Different strokes for different folks, but I never did develop an affection for cows or horses. A natural result, I suppose, for spending 12 of my growing-up years inseparable from them due to the fact that we had a small family dairy. I was with those cows from 4:30 in the morning until 7, when I caught the bus to school. At 4 p.m. I rejoined the cows until 7 or 8, then homework and bed. There was time for little else.
We didn't have hired help so this was 365 days a year. Christmas was just another milking day. Bury Grandma, come back from the cemetery and milk. I'm not complaining about it, it was good for the body, good for the soul, but as a teenager there were just other things I'd have rather been doing.
Also, working with dairy cattle every day doesn't evoke the same imagery as might the "happy vaquero" out punchin' dogies. Even though our "girls" all had names, and we knew each one, mostly all we saw of them were their butts and their udders. Their faces were hidden in the stanchions, buried in their dairy ration.
Sure, we got to know their different personalities. We knew which ones were pets and which ones would kick the snot out of you if you didn't put the "kickers" on them. Some came into the world wild and crazy, and they were always wild and crazy. We even knew which ones were probably going to crap on the floor, prompting us to keep the shovel within reach when the tail began to twitch.
So, while I respect and applaud those of you who have kept this country's cattle industry alive and well, I have no nostalgia for it. I have no regrets either; that experience was a positive and formative part of my life but it is well in my past.
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