What's with cattle and garden hoses? The adult cattle seem to like to pull the garden hose out of the water trough, and now I see my little-over-a-month-old baby calf doing the same thing as soon as I put the hose into the water trough. You can see that in the video below.
Earlier Momma had come from the pasture to the water trough - and to score a few apples as she saw me working in the back yard. Baby woke up while Momma was at the water trough and came running from back in the pasture. She was on the other side of the barb wire fence and ran along the fence to try to get to Momma. She ran north until she came to the corner with the middle pasture fence. Then she ran south. I thought she would run all the way to the open gate but she stopped short and ran back and forth along the fence several times. Finally she crawled through the barb wire fence and then raced across the pasture.
Momma and the water trough is west of the house but Baby ran to the south of the house then stopped. Huh?! She looked and looked for Momma but didn't look out way. I had to call to Baby to get her attention. Then she came over to us. Baby bleated as she came to us. Apparently she was complaining to Momma about being left alone in the pasture.
After eating the apples and drinking water Momma and Baby left to go to the fence by the road. After Baby fed from Momma she laid down. Later Tammy and I noticed Momma had walked back to the east side of the pasture to eat. Baby was in the hayfield looking for Momma, and once she saw Momma, Baby trotted over to her. Almost. There was a barb wire fence in Baby's way. So Baby walked back and forth along the barb wire fence.
The neighbor to the south has a herd of horses in the pasture and Baby would get distracted looking at the horses. Or distracted with something else. Then back and forth along the fence.
*sigh* "Baby, go to the open gate."
Having seen Baby's "Houdini barb wire" trick earlier, I was afraid she would go through the fence to the horses as Momma was not paying any attention to her. But eventually Baby slipped through the fence and went over to join Momma.
I'm not too keen on Baby learning to slip though barb wire fences. In my experience, once cattle learn something, they don't forget.
And I hope Baby doesn't develop "abandonment issues".
The video of Baby and Momma is 1:31 long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7GN-a5Rri4
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