Cows on the ranch

This cow is the granddaughter of Matilda, her grandmother Matilda was a cow we bought from a trading post on the reservation many years ago.  Matilda was anything but friendly, but after years on the ranch she became a bit more pleasant although she still wasn’t the friendliest cow around.  We did get some nice calves from Matilda and she lived a good life on the ranch.  After being on the reservation the ranch must have seemed like heaven. 

Her granddaughter has a calf of her own now and is getting ready to go out to the range for the summer.

Each cow has their own personality just like people and they are quite smart.  The older ones will know the trail and lead the younger ones to water although the cows will automatically follow the leader even though sometimes the leader isn’t going anywhere in particular.

We had a cow once that was quite friendly and named her Daisy, but found out later she only liked men.  For some reason she didn’t like women and would actually go after them.  It wasn’t just me, any women with long hair she disliked.  We finally had to get rid of her because she got mean a few times.

Cows can be interesting, but not a good pet like a cat or dog.