Whenever we head out to the cabin on the Elk River one of the things we look forward to doing is the “deer and wine tour.” We drive up into the pastures and look for deer who are feeding along the tree line in the early evening. Along with looking for deer, we also look at my brother-in-law, Dick’s cattle that he keeps on the property, looking for any newborns, looking at their sweet faces. On this trip, we put Trixie, our four legged nutcase, in the back of the Trooper to see how she would react to the cows. The first two days, the trips to the pasture where pretty uneventful although it was quite funny watching her watch the cows out of the car window, crying and barking at those big cows.
Wednesday night was different though. We got out in the big pasture and since it had been mowed and the grass was not very tall, I got out of the car and opened the back and let Trixie out to see what she would do. She was very excited to see the cows up close. The funny thing was, the cows seemed to want to see her. What began as a small group of cows suddenly grew to the entire herd. All the cows started coming up to where we were, some actually running up to us. Pretty soon we had a large semi circle of cattle in front of us, waiting for Trixie to tell them what to do. We laughed, she barked, the cows mooed and then I put Evan & the dog back in the vehicle and we drove on to the back pasture to look for deer.
After driving the perimeter of the back pasture, all of a sudden Evan says, “Look mom, all the cows are following us!” Sure enough, the entire herd was trotting into the pasture looking for us. We stopped again and let Trixie out and again, the cattle gathered in front of her. Once I put her back in the car, the cows followed us out of the pasture. Apparently Trixie has some sort of Rock Star status with the cows that we were not aware of before. Evan thought it was hilarious and was doubled over with laughter, it was a good evening and we will take her back so the cows can continue to adore her… But don’t tell the cat, he is into that whole Egyptian, humans worship cats thing!
Wednesday night was different though. We got out in the big pasture and since it had been mowed and the grass was not very tall, I got out of the car and opened the back and let Trixie out to see what she would do. She was very excited to see the cows up close. The funny thing was, the cows seemed to want to see her. What began as a small group of cows suddenly grew to the entire herd. All the cows started coming up to where we were, some actually running up to us. Pretty soon we had a large semi circle of cattle in front of us, waiting for Trixie to tell them what to do. We laughed, she barked, the cows mooed and then I put Evan & the dog back in the vehicle and we drove on to the back pasture to look for deer.
After driving the perimeter of the back pasture, all of a sudden Evan says, “Look mom, all the cows are following us!” Sure enough, the entire herd was trotting into the pasture looking for us. We stopped again and let Trixie out and again, the cattle gathered in front of her. Once I put her back in the car, the cows followed us out of the pasture. Apparently Trixie has some sort of Rock Star status with the cows that we were not aware of before. Evan thought it was hilarious and was doubled over with laughter, it was a good evening and we will take her back so the cows can continue to adore her… But don’t tell the cat, he is into that whole Egyptian, humans worship cats thing!
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