we wash them for fiar and get all the poo off it takes like 5 baths and a ton of bulvine shampoo to get them clean all the way but they smell nice after :)
i have sat on a cow or 2 before but ridding h*ll no i show them and they are head strong and will go where they want when they want i would never sit on one to be bucked off or to be taken for a ride
for your inexperance and and size i would say go with a spring yearly for your first year (you gotta start somwhere)
In general are cows as nice as horses? some are nicer some arnt depends on how they were raised personaly i like cows over horses for temperment but im baised because i have...