My daughter was right — jerky is dramatic. He got his first halter yesterday. He's eight weeks old, really older than he should be, so we figured we better get started. We got it buckled on him, and he flopped down, just flopped himself right down on the ground. The halter is just the part that wraps around his head, so he wasn't tied up at all, he just had some straps on his head.
My husband said, "jerky, we can see your eyes, we know you're not dead." But he just lay there, and shut his eyes.
After a while, we got him up and he spent the rest of the afternoon backing up and shaking his head. It was really very dramatic (and funny). This time Christina wasn't alarmed, but she did show up to comfort him.
This morning he was handling things better. Then we tied him up during milking to keep him out of the way and it all started again. This time he pulled back as far as he could on the rope and fell over sideways. He laid there, still, with his head pulled by the rope.
Eventually playing dead got old so he started playing tug-of-war. He would tug a while, flop over on the ground, then get up and do it again. It was hard to keep our mind on milking with all the entertainment.
We expect Christina to go into heat tomorrow, but today we'll start watching closer. I hope we catch it this time.
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