Alright guys, here's my issue. My little sister is 13 and can handle any animal with the best of them. But, last year we had a crazy beef steer that tore down our corral Needless to say he made his way to the stockyards. This year we got her steer picked out of the feedlot. He was calm, he was just slow. While I was away at school my grandpa's farmhand (they stay on my grandpa's property) was working with him and worked fine. The farmhand's dumba** tried to get the pen and "show" everyone how it was done. The steer kicked the sh*t out of him. (He isn't allowed around the steers anymore. I got home from school and took my little sister out to work her animals and climbed in the pen, grabbed his halter and he didn't do anything. We walked him had my sister switch steers and she walked him, still no issues. We always end the day by brushing them out (while tied up) and I got his whole left side brushed down, his rear end and almost around to his right side. He started to charge me, I didn't think anything of it. I just chalked it up to maybe I spooked him. I came back to untie him (on his left side) and he tried to charge me again. So I decided to just leave him tied up.
I still can't get in the pen without him wanting to charge me. My sister got charged at the other day while feeding him some treats from her hand after him eating multiple others out of her with no issue, luckily she was on the opposite of a gate. I talked with the farmhand and asked if he has been charging him any, he said no. Ok, maybe it's a familiarity issue. TODAY, he charged the farm hand. I don't know what to do, I have ran out of ideas. Our fair is in about 2 weeks.
Sorry for the long story but I want you to have the whole story. I would love any help or ideas you can offer.
I still can't get in the pen without him wanting to charge me. My sister got charged at the other day while feeding him some treats from her hand after him eating multiple others out of her with no issue, luckily she was on the opposite of a gate. I talked with the farmhand and asked if he has been charging him any, he said no. Ok, maybe it's a familiarity issue. TODAY, he charged the farm hand. I don't know what to do, I have ran out of ideas. Our fair is in about 2 weeks.
Sorry for the long story but I want you to have the whole story. I would love any help or ideas you can offer.