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<blockquote data-quote="CattleAnnie" data-source="post: 158072" data-attributes="member: 220"><p>For those folks who don't use stockprods (and yep, guess I'm not much of a hand because I use them if necessary), how do you get a cow to move up the alley into a squeeze or onto a cattle liner when she balks?</p><p></p><p>Would really like to know more about this, because when we had a couple hundred head to preg, vaccinate, Ivomec and a vet standing there waiting for the next animal to palpatate, we have more than once encountered cows that won't budge for love nor money (they're smart enough to know that going into the squeeze means something not very nice is likely to occur to them).</p><p></p><p>Same deal when loading them onto the liners. Some cattle just balk at going up the ramp into the truck (can't blame 'em, but unfortunately the truck's still sitting there waiting for them). Can cause a heck of a wreck when you've got a deck three quarters loaded, cow balks half-way up the loading alley, and then the cattle on the liner turn around, come back down the chute and jam up at the balking cow (who inevitably has cattle behind her lined to go up the alley).</p><p></p><p>And of course, had tried the old 'twist the tail' trick, swatting them, etc. but personally it seems that a little 'zap' is much more humane than someone walloping the bejeezus out of them trying to get them to move.</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts on this or am I just way off in left field again? Just curious...always like to learn.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Take care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CattleAnnie, post: 158072, member: 220"] For those folks who don't use stockprods (and yep, guess I'm not much of a hand because I use them if necessary), how do you get a cow to move up the alley into a squeeze or onto a cattle liner when she balks? Would really like to know more about this, because when we had a couple hundred head to preg, vaccinate, Ivomec and a vet standing there waiting for the next animal to palpatate, we have more than once encountered cows that won't budge for love nor money (they're smart enough to know that going into the squeeze means something not very nice is likely to occur to them). Same deal when loading them onto the liners. Some cattle just balk at going up the ramp into the truck (can't blame 'em, but unfortunately the truck's still sitting there waiting for them). Can cause a heck of a wreck when you've got a deck three quarters loaded, cow balks half-way up the loading alley, and then the cattle on the liner turn around, come back down the chute and jam up at the balking cow (who inevitably has cattle behind her lined to go up the alley). And of course, had tried the old 'twist the tail' trick, swatting them, etc. but personally it seems that a little 'zap' is much more humane than someone walloping the bejeezus out of them trying to get them to move. Any thoughts on this or am I just way off in left field again? Just curious...always like to learn. Take care. [/QUOTE]
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