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Originally Posted by davemac
I am not sure that is the perspective that I have of them, there were a lot of young ones, not the sort you rub cream on, the new this year type. I did try all that waving your arms stuff, shouting swearing and throwing dirt in their direction, none of it worked. One even made a strange noise and charged, coming within inches of Bob until I pulled him out of the way. I took this picture so the police know which one to arrest and put the handcuffs on. I know you are in the industry, but these are trained, British, fighting cows and should be avoided, vicious killers all of them. Anyway if you see this black one in Tesco asking for its Cravendale back, give it plenty of room.
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Nutcase! She isn't in milk yet Dave!
Looks like quite an old pregnant heifer -that stance is not friendly though. It may be that she's had a fright with dogs in the past - who knows. Some animals can be naturally agressive - usually the farmers identify them and sell them as they can be dangerous when older if you get up close in a confined space with them! An adult cow will end up weiging around 700 kilos so you wouldn't want to get squashed by one
As a rule they are docile unless they feel threatened.
There's always an element of danger when dealing with animals and, while experience in handling them does help, unexpected things can happen so you should always have your wits about you even with animals you know well.
BTW if you go that way again and the animals are still a threat maybe you should let the farmer know before someone gets hurt.