Monday is my "Mustard Seed" day, I get to dress up....well, a little more than I do for a day at the ranch and 9.15am I abandon my barn chores to Greg and take up my station behind a desk for 3 hours volunteering,then back down to the barn for my real job. Today was a bit different, the man was coming to start the AI (artificial insemination )process with Molly Moo and Dolly, the girls didn't know it was to be their lucky day ! ....or was it ?! Wayne turned up a little late, actually a lot late but after talking to him, I gathered that it is a bit difficult to be precise about time when you are dealing with cows and after watching him I wondered (1) was he really sane or (2) was he even human ??? I asked him if he had ever been hurt ( hoping he'd say no and that the procedure was quick and safe...he didn't !) With a big smile on his face he reeled off the multiple urgent care / emergency room visits he had made courtesy of cows...my stomach sank through my less than stable less to my shaking feet,..... thanks for the confidence shot Wayne ! Molly is no problem, though she was a bit indignant about a total stranger messing with her nether regions, she tolerated quite well. Dolly on the other hand was less than happy about the whole thing. Dolly has never had a headcollar on and Dolly was as pure as the driven snow with no intention of trading her maiden status without at least having a testosterone driven bull participating in the not too savoury procedure. Actually , thinking back to Dollys arrival at the ranch looking and sounding more like a rodeo bull than a mini cow with dwarfism she behaved quite well, she didn't cow kick ( her previous specialty) and she didn't take the gate for a walkand shedidn't head butt me ( like being broadsided by Mohammed Ali).. she managed to twist her head almost 360 degrees and if cows can scowl,...she scowled but, despite my concerns, we managed to get a headcollar on her and Wayne managed to set the implant. That was stage one, we have another 2 stages before Molly and Dolly become moms in waiting but we are (despite my hesitations) on the way..... Wayne didn't have another hospital visit to add to his repetoire, Greg didn't blow another disc and I didn't have to take a valium pill. Thank goodness for peanuts and blackmail. Time to go, Take care...( I try to !!!) M
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