 1258"] Glad to hear you are both alive. It's hard when you live in a cold climate, sometimes they need help even if mom and baby are both doing everything right. When you're tired and cold it gets too easy to do something stupid like take chances you shouldn't take. I remember once we had a calf, don't even remember what was wrong with it but had to get it into the truck. The cow and calf were out in the field. Couldn't get out of the back of the truck or she'd kill. So I managed to get ropes around the legs and was pulling the calf into the back of the truck. Mom had turned off the truck, why I don't know. Finally got the calf in and the cow was coming too. I'm yelling at Mom to go and you guessed it the truck wouldn't start. So I dive in through the back window into the cab and I am still holding the ropes for the calf. The cow is pretty much in the back of the truck and we are kind of stuck. Sent Mom out to climb into the back (well, more like the roof) still trying to hold the calf while distracting the cow. I took off running for the house to bring back the other truck. Ended up saving the calf and the cow left that fall. I prefer the two I tagged today. Walked up scratched baby awhile, cow chewed her cud, gave tag. Not as exciting of a story but far safer. :lol: [/QUOTE]
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