Pregnant Cow Help!

[cows]

yes I want to ride my cow Queen because I cant have a horse and I want to ride she is a former show cow so I thought it was perfect I am going to water till after she gives birth to do the under saddle work but any ground work will help out a lot

if you have any ground work things I will take them she in only good with walking and standing to get groomed and tacked up and is it better to do bear back horse saddle or bear back saddle

 

[cows]

if you have any ground work things I will take them she in only good with walking and standing to get groomed and tacked up and is it better to do bear back horse saddle or bear back saddle

"mini horses" do you have any advice about the statement above ^

 

[Mini Horses]

Agree with bareback saddle. Put weight on there and walk her to accustom to that, before you get on. Cows can jump and buck! . Also, ground train as you would for driving, from behind, to train for head control of body movement, beyond leading. Use verbal cues each time. When you're up there, you can't "lead". She must know to move from trained cues.

Once you have that going, start by laying across her to train for your weight. Talk to her from up there.

Similar to a horse, trust, calm and handling cues. Bovine have been used for years -- mostly to pull but, trainable. Having been 4H handled is a critical start for you! Oxen are trained from calves to adult.

Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

 

[cows]

Agree with bareback saddle. Put weight on there and walk her to accustom to that, before you get on. Cows can jump and buck! . Also, ground train as you would for driving, from behind, to train for head control of body movement, beyond leading. Use verbal cues each time. When you're up there, you can't "lead". She must know to move from trained cues.

Once you have that going, start by laying across her to train for your weight. Talk to her from up there.

Similar to a horse, trust, calm and handling cues. Bovine have been used for years -- mostly to pull but, trainable. Having been 4H handled is a critical start for you! Oxen are trained from calves to adult.

Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

she dose not like people were she cant see them and I have never trained a horse AT ALL!!!!! I am asking for types on how to get her trust I got one ride last year before she got pregnant and it was a vary forced ride I am looking for whys to do ground work but all the videos of training a cow is for showing and just the end of training to ride for horses it is better but I am trying to figure out a why to do the same for my cow in a why she will do it its getting harder to work with her because of hormones.

 

[Mini Horses]

Try looking to train oxen. May be more helpful.

 

[farmerjan]

Try googling riding longhorns.... there are a couple of ranches that train their longhorns to ride... there are lots of videos, different tips and such. Premier Longhorns I think is one of the ranches.

Also Please go to your name top right... down to account details, and down to location and put in a general location... state etc... it will appear on your avatar everytime you post and then we can remember where you are... You can see that we give general areas... part of the state etc... it just helps when people ask for advice to know that we are not telling you to stockpile winter grazing and you are in Alaska with 7 months of winter and FEET of snow instead of like a 6 inch storm once in the winter... Sorry, but I cannot remember if you said where you were.... you might be near someone that has a riding steer/bovine...

 

[cows]

Try googling riding longhorns.... there are a couple of ranches that train their longhorns to ride... there are lots of videos, different tips and such. Premier Longhorns I think is one of the ranches.

Also Please go to your name top right... down to account details, and down to location and put in a general location... state etc... it will appear on your avatar everytime you post and then we can remember where you are... You can see that we give general areas... part of the state etc... it just helps when people ask for advice to know that we are not telling you to stockpile winter grazing and you are in Alaska with 7 months of winter and FEET of snow instead of like a 6 inch storm once in the winter... Sorry, but I cannot remember if you said where you were.... you might be near someone that has a riding steer/bovine...

I will not do that for pricey reasons and I have Adderley do looked at that and there was none

 

[cows]

Try looking to train oxen. May be more helpful.

I am not going to be able to do that because it is not my property but thanks for the advice maybe when I am older

 

[farmerjan]

@cows .... I am not sure what you are referring to about "I will not do that for pricey reasons" and why you made an "angry" comment to my post. I was suggesting that you might learn some tricks to make a riding animal out of your show heifer... and by posting your general area that maybe someone else might know of where you can get some help or someone that can offer suggestions that is closer to you. OBVIOUSLY you took what I said way OUT OF CONTEXT....
And the suggestion by @Mini to LOOK UP on how to train oxen was a suggestion to maybe to learn different tricks to get her to listen to you better.
Sorry you are so offended.

 

[farmerjan]

she could be close to giving birth of she is just not feeling it today like we do sometimes

Since you have taken offense to my suggestion about looking up riding longhorns to LEARN about some tips or things they do....I certainly in no way suggested you go buy one or anything like that... just that they have been doing it for quite awhile and just might have some things figured out.... I will also make this comment.

You commented on this thread about the pregnant cow that had gone off feed... but did not read all the way through before making that comment you posted, because about 3 weeks after the first post, on the second page of the thread....she said the calf was a stillborn... perhaps you should read the whole post to see if your comment is relevant.....