The cattle that my family and that the Boy raise are purebred cattle (this means that they have registration papers just like a purebred dog would). We also show our cattle (similar to a dog show) and this helps us market our cattle and genetics.
This fall my family will be showing quite a few animals, and my dad has been working hard on getting them in show shape. This means brushing, washing and even giving them hair cuts (we call this clipping).
So today I would like to present you with the steps of washing cows.
First you need to tie your cow's head up tight. This will help restrict their movement.
First you take a garden hose with a nozzle on it and wet down the entire animal. After this step I take a mild soap (we often use a mild dish soap) and put that all over the animal's body.
Then I take a scrub brush and work in the soap. Cattle usually really like being washed because of the scrubbing. It is like an all over massage.
And as you can see washing cattle gets the cattle really clean, but you get really dirty. At least diamonds are really durable.
Once I've scrubbed and rinsed all the soap out of the animal, then it is time to brush. We'll take two types of brushes to brush all the hair in one direction, usually forward and up at an angle.
You can see I've brushed the top part forward. All the hair must be brush forward in the same direction. Part of the grooming process is to accentuate the good parts of the animal and hides its flaws.
And finally we use a giant hair dryer called a blower to dry the animal's hair. All in the day of working on some show cattle.
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