Why Cattle?

 Because cattle really are smart. Cattle are also very safe when they have the right breeding, and training. Rodeo people learned along time ago you can breed the buck into bulls ( cattle) I have been working on a breeding program for years to breed the buck out of my cattle. My cattle genetically do not kick, you can't make them. They are less likely to buck. They genetically and environmentally want to be with people. The calves see their mothers running up to humans and licking us. The calves want to do it too.

Cattle are generally lazy. This means they would rather lay down than run a race. They are for the most part very predictable, and easy going.

Cattle don't rear up like a horse. They don't shy and spook when a paper blows across the street. They are inquisitive and more likely to want to go see what something is then to run from it. There is no one perfect breed. Just like in humans, dogs, cats and everything else on this earth, everyone of them has a personality. There are good and bad animals in every breed. Picking a breed with a good history of being calm is a start. You also have to evaluate the animal you are waning to hold back, or buy for their individual temperament.

Cattle are easy to care for. Un like a horse they don't need expensive shoes ( unless ridden on rocky ground regularly) They don't need to be wormed as often and many breeders unless sending their cattle to slaughter don't vaccinate. Cattle don't need expensive tack. They don't wear bridles. They don't need a cogins test to cross state lines or the once a year mandatory tests some states require for horses. Cattle are not a West Nile risk. Cattle eat less then horses and do not require grain unless being used heavily. Cattle can eat moldy or less quality hay with out getting sick. They are not picky eaters. Cattle love attention, learn almost to quickly, retain information the first time learned, and you can put them in the pasture for months and not have to re-teach everything you did last summer. They remember and are not spooky those first few rides in the spring.

There are countless reasons why cattle are gaining fast popularity as pets and as riding and buggy animals.