SteerLaw53
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(clapping) I went out to a local guy's pasture yesterday to look at some cattle with my younger sister who still competes in 4-H. We looked over his calves for some time and I had my sister rank her favorites (most of which I agreed with). We both agreed on one particular Apocalypse calf as the best, and mention that to the breeder. He immediately told us that he would rather us not look too hard at that calf because he had a bad front knee. I am smart enough to know to make calves walk to see about their feet and legs and I pushed this calf quite a bit but didn't notice any problems. I mentioned that to the breeder and he told us to take a closer look at the knees, and that he had been treating it. He said that the swelling had gone down but did not feel comfortable selling it to us. I thanked him and we moved on to y sister's other selections. The point is that I know of some breeders in my area that would not have even mentioned it, especially if they had been treating it to a point the swelling was down. So I would like to applaud this particualr breeder's honesty, because I know the horror stories are alot more extreme than the good experiences.
