…the cow jumped over the – fence. And under it. And through it. Sigh. WHY oh why is the grass on the other side so much greener to her color blind eyes?? Are not 73 acres enough for one fat cow??? We have neighbor cows who have grazed on the other side of these fences and never entertained the idea of running through them. Oh, she is a naughty cow.
This cow is not as easy to manage as she was last summer when one could lift her up and move her if need be. No, several hundred pounds later there is no lifting. I thought I was pretty smart the other night when she wouldn’t come to me. (in the front yard, bear in mind : p ) I roped her with the idea of leading her back inside the pasture. I did actually rope her neck too. Are you cheering yet? Here I was, just home from errands. one older child available to watch Tess inside, me in my skirt and silver jewelry and up-do ROPING A COW. Sheesh.
So I rope this cow, turn to lead her, and she……. stands there looking at me like I had lost my mind. And I was close actually. Guess it didn’t occur to me that she would not follow. Horses do. Goats do. Dogs do. Most of the time the children do. Cows don’t. Cows stand there saying essentially, Nuh uh.
Eventually the rest of the family rolled into the drive from piano and between us we coaxed and cajoled her into the barn so we could get through the night with no more excitement. If you have a cow, drop me a line. Tell me this can work. It all looked so easy when the Marlboro Man was doing this in the 70s…
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I don’t have a cow, but I was giggling at the image you painted of yourself out there – thanks for that this afternoon!
This is why I keep telling my husband that until he stops traveling so much, we will not have animals ;-). (I am impressed by the roping, btw.)
The dairy farmers that rented to us when we first moved here used to yell a lot and wave their arms. I really hope they were doing it to herd cows!
Your cow is lonely! Especially if there are neighboring cows, as a herd animal, she’s trying to find her herd. They can be trained to lead like a horse though, and ‘bucket training’ is always a good thing. That’s when they will follow a bucket of grain just about anywhere. I used to work on a ranch with bad fences, but since it was on an island, there was only so far they could go. I spent quite a bit of time shaking a bucket and feeling like the pied piper- or is that cow pie piper? š