{"id":593,"date":"2012-03-27T07:55:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T11:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=593"},"modified":"2012-03-27T07:57:07","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T11:57:07","slug":"giving-docility-a-good-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/giving-docility-a-good-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving docility a good name…."},"content":{"rendered":"

As we’ve noted before, visitors to Thistle Hill almost always comment on two things about our cows:\u00a0 first, how healthy they look (and are), and then how well-behaved.<\/p>\n

Devon are naturally docile but our care does seem to make Thistle Hill cows and bulls especially\u00a0easy to handle.\u00a0 It’s an advantage in many ways, including the tenderness and taste of the meat.\u00a0 It also helps when show animals to a potential buyer that you can walk right into the center of the herd…no one runs to a far corner of the pasture.<\/p>\n

But the big advantage, particularly when you reach our delicate age, is the ability to work with them without fear of a broken bone.\u00a0 Yours’, not theirs’.\u00a0 And that docility travels with them as this note from a friend and customer attests:<\/p>\n

“p.s.\u00a0 we worked cows over the weekend (ear tagging for flies 3 months ahead of schedule with this weather).\u00a0 N48 – Emma, was a dream.\u00a0 Didn’t even need to restrain her head.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is a real testament to you both on your cattle handling skills that you have such incredibly calm and trusting animals.”<\/em><\/p>\n

If you’re looking for the right kind of Devon, the perfect grass fed animal, to upgrade your herd just write us for an appointment:\u00a0 info@thistlehill.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We have a very limited number of bulls and heifers ready for your pasture.<\/p>\n

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As we’ve noted before, visitors to Thistle Hill almost always comment on two things about our cows:\u00a0 first, how healthy they look (and are), and then how well-behaved. Devon are naturally docile but our care does seem to make Thistle Hill cows and bulls especially\u00a0easy to handle.\u00a0 It’s an advantage in many ways, including the tenderness and taste of the meat.\u00a0 It also helps when show animals to a potential buyer that you can walk right into the center of the herd…no one runs to a far corner of the pasture. But the big advantage, particularly when you reach our delicate age, is the ability to work with them without fear of a broken bone.\u00a0 Yours’, not theirs’.\u00a0 And that docility travels with them as this note from a friend and customer attests: “p.s.\u00a0 we worked cows over the weekend (ear tagging for flies 3 months ahead of schedule with this weather).\u00a0 N48 – Emma, was a dream.\u00a0 Didn’t even need to restrain her head.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is a real testament to you both on your cattle handling skills that you have such incredibly calm and trusting animals.” If you’re looking for the right kind of Devon, the perfect grass fed animal, to upgrade your herd just write us for an appointment:\u00a0 info@thistlehill.net. We have a very limited number of bulls and heifers ready for your pasture.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breeding","category-docility"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}