Bought a small hereford cow at the salebarn one time, baldy heifer at her side. She was good and solid, nice udder, 3 year old. Heifer turned out real nice too, but when I decided to sell her to get a bigger cow, she just REFUSED to go in the chute. So I got the water hose to spook her a little bit(seemed like a good idea at the time) and after a while she just laid down and let us spray her. We finally got her in the chute and into the trailer after a couple hours though. Can't even remember her name.
One of my heifers now, a big brangus pet, really has a thing for the cubes we feed and chases us to get them. One day my grandfather didn't feed her fast enough and she decided it would be smart to butt him a little bit. Needless to say she got a foot in the side. Hasn't done it since.
Couple of years ago, we were getting a bull calf in the chute to sell and he decided to try to turn and get stuck in the chute sideways. We ended up calling a couple guys to help us. Ended up pulling the tail and pushing it to get him straightened out.
Had one heifer waaay back ago that would jump the cattle guard constantly to graze on the other side. Needless to say we sold her.
I had one brangus cow that grew to be such a picky eater we sold her off too. She would only eat Bermuda hay and cubes, and the other cows always shoved her off so she ended up getting pretty poor before we sold her.
And, I swear to this day I have never seen a cow jump as high as the one I have today. She's a Speckle Park cross, named her Jane, and the first week we bought her we were trying to get her in the chute to worm her and she jumped the gate, and the gate's about 6 foot, and just hightailed it out of the corral. But now she's calmed down a whole lot and won't spook for anything. Blame it on the hotshots at the salebarn. But she has a set of legs on her.