And you thought they only did the running of the bulls in Spain........

9/7/2007 - And you thought they only did the running of the bulls in Spain........

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Well, We did it in NH. On Wed. morning, about 8:50, I was woken up to screaming. It was my mom, "The cows are out the cows are out." I got dressed real quick, grabbed Kylee and woke Blake up telling him to get dressed and get in the car. My mom in passing told me she saw Big Boy, our bull, running down the rode down the hill. All i could think of was you've got to be kidding me!! I will wake up in 10 mins and this will be a dream. It wasnt! I notice in the driveway that my moms truck is behind my car and all the sets of keys for her car are gone. So i put all the kids in my car and slowly get my car out and drive over the grass. I go almost all the way down the hill, about 1.5 miles, and there is my dad on the John Deere Gator by our herd. They notice i have pulled up and start to go away from me towards the main road. My dad screams at me to get infront of them with the SUV and he will block the other side with the gator. So Picture this, a black ford explorer and a green gator blocking the road so that 1 bull with one horn, and 3 females with horns can't go further down. So we slowly get them about 1/2 way home but they decided to turn into the woods and head back down the hill. This went of for awhile when my dad told me to go find help and my mom wanted the bag of sweet grain. So i go to all of our neighbors doors, none are home, CRAP, So i decided to call a local farm, Robies Farm, for backup!! HAHA! The owners wife, Betty Sue, and 2 other guys came over to help. Also, while calling Robie's our neighbor Cristie, was coming home from her run so she came to help too. When they got here a got the herd moving they were trying to keep them on the road to keep them together easier and they would slap them on the hind quarters and my dad would then try to do that to keep them moving but he would barely touch them, just a light tap. It was funny, kind of hard to explain with words. well i guess you had to be there. But, after over 3 hours of running up and down the damn hill we finally got them home. Right away, my mom, Kylee and I went out to get all the items to electrify the fence. We had noticed the pregnant female, now named PIMA, (Pain In My Ass, haha) was the one who broke everyone out. She had been testing the fence with her nose. Well, after testing it with her nose after being "hot" she hasnt gone near it again!!! The one bad thing about having a "hot" fence is our dogs have to be careful too, which isnt possible with our accident prone dog Toby. Since getting him he has been hit by a car, My mom ran over his leg with the gator, and he picked a fight with a porcipine. Now we can add that he has tested the electic fence 2x. We feel horrible. He yelps soooo loud and runs away with his tail between his legs. So, back to the names. They are Big Boy, our bull, he came with the name, Then PIMA, because she was the one who kept trying to get out while we were making the fence 'hot', then there is Lady, who has an almost wrinkled looking face, like an old Lady, last there is Bashful, because she is always in the back of the pack but will slowly come up to say hi!! PIMA is def. the most friendly!! she will come right up to us when we get in there and she loves to be brushed! She's so much fun!! Whenever she sees someone she moos!! Friday morning i woke up to a rooster and one of the cows having a "whos the loudest" contest. The cow would moo, then the rooster would crow, and it went back and forth like that for awhile. Thank god i was already up with Kylee our I woulda been mad!! Well, it's 1:30am and i should be in bed!! ~SB

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