Recent content by Travlr

Good on you... But how do you know they aren't looking for him?

(facepalm) It's really strange when someone has a single year of experience that they've repeated twenty+ times and they think they know it all. Where the h*ll do you think natural ability comes from??? The tooth fairy? Genetics 101...

The reason they are not used is because they are difficult to call off. If they carry the trait to be focused in an attack they don't release on command. And it's difficult for even experienced trainers to reliably determine how focused a pit will be. Just like bird dogs, some are less capable...

That's most people's experience. They've never seen a triggered dog. Interestingly, pit bulls are no more likely to bite than other breeds, which seems like a contradiction. The breed most likely to bite is the Chihuahua. And Cocker Spaniels are said to have the worst bite. But there are a lot...

You said, "They knew they had a human aggressive dog and did nothing about it. They also should not have turned any dog loose with a new kid in the yard, unsupervised." When I had said, "a dog that my grandson (who was playing with his friend, a person living with the dog) had played with...

Please reread what I wrote... The tenacity genes involved in the pit type attack pattern actually protect those that are trying to pull the dog off of its victim. In a focused attack the dog is only concentrating on its victim. There are plenty of videos you can review where the attacking dog...

My own kids have never understood why I don't see pit type dogs as a good idea. Dad says it... so it must be wrong syndrome. We've all gone through it so I really can't blame them. But about five years ago my 10 year old grandson was playing with a friend in the friend's back yard, sitting on a...

Sale I went to today sold 106 Corriente cross steers, 900+ pounds and dehorned, sell for $1.51. I really don't get it. I also saw 500# steers sell for $200 more than their 200# heavier brothers from the same place.

Vegans are especially aggravating. I don't know enough to comment on their health claims... but their animal cruelty and environmental information is always inflated, lacking context, or just flat out lies. I can refute them all. I don't give a dam* what someone chooses to eat... but I do care...

Good article... and the replies to it tell a story about how people with no experience will never accept anything but their own ideas given to them by others with no frame of reference.

Milk her out when the calf is born and the teats will reduce in size, the calf then keeping them small as it nurses. But she's on the short list at weaning.

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There are a few reasons I look at the sire's dam when I'm considering using semen, and her udder is one of those things. And it follows that with a bull prospect I would be looking at his sire and that sire's dam for udder quality. But six years old and having problems is problematic. If you...