When I moved up from Texas I soon found two bred longhorn cows for sale. So I bought them. It was great having a couple of cows. They reminded me of Texas and they were truly beautiful cows. The next spring one calved and the other turned out to be not pregnant.
The calf was beautiful, truly. The cow would leave it hidden in the grass or under a large bunch of trees just like a deer and then return to feed it on regular intervals. Except if you decided to go walking towards the baby, then she was there in an instance to make sure her calf was safe.
Both of these cows were extremely friendly and I enjoyed the heck out of petting them. The calf quickly grew and by winter he became a true nightmare. He would easily jump the fence and tear up the hay pile. He had learned that the hot wire really didn't bite that much so he would just go through it.
The next spring, I knew I needed a stronger fencer than the one I had. I went to Bleyls in Sunnyside to look for a bigger model. They were out of all the intermediary ones but had one that was good for several miles of fence. Well, I didn't exactly have several miles of fence but I figured that this one would pack more of a zap and keep the yearling in.
And it did. The calf and cows learned immediately that the fence was no longer to be messed with so they stayed away from it....great I had solved that problem!!!
So one day I am out checking the irrigation on the pasture and it had broken loose so the whole pasture was saturated with water. No big deal. I had a hoe and was chopping any errant weeds I found and soon found one under the hot wire fence....
I went to chop the weed and the next thing I knew there was a loud "pop" and I was knocked onto my butt! The shock had been so strong that it was truly scary! I sat there for a minute while the cows watched me and then decided I should get rid of this maximum range fencer and get a more appropriate one! I did and never had any more problems with that!!!
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