During feeding, she deftly steals preview bites out of the feed cart each time it goes past her instead of nicely waiting her turn (like her neighbor Skylar does).
During turnout/playtime/heatwatch she follows around whomever is supervising and tries to eat their observation paper or take their pen or their hat. If any other cow tries to approach the afore mentioned supervising student, Lupine plays body guard, not letting anybody else get free pats or scratches except for herself.
During bring-in Lupine mostly goes to her stall, but has been known to "stall hop" and race around if the atmosphere seems favorable (and if Renee is wreaking havoc within the barn already).
During milking though, is when Lupine steals the stage and gives her best performances.
A typical milking goes something like this...
bring out the units and hang them on the pipeline.
-one between Remmi/Domino.
-one between Domino/Jaguar.
-one between Ella/Karamel.
-one between Lupine/Skylar.
plug in the units.
-plug in Remmi's.
-plug in Domino's.
-plug in Ella's.
-Lupines is wrapped around her head, the hoses pulled off the hanger and covered with a mixture of silage and drool. the hanger is stuck between her right front toes.
"prep" the first 4 cows for milking.
- prep Remmi.
- prep Domino.
- prep Ella.
- Lupine is eating your hair while you are trying to strip milk out of her udder. When you reposition yourself (to save what few hair-roots you have left), she untucks your shirt and knocks your dip cups out of your back pockets so that they roll underneath Skylar.
Begin milking each cow.
- attach Remmi's unit.
- attach Domino's unit.
- attach Ella's unit.
- Lupine pulls all the rags out of your left front pocket when you reach for her unit and flings them into the feed alley so that you can't reach them. When you get new rags to wipe her teats off, she tippy-toes herself way back into the aisle so that the hoses on the unit are too short to be able to attach it properly. When you lengthen the hoses, she tries to drink your pre-dip.
Remove the unit and move on to the next cow.
- remove Remmi's unit and bring it down to Pollywog.
- remove Domino's unit and prep Jaguar.
- remove Ella's unit and prep Karamel.
- the hoses are all wrapped around Lupine's head again, and this time she's chewing on them. When you try to prep Skylar, Lupine tries to eat your pants.
and so it goes...
Despite her regular entropic efforts, Lupine is well-liked by most. Her unusually long nose, exaggerated underbite, comedic spot pattern, and obvious personality make her a loveable goon.
It is common practice to buy a chew toy for a dog, but very few buy one for their cow. Thanks to UMADCOW student Hillary Knight, Lupine now is the proud owner of her very own chewey toy. Hopefully it will save us our milking units and our pants!