Our little girl is a Bull Rider

[catjac1975]

Darn that the same picture.

Is she guiding him? Or is he taking her where he wants to go? So cool.

 

[baymule]

Him being intact does give me cause for concern. The sweetest pet bull can all of a sudden get testosterone supercharged and hurt someone. Please be careful.

 

[Nyboy]

I just read a story somewhere about a farmer who was almost killed by bull he raised from calf.

 

[Smart Red]

Valleyranch, yours is a wonderful "love story" about your daughter and her bull, but I, too, would have some concerns about the safety issue. Take care.

 

[valley ranch]

She steers him with her legs and the rope.

I'll have a talk with both of them, I do often, I think he would get rough, if someone threatened her. Let me go talk to them, Now.

 

[Beekissed]

Yep...bottle raised, pet bull, red flags all over the place on that one. I know folks who get by with that wonderful relationship for years and then one day the bull turns on them. A fella up the road raised a bull like that, had him 10 yrs and hand fed him every day, could sit on him out in the field, etc...used to brag about what a big baby he was, etc.

Well..you can guess the rest of the story. One day he finished hand feeding him and was walking away...the bull got him down on the ground and, using his head, crushed the guy's ribs and back, nearly killed him. I went to school with this guy's sons and knew the family well, so it's not just one of those stories that go around...it happens more than people know.

 

[catjac1975]

Yikess! If he were neutered would the danger still apply?

 

[Smart Red]

Neutered bovine are not nearly as dangerous just as gelding horses are easier to control, but neutered 'bulls' are about as worthless to have around the farm as a three-legged gelding. Neutering is done for growing hamburgers and steaks and such.

It would be a rare farmer with a steer kept only as a pet.

 

[Beekissed]

And the die is cast with that one...imprinting done while little and such. You can cut him and it might lessen the danger, but I wouldn't want to take that chance. It's a painful and gruesome way to die and leaves everyone shaking their heads and saying things like, "What did they expect? It's a bull, for pity's sake."

 

[valley ranch]

Wifey and the girls have these animals, I build the barns and corrals. They feed, water, muck and milk. I do give shots do hoove, sew wounds and things like that. They buy and sell the animals. My girl trained a stallion to the amazement of the people who purchased him and has train a McNab Shepard to bring a phone undress a person, remove certain clothing and do other interesting things. She will be training will services dogs for people who need them, people who are missing limbs or TBI, that kind of thing.
They've sold animals she's trained and people who have been impressed by what the animal and have bought them. One animal Rose is being shown and earning for the person who bought her.

Remington is being trained and it seems he loves it. I don't know how close others have been to their animals, I do think they put less time into and less time around their animal and have and apply less energy to their animal project.

I watch, try to advise and caution, but she, I have to admit knows more then I do about what she's doing. They the girls found this Bull Calf in Arizona, I negotiated the deal and we brought him home. Wifey arranged his papers.
I do talk to him and her, I come short of saying don't go riding off into the forest. Careful Remi, if you should tire and fall, she could get hurt, But Remi has the attitude: Me get tired, I'm as strong as a Bull.
I do watch over them and I really do appreciate your concern.

Thank you