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Handy Cattle Working Tool
You can hook a mouth or a hoof with the new Hook Doctor from Ritchey Livestock. It has a large hook to use on a cow in a squeeze chute and a smaller one for grabbing a calf’s leg.
  “Slipping the large hook into the cow’s cheek between it and the gums lets the handler tug the head to the side,” says Grant Ritchey, Ritchey Livestock. “The cow will naturally open her mouth and give to the pressure on her cheek.”
  Putting the hook doctor in the center of the mouth encourages the cow to open up wider and makes it easier to get her to swallow pills. Light, firm pressure should always be used.
  Hooking a hoof is easy, too. Once the calf’s leg is in the air, it will usually stop moving for fear of overbalancing onto its side.
  The Hook Doctor is priced at $39.95.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ritchey Livestock ID, 13821 Sable Blvd.,
Brighton, Colo. 80601 (ph 800 327-8247; sales @ritcheytags.com; www.ritcheytags.com).


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2012 - Volume #36, Issue #2