What the heck is a show cow?

  Cattle shows are simply another form of advertising for cattle farmers. Farmers select their finest cows, bulls and calves to attend shows because all the other farmers(a.k.a potential buyers) will be there. a Cattle show is like a trade show for animals! However the best form of advertising would be to win the show, which often comes with great prizes and free advertising!
   Losing the show isn't the end of the world either. A show is most commonly judged by one and sometimes three or more people. Therefore the same animal isn't going to win everytime because its only one persons opinion about which one takes the cake. So losing is nothing to be upset about there's still going to be people there interested in you cattle to enhance their own operation.
   Before you even get to shows you have to train your cattle. You have to halter break which is very similar to collar training a dog. Wash them and cut their hair so they look their best heading into the show. The past few days I've had some helpers come over to tie some baby calves up.


Isabella





Georgia



While the calves were tied we brushed and scratched the babies so they were calm and realized that it felt good to be tied up.



Nate one of my best helpers



Nater's calf gave him a bit of a fight



after some time he was fine.



One of the main things my family does is nickname everything. After some long deliberation between georgia and Nate I give you Brain and Petunia!



Luke was more entertained with Tuggy than the babies!















By next week we'll be heading to our first show with Petunia and her momma! Keep checking in for updates on Petunia's progress!