Some halter training progress is happening for little Emma and Miss Brittney. Being only two weeks old, Emma is learning to be handled by humans. All calves are super friendly when they're small and will follow you just about anywhere if they think they may get some milk or food out of you. When you first put a halter on any of them, all they want to do is pull back. Just like any animal; horse, puppy, learning what is wanted from them while on a halter or leash takes practice and training.
Now, it's not necessary for our calves, heifers and cows to be halter trained at all but I wanted to begin this halter training program with the kids so they can feel more a part of the dairy and learn to handle the calves and when they're older, the heifers and cows.
To show a heifer or large animal at the county fair, a child must be 8 or 9 years old. Bryce and Paige have a few more years to go before they get to that point and if they choose to go that route, giving them some experience with the calves they've picked out themselves, will give them a sense of accomplishment and some good hands on experience.....I hope.
Along with practicing to lead on a halter, comes lots of 'hand's on' pet time. Just today, we found Brittney LOVES to be scratched behind the ears.
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