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by Sunsilver on 05 July 2013 - 13:07
Joan, I just happened to turn on the TV and caught a bit of the Calgary Stampede Parade.
This is what I saw!
http://www.wildwestwillie.ca/index.htm
RIde 'em, cowboy! YEEE-HAW!
I notice they say he's a steer. The more accurate term would be ox, a male that's been castrated after reaching maturity, and is therefore bigger and stronger than a steer.
This is what I saw!
http://www.wildwestwillie.ca/index.htm
RIde 'em, cowboy! YEEE-HAW!
I notice they say he's a steer. The more accurate term would be ox, a male that's been castrated after reaching maturity, and is therefore bigger and stronger than a steer.
by joanro on 06 July 2013 - 01:07
Thanks, SS. He's a big'un :-) Probably Holstein cross. Some of the biggest steers I ever saw at fairs across the country were holsteins, and Brown Swiss.
by Mindhunt on 06 July 2013 - 19:07
Holy crow, that is one big boy. Sunsilver, I didn't know that about the difference between a steer and an ox. Always learning something new on this site
by joanro on 06 July 2013 - 22:07
This is Snoopy, first brahma I raised and trained. Mid seventies, I'm building a "big loop" or " cowgirl's wedding ring", with thirty foot rope. .jpg)
by joanro on 06 July 2013 - 22:07
This is Pancho, raised and trained him in early 80's. Parade in Kissimee,Fl for Circus World. He was a two Yr old bull in pictures. 
by GSDNewbie on 07 July 2013 - 16:07
We always called matured altered male cows that work oxen..... steers to us are young altered that are going to butcher. Oxen are not hard to train and now you can even buy them trained to ride. I have a photo somewhere of my older son at age 3 riding on one with a saddle with me walking beside him of course. I preferred using them for pulling than riding :)
http://youtu.be/HDx8JhwkyDg
http://youtu.be/HDx8JhwkyDg
by Blitzen on 12 July 2013 - 09:07
Joanro, more great photos.....thanks for sharing.
by joanro on 12 July 2013 - 15:07
Blitzen, my pleasure...I could fill a book. LOL
by vonissk on 12 July 2013 - 16:07
Hey Joan. Great great pics.................I will echo Blizen here "Thanks" I wanted to make a comment about the dairy bulls--when most people think of dairy cows they think of complacent beasts out grazing on the hill. But let me tell you guys from growing up as I did that dairy bulls are mean dudes...........most of the cattle in this area are beef--Angus-Herford (sp?) crosses...........a few Angus=Holstein crosses but not so many anymore cause all the small dairies have gone bye bye.............There are some longhorns down the road--I went to a dog show once and went the wrong way in the convention center and ended up at a place where they were taking pics of people on a saddled longhorn. Because it was a group they wouldn't let me but I did get to pet him and talk to the owner a minute. This was in Dallas--go figure...........LOL Girl I bet you and I could sit and talk and look at pics..............and go on and on..............Cowgirl slumber party @ Joan's. LOL SS my birthyear twin---thanks for posting that link which I throughly enjoyed.................
by joanro on 12 July 2013 - 23:07
Like sitting around the campfire after a rodeo and having beers with friend's, relating stories and making every body laugh till their sides hurt! :-) "Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end, those the days, oh yes, those were the days!"
One time after a performance, some people from the audience came to see my brahmer, Sierra. I say see, but one of the members of the group was blind. He was a young man, and he wanted to get a "visual" of what Sierra looked like. He asked if he could touch the animal and of course I let him. I stayed next to Sierra and directed the man's hand over the brahmer's head, answered questions of how each part correlated to the man's head. He ran his hand over the prominent occipital point between the horns, and I touched the base of the man's head, showing him the correlation. The eye brow, same. The horns, and where on the man's head they would protrude if he had horns. We spent probably half an hour going over the big animal's anatomy. The man was satisfied that now he knew what a big brahmer "looked"like.
Sierra, usually not tolerant of strangers, was very patient and cooperative.
Come on over, vonissk, I'll tell you about the horses I trained for wheel chair bound Doctor who was quadriplegic and a lady who was an amputee. Gave them independence and removed the indignity of relying on others to put them on their horse's back.
One time after a performance, some people from the audience came to see my brahmer, Sierra. I say see, but one of the members of the group was blind. He was a young man, and he wanted to get a "visual" of what Sierra looked like. He asked if he could touch the animal and of course I let him. I stayed next to Sierra and directed the man's hand over the brahmer's head, answered questions of how each part correlated to the man's head. He ran his hand over the prominent occipital point between the horns, and I touched the base of the man's head, showing him the correlation. The eye brow, same. The horns, and where on the man's head they would protrude if he had horns. We spent probably half an hour going over the big animal's anatomy. The man was satisfied that now he knew what a big brahmer "looked"like.
Sierra, usually not tolerant of strangers, was very patient and cooperative.
Come on over, vonissk, I'll tell you about the horses I trained for wheel chair bound Doctor who was quadriplegic and a lady who was an amputee. Gave them independence and removed the indignity of relying on others to put them on their horse's back.
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