firesweepranch
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My son is 6 (will be 7 in September). He is our youngest, and has really not shown a huge interest in cattle until Jackie. Jackie was intended for our middle child, Rachel, 9. Jackie was a free replacement for the horrible heifer story I told you all about in December (she had a 110 pound bull calf stuck in her, and was down for more than two weeks before we got her up and moving and off to the stockyards). She is no beauty, and will never win any big fairs. BUT, she is the MOST LOVING heifer we have ever owned! We picked her up when she was 5 months old (in April), and she was SKINNY. Food was a major contributor to her personality. Fast forward a few months. Our son goes out in the pasture to help, and Jackie comes trotting right up to him, licking him and following him around like a puppy dog. So now, he has claimed her, and takes her out of the pasture each evening and gives her grain, brushes her, kisses her, and walks her to fresh clover patches almost every night before walking her back to the main pasture to put with the herd. Today, he decided it was a good day to give Jackie a bath, all by himself! So he put her halter on, walked her to the trailer, hoped up on the wheel well, and tied her. He then bathed and blew her, all by himself! I am just so proud of him, and pray that nothing ever happens to Jackie! The two just love each other! I am so glad he has finally shown an interest in the cattle business, just wish she was a bit prettier! ;D