This past semester I joined a club known as the Animal Husbandry Club. This club consists of all the members being paired up with a cow of their choice (depending on availability). We then spent the semester training our assigned cow to get her ready to show in the Orono Royal during the first weekend in May. My friend, Shannon, and I were assigned a calf that was only a few weeks old at the time— her name is CheeseKake. We spent time halter training CheeseKake, teaching her how to walk next to us, and also spent time getting her to stand still for when we set her up for the judge. There were times where training was difficult as she is so young and didn’t know much. We learned that we needed to be patient with her and could only do so much at a time. Even though some days she would only listen for 10 minutes, that was 10 minutes of training we were able to get in that day and that’s all that matters. Soon enough, May 5th was upon us and it was the day of the Orono Royal. I have shown horses for the past 5 years but had never shown a cow before. CheeseKake and I were able to place 3rd in our class out of seven heifers and that meant that we automatically qualified for the championship round. Although we did not place during the championship round, being able to have this experience was rewarding.
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