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Post by lakeportfarms on Aug 14, 2013 12:25:49 GMT -5
They are riding in the back cargo area of a Ford Expedition. Their two daughters on each side of the back seat, and the 6 month old baby in the center of the back seat with his car seat facing the calves (the photo is basically from his perspective). Father and mother in the front seat. About a 2 hour drive back to their new home. They'll have stories (and photos) to show and tell their children one day   |
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Post by karenp on Aug 14, 2013 12:31:35 GMT -5
The picture is too cute. The paramedic in me is thinking about extricating an infant from underneath a calf should there be an accident.
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Post by Morning Star Farm on Aug 14, 2013 12:33:52 GMT -5
Talk about traveling in style! Looks like one happy little girl too!
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Post by marion on Aug 14, 2013 12:51:47 GMT -5
Awwwww..that is just the best!!! I would worry about the infant though, unless the ropes were tied to the back floor..
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Post by ssrdex on Aug 14, 2013 13:56:31 GMT -5
I swear Hans...I'm waiting for the pic of 1 of your customers hauling 1 off on the handlebars of a bike or or maybe in a motorcycle sidecar with its own helmet!!
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Post by lakeportfarms on Aug 14, 2013 14:54:19 GMT -5
Well, Michigan's helmet law for motorcycles was repealed a couple of years ago, but for safety reasons maybe I should come up with a bovine helmet just in case you're right Joel. Since we seem to ship so many in the back of SUV's I should probably come up with some type of calf diaper too (male and female version). They made the trip fine until 20 minutes from home when they stopped for gas and decided to loosen up the leads to make them more comfortable. Once they started to move around, they decided they needed a potty break. Even though we had taken some precautions on that with plastic on the floor and cardboard on the sides, they still managed to fill the back cup holders and a few other nooks and crannies in the back of the car. We'll have to advise anybody else doing this to make sure their tank is full and the kids have used the restroom before the calves are loaded and they head for home. They actually were tied pretty well to the headrests, and though I suppose a sudden stop would pose some issues, but so would piling lots of luggage back there. As I did last year with the bull that went to Indiana, this bull was too heavy to lift up so I used the "maintenance-cage" that fits on forks, then raised it up to the level of the hatch and walked him across into the car. We then loaded the two girls in with him and got them on their way. We actually didn't expect the kids to make this trip. Their daughter Lilly is very sweet. We tried to get them to leave her with us for a while but mom said she is the one that holds their farm together so they couldn't spare her She is also the one in the picture we had of one of our Highlands laying down from a prior post. They are really enjoying them. We love getting families started into raising their own Dexters! |
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Post by midhilldexters on Aug 14, 2013 16:05:12 GMT -5
Gene, we don't often agree but I'm with you on this one!
Carol K
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Post by lakeportfarms on Aug 15, 2013 5:04:36 GMT -5
Perhaps I've hit on a solution to the Middle East conflicts...Dexters! Err...On second thought, I just remembered chondro  |
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Post by wvdexters on Aug 15, 2013 7:29:52 GMT -5
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Post by littlecowfl on Aug 17, 2013 16:36:52 GMT -5
That almost beats the man that picked up three sheep he bought from us and shoved them into the back seat of his four sedan (he did have a blanket down, bless his heart). Correction: his WIFE'S four door sedan. The sheep were sitting in the back with their front legs just up by the seat backs and making their sheep noises to protest. He had a 30 minute drive home. I hope he didn't cause any accidents from people looking over and seeing sheep faces baaing and steaming up the windows....I didn't get any pictures, but it is ingrained in my mind.
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Post by lhaggard on Aug 17, 2013 20:42:11 GMT -5
Some years ago when my 3 sons were in 4H, we went to our first lamb sale to just "look." Wound up buying 2. Didn't have a trailer with us--we were in an old Ford P/U. Put 1 lamb in the back with 2 sons holding him and put the other up front with me and my youngest son. Boys were hungry, so we went thru drive-thru @ McDonalds, placed our order thru the "thingy" then drove up to the 1st window to pay. About the time the McD lady slid the window open to receive my money, the lamb up front stepped in my lap, stuck his head out the P/U window and went, "Baaaaaaaaaaa." The lady inside almost died of fright. She didn't have a clue what had just happened. I thought I was gonna have to spank my 2 boys to get them to stop laughing. Of course, it didn't help that Dad was laughing also. We've put baby calves on the back seat of Momma's car with a garbage bag around the rear end, hauled baby pigs in the back of a station wagon, and hauled Shetland ponies in the back of a P/U without any sides on it. A country boy/girl gotta do what a country boy/girl's gotta do.
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Post by littlecowfl on Aug 18, 2013 3:09:10 GMT -5
LOL! I rode my horse through the drive through back when I lived in Virginia. Not for me, though. My horse loves Popeye's curly fries.
I also had a stray goat jump into my truck cab. He was unwelcome. Especially when he peed in there. Don't leave your windows down in a rural town.
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Post by lakeportfarms on Aug 18, 2013 6:50:10 GMT -5
Great stories!
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