My wife and I are facing a difficult decision. We own a heifer that my son shows and it used to do very well at shows until it fell at a show. I mentioned on another post a couple months ago that I was going to try an animal chiropractor. The chiropractor was awesome and the heifer was walking pretty much normal again. We decided to take her to a show to see what the judge thought about her now that she seemed to be better.
In an effort to minimize any soreness, we took the calf down a week early and kept it at the place we bought her. On the day of the show we loaded her up and took her to show (only 8 miles away). When I unloaded her at the show, I noticed she was walking funny (all hunched up). She never loosened up while at the show. The judge absolutely loved everything about her but couldn't use her as the champion or reserve champion maintainer because how she walked and I totally agreed with the judge. He mentioned her two times during the breed champion drive and told people what he liked better about ours then the ones he picked. I took her home and let her out with the cows due to frustration. Guess what, the very next day, she no longer is walking funny. I am dumbfounded.
Short story long.....What would you do? Would you give up on her and just let her be a cow? Keep showing her since she can be shown by children of all ages? I will post a picture tomorrow just in case that would influence your decision. ??? ??? :-\ :-\
In an effort to minimize any soreness, we took the calf down a week early and kept it at the place we bought her. On the day of the show we loaded her up and took her to show (only 8 miles away). When I unloaded her at the show, I noticed she was walking funny (all hunched up). She never loosened up while at the show. The judge absolutely loved everything about her but couldn't use her as the champion or reserve champion maintainer because how she walked and I totally agreed with the judge. He mentioned her two times during the breed champion drive and told people what he liked better about ours then the ones he picked. I took her home and let her out with the cows due to frustration. Guess what, the very next day, she no longer is walking funny. I am dumbfounded.
Short story long.....What would you do? Would you give up on her and just let her be a cow? Keep showing her since she can be shown by children of all ages? I will post a picture tomorrow just in case that would influence your decision. ??? ??? :-\ :-\