National Cow Day

Driving in the car today I heard the morning guys announce that today was National Cow Day. Now these two DJs are basically throw-backs to the WKRP in Cincinnati show. In fact, they were probably rejects from the show so I'm not too sure if what they were saying was actually fact or not. But according to them, today is Cow Day and they had some interesting facts about cows. Cows graze north to south or south to north, I can't remember which. Now I have seen a lot of cows here on PEI and I can't ever recall them all pointing in one direction as they ate. It's something you'd think I'd notice. But may-be not, usually when I see cows, I'm driving so I'm not paying a whole lot of attention to their compass points. Another little known fact (according to the DJs) is cows like to solve puzzles like opening a doorknob and such. Apparently, their heart rate increases as well as their brain activity. I wouldn't be surprised if that is true, animals are often a lot more than what we dumb humans realize.

So in honour of National Cow day, I am posting the closest thing the DaM Farm has to a cow. That's Dusk, at 130 lbs, he could pass as a small cow, especially with that white streak down his face, lots of cows have those. Dusk doesn't eat pointing a certain direction, he eats where the food falls. He also wouldn't solve a puzzle if his life depended on it. But Dusk can dance. If you look at the picture, you will see his hind feet are 4 - 5 inches higher than his front feet and his hips are higher than they should be, too. Well, you kinda have to squint to see that on account of the branches. Anyhow, he looks that way because he's dancing. He loves to go under the lowest branches of his favorite tree and, standing in place, jump up and down using only his hind feet. I've never known a dog to do that before. But I've never seen a cow open a door by using a doorknob either. So if one is possible, I'm sure the other is too.