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During my years of taking care of cattle, I've taken care of a few bulls. This is the one who was most dangerous. A 2 year old Simmental bull. He sometimes loved to be cuddled and scritched, sometimes he was playful and wanted to play roughly, and sometimes... he'd get all bossy and Dominant and would try to beat the living hell out of me.
I also met him when he was 5 years old, and when he was 5, he was really calm though. :)
This is me scritching him.
I also met him when he was 5 years old, and when he was 5, he was really calm though. :)
This is me scritching him.
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
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File Size 118.6 kB
Awh :) They always enjoy a good scritch, well if they let you. It's a good thing he calmed down with age.
My Dad's old Simmental bull looked a lot like this one, we had him for years and he was calmest creature you could've met. But one day he just changed, it got to the point where he was too temperamental, he'd charge at anything or anybody, vehicles, people... So in the end we had to have him put down... It was shame too, I have a memory of me being around 4 or 5 and wrapping my arms around his face and him not caring at all. He just changed so suddenly.
My Dad's old Simmental bull looked a lot like this one, we had him for years and he was calmest creature you could've met. But one day he just changed, it got to the point where he was too temperamental, he'd charge at anything or anybody, vehicles, people... So in the end we had to have him put down... It was shame too, I have a memory of me being around 4 or 5 and wrapping my arms around his face and him not caring at all. He just changed so suddenly.
Yes :( We have a couple of new bulls now, a Simmental and a South Devon, we've only had them just over a year, but they seem very promising so far. :)
Well it's good that you've dealt with nice bulls on the most part. I used to work at a farm where they had a Holstein bull, Black Magic, and he was incredibly aggressive sometimes. He even ploughed my work friend into the ground once (luckily he was fine). I wonder sometimes if he had a bad experience at a previous farm, he was terrified of anything that looked like a stick.
I did raise that farmer's second bull, Cornish Mouse, from when he was a adolescent calf. He was a Holstein too, but a red one. He was a fantastic little guy (well not so little really xD) and a great bull to work with. I could pretty much get him to do anything, but he would ignore everyone else. Though I hope he's learnt to work with other people well now for his own sake. I hope one day to see Mouse again and see how he's getting on, if he's still a good fellow, if he's thrown some nice calves, etc.. :P
Well it's good that you've dealt with nice bulls on the most part. I used to work at a farm where they had a Holstein bull, Black Magic, and he was incredibly aggressive sometimes. He even ploughed my work friend into the ground once (luckily he was fine). I wonder sometimes if he had a bad experience at a previous farm, he was terrified of anything that looked like a stick.
I did raise that farmer's second bull, Cornish Mouse, from when he was a adolescent calf. He was a Holstein too, but a red one. He was a fantastic little guy (well not so little really xD) and a great bull to work with. I could pretty much get him to do anything, but he would ignore everyone else. Though I hope he's learnt to work with other people well now for his own sake. I hope one day to see Mouse again and see how he's getting on, if he's still a good fellow, if he's thrown some nice calves, etc.. :P
Aww, I hope the new bulls will turn out to be nice. :)
I have met a few very aggressive bulls that I've not taken care of in the past, so yes... I know how bad they can get sometimes. And I believe it sometimes has to do with them having unpleasant memories from humans in their past.
*smiles* It's lovely to get to see them grow up and develop, like you got to do with Cornish Mouse. Hopefully he did learn that he could work with other people but you!
It is something I really wish to experiment with... to see if I can make a bull turn out sweet and lovely by giving them a good and safe upbringing right from their birth. I hope I'll get to do that once I have my own farm.
I have met a few very aggressive bulls that I've not taken care of in the past, so yes... I know how bad they can get sometimes. And I believe it sometimes has to do with them having unpleasant memories from humans in their past.
*smiles* It's lovely to get to see them grow up and develop, like you got to do with Cornish Mouse. Hopefully he did learn that he could work with other people but you!
It is something I really wish to experiment with... to see if I can make a bull turn out sweet and lovely by giving them a good and safe upbringing right from their birth. I hope I'll get to do that once I have my own farm.
Me too, they seem very mellow, so hopefully they'll stay that way! :D
Yes :( I think a lot of people are too quick to use violence against bulls, but I think much of that is to do with people themselves becoming frightened too quickly of them and misreading their body language. I read an interesting article on cow psychology the other day and it said that cows can hold grudges for years against people, so I think it's very likely they remember mistreatment in their pasts.
It is, he developed into a lovely creature and I was rather proud the way he turned out. I hope he has learnt to! It'll save him a lot of trouble. Having some time spent with other people will hopefully have sorted that out. :) Hehe
Same here, once I start my own farm I want to try that with a bull calf. Raise him with as little stress as possible and treat him with patience and kindness and see if he'll stay calm and friendly when fully grown. It'll certainly be an interesting experiment.
Yes :( I think a lot of people are too quick to use violence against bulls, but I think much of that is to do with people themselves becoming frightened too quickly of them and misreading their body language. I read an interesting article on cow psychology the other day and it said that cows can hold grudges for years against people, so I think it's very likely they remember mistreatment in their pasts.
It is, he developed into a lovely creature and I was rather proud the way he turned out. I hope he has learnt to! It'll save him a lot of trouble. Having some time spent with other people will hopefully have sorted that out. :) Hehe
Same here, once I start my own farm I want to try that with a bull calf. Raise him with as little stress as possible and treat him with patience and kindness and see if he'll stay calm and friendly when fully grown. It'll certainly be an interesting experiment.
Yes, I believe you are spot on about people becoming too frightened too quickly and using violence unnecessarily against them. I've seen it so many times that people take for granted that they have treat a bull a certain way, even the first time they encounter the individual bull in question. I've also heard that about cows being able to hold grudges for such long times. Is that article on cow psychology online so that you can link to it? I am always interested in reading anything about such topics! :)
I am so glad that you are thinking to do the same experiment, as I am planning to do. :) Hopefully, we will get positive results, and we can be good examples. :)
I am so glad that you are thinking to do the same experiment, as I am planning to do. :) Hopefully, we will get positive results, and we can be good examples. :)
Yeah. :/ People almost get too jumpy. A bull could just walk over to them to just sniff them and move on, but instead of just remaining calm, people just end up bonking it on the nose and shooing it off. Then all the bulls going to think is if I approach a person calmly again I'm going to get hit and then assume all humans are aggressive. People should obviously exercise caution when meeting a bull for the first time, but should with any creature. The last thing anyone should want on their farm is a bull that doesn't trust humans at all.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...../1352692/posts
I think that's the one I read, it's not too informative, but it highlights a few points about cow psychology that have been discovered in recent years (I checked it a couple of times and it didn't work until I hit F5 by the way). Though there are quite a few different pages out there talking about the psychology of cattle. It's definitely one of my favourite subjects.
Yes, it's awesome. :) And definitely, hopefully people will take note. :D
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...../1352692/posts
I think that's the one I read, it's not too informative, but it highlights a few points about cow psychology that have been discovered in recent years (I checked it a couple of times and it didn't work until I hit F5 by the way). Though there are quite a few different pages out there talking about the psychology of cattle. It's definitely one of my favourite subjects.
Yes, it's awesome. :) And definitely, hopefully people will take note. :D
Before I learned their body language, I would also be a bit frightened by them, so it is most understandable. :)
Also, this is a bull I would socialize with every day for seven months, since he lived in my pastures together with his herd, and I was taking care of them. He did not allow me to approach him at all for the first month or so, despite me being present inside the pasture for hours every day.
Also, this is a bull I would socialize with every day for seven months, since he lived in my pastures together with his herd, and I was taking care of them. He did not allow me to approach him at all for the first month or so, despite me being present inside the pasture for hours every day.
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