As I said I "train" them merely by being around them on a daily basis and observing. Learn how much pressure animals can take before they move away from you. Start with a cow out in the field if you don't have the experience. Lots of places on the internet where you can watch Bud Williams style low stress livestock handling demonstrations.
I regularly load bulls into my stock trailer out in the pasture with 4 panels, a fence corner and some patience. It's a big time saver once you master it.
I grew up in Scotland and farmed there before moving to Alberta. We sold cattle occasionally at this auction in northern England as it was only 50 miles from us.
My Limo experience was all in the UK - can't speak for the Canadian variety. In the UK they were universally nuts. We had a quiet, gentle Limo bull and the calves were all lunatics, all runners and on occasion had yearling heifers and steers charge you if they were in a confined area.
I think it comes from selection for extreme leanness as the Salers, Blondes etc were little better. Salers were worse actually.
On the Angus cows I've only had reds since I came to Canada and on the whole they have had decent temperament . Saying that the biggest wreck I was ever in was when I got steamrolled by a recently calved red Angus. Lucky to get out of that one alive. I don't really blame her - she came from a cowboy outfit that had a big range permit in bear, wolf and cougar country and wasn't used to people close up on foot.
Other cows from that group were really quiet and gentle though so it wasn't all environmental.
I regularly load bulls into my stock trailer out in the pasture with 4 panels, a fence corner and some patience. It's a big time saver once you master it.
I grew up in Scotland and farmed there before moving to Alberta. We sold cattle occasionally at this auction in northern England as it was only 50 miles from us.
My Limo experience was all in the UK - can't speak for the Canadian variety. In the UK they were universally nuts. We had a quiet, gentle Limo bull and the calves were all lunatics, all runners and on occasion had yearling heifers and steers charge you if they were in a confined area.
I think it comes from selection for extreme leanness as the Salers, Blondes etc were little better. Salers were worse actually.
On the Angus cows I've only had reds since I came to Canada and on the whole they have had decent temperament . Saying that the biggest wreck I was ever in was when I got steamrolled by a recently calved red Angus. Lucky to get out of that one alive. I don't really blame her - she came from a cowboy outfit that had a big range permit in bear, wolf and cougar country and wasn't used to people close up on foot.
Other cows from that group were really quiet and gentle though so it wasn't all environmental.
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