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Bernie nw ON
Posted 4/3/2026 09:37 (#11605957 - in reply to #11605710)
Subject: RE: Why do people make cows pets



Thunder Bay, Ontario, Great White North

GS2 - 4/3/2026 04:45
260david437 - 3/31/2026 06:25

I bought 29 cows from a Lely robot farm and trying to train them to go through our DeLaval robots. They are starting to do better and several are going through by themself and the rest are starting to go in better. The problem with pets they sneak up behind you and rub there head on your back and give you a shove or come up and want there head scratched. The biggest problem with them is if they don’t want to go where you want them to they ether just stand there and not move or just walk over the top of you. Other than that they are nice cows but I hate to work with tame cows. 

It is completely genetic. Some of ours from birth like to be "pets" and some that spent their entire life as bottle calves want absolutely nothing to do with a human outside of being fed.


Sorry I would disagree.

Definitely a genetic component to disposition but to say "It is completely genetic" is certainly different from my observations. 

Some farms have wild animals, and they have become that way through the skill (or lack of) the people caring for them. 

My experience is overwhelmingly with dairy cattle but beef are still cows, albeit typically raised with less human interaction.

Have you spent much time around any herds of cattle other than your own? 


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