Clyde and Amber came over last night and picked up their ram. We like to use their pickup truck as it sits lower to the ground than ours, and lifting a 250# woolly critter isn’t the easiest thing in the world.

Clyde mentioned he has a young “Beefmaster” bull at his place servicing his girls. Our plan has always been to get our “Sweetie Pie” cow over there… so now, just how is that gonna happen?

She’s pretty food oriented. Suppose we could walk her over with a lead rope and a grain bucket? It’s only half a mile. But wait… she’s pretty food oriented, not sure any of us want to RUN over there.

Oh, and she’s not lead trained, or even halter broken. We don’t even know if she’s ever been roped (since she grew up). She’s half Corriente (Mexican Range Cow) and half Jersey (according to her bill of sale).

Oh, and she has a pretty good set of horns, which she’s not the leat bit bashful about using. Even the baby has learned to get out of her way.

So, what about us sitting on the tailgate of the truck, shaking the grain bucket? Wonder how fast she can run… we could drive pretty fast, but the dirt road is pretty bumpy… not a good choice.

Guess we’ll have to break down and borrow a trailer. You’d think with three horses one of us would be able to “drive” her to the neighbors… but none of us have ever done that, either.

All we know is that we’ve got to get her over there soon.

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Tags: Corriente, cow, grain bucket, horns, horse, Horses, Jersey, neighbor, pen, pickup truck, range cow

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