I love cows

HiPpyChick57

Just reread your post MayBee70. Sorry I thought you were vegan. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I would like to be and I applaud anyone that can live a vegan lifestyle. I do try to eat as little meat as possible. COW upset me so much. I’m glad I watched it but it stays with me in a way no other documentary ever has.

Grandma70s

As a child I used to wander through fields of cows, quite unconcerned. I didn’t realise they could be dangerous. Luckily I survived without incident.

Mostly it is fine. But occasionally it isn't The local woman who was crushed by a herd of cows was very severely injured and will never be the same again.

We had a herd of Dexters in the adjacent field. The bull was known as Junkers. He and the cows would eat the cut grass from our lawn mower and loved pears. They would actually drool when they saw the lawn mower. When Junkers rubbed his bottom against the fence we used to tell him off as he could have easily pushed it down. He would sulk and turn his back, It would take him a few days to come round again

There used to be a few cows in a small field near my old house despite being in the city. My old dog was fascinated with them from puppyhood and they used to lick his face through the fence with their giant tongues. They were used to being petted by slightly courageous passers-by (and many, many children, obviously). They were dear souls and I missed them when they were moved away. Many a happy head scratch have I given over the years.

I’ve always loved cows. Both my parents came from farming families and I wondered if it’s in my DNA

I love animals, just been up to let a friend's dogs out and found their 2 rams had got out, managed to get them in after ringing to find where the feed was and being told to be careful, especially of one of them, but I treat all animals with respect, you can never be sure, and they were fine. A friend had 60 gorgeous Alpacas which I also loved. Oh and I'm vegetarian but don't expect others to be

An old man I used to visit lived in a flat whose windows looked directly out onto a field where cows graze. He made particular friends with one cow who used to put her head through the window, whereupon the old man would feed her a ginger biscuit.
The memory is making me smile.

That is a wonderful memory. It would make a lovely painting.

25Avalon

Yes but be cautious. Too many people, even farmers who handle livestock, have been killed or injured and not all had calves. Respect their space.

I like them but I have a healthy respect for cows. I wont go through fields with public path if cows are there especially if they have calves. A few years ago woman on holiday locally was tossed out of the field and killed when a cow took a dislike to her. Farmer was taken to court. I have a great soft spot for pigs.

I’m trying to learn to draw.

I've drawn this cow for you.

I’ve got a long way to go… (till the cows come home you might say).

Her name is Esmerelda.

I wish I could draw.
Your cow is lovely!

With me it's pigs

Leanetta

I’m trying to learn to draw.

I've drawn this cow for you.

I’ve got a long way to go… (till the cows come home you might say).

Her name is Esmerelda.

Esmerelda is lovely!

Cows are potentially dangerous. I never now walk through a field with cows.

I don't like them at all. A friend was chased by some and she was very frightened. Another farmer friend had his shoulder dislocated by one. I don't like it if I encounter them on a country walk. Many people are injured by them each year, a few fatally.

We were caught by a herd of cows, it was terrifying, my neighbours brother, a farmer , was killed by cows, and I avoid going nowhere near them.
However Esmerelda the cow is very cute.

Anywhere not nowhere.

nanna8

I feel the same about sheep. I love them, especially the herdwicks. I discovered that some of my ancestors were sheep farmers in the Lake District of England , maybe it goes through your blood. I don’t like eating lamb, though I am not strict about it.

I like sheep too and found my ancestors were shepherds.

Ditto with lamb.

My garden backs onto farmland with a herd of Limousin cattle. I just love the bull, who is very gentle with his ladies. I call him 'Red' due to his colouring (Red Bull!). He leans over my fence and eats the leaves off next door's willow tree while we have a chat.

Cattle are Ok so long as there are no cows with calves or a bull around. There is Rickerby Park in Carlisle where you walk through a field containing heifers where they tend to either stare at you or wander off when walk past. Steers( neutered male cattle) tend to be quite harmless as well. However I 'd never go into a field containing Limousins, and certainly not ones with calves or were a bull is present, as they are nasty.

I’ve been chased by a herd of bullocks, I’m quite sure they were being playful but I didn’t want to hang around to find out. It’s the only time I’ve ever thrown myself over a five bar gate and if it happened now - no chance