
My dog died last week, and I'm already sick of people sending me that stupid Rainbow Bridge poem. Tell us about excellent (or rubbish) pets
( , Thu 31 Jan 2013, 19:42)
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My mate Geoff had a herd of Friesian dairy cattle and I used to help him weekends. A cold February Sunday and a heifer decides it's her time to calf but she can't get it out. Ropes on legs and much tugging and eventually a sad floppy form spills out onto the meadow. By this time farmer and I are lying on the icy grass breathing smoke signals. Geoff instinctively unblocked the calf's nasal passage and we put this one down to the absence of a god. About a minute later we stood up and prepared to dispose of the corpse and by now you've all guessed the ending. The calf kicked into life and we carried him to a relatively warm barn. An hour later I had him bottle trained ( his mum was too exhausted). Outcome:- well male calves of dairy breeds, have a guess.
( , Wed 6 Feb 2013, 22:18, 3 replies)
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