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Originally Posted by Hedge Witch  Well, I think it's understandable. They don't show any fear as they approach, and they can come at you at great speed. It's a case of becoming used to them. Don't act scared and try and walk slowly. There's often a ring leader. I used to find that if you let him come up to you, get used to you, then get bored of you, most of the others will soon follow suit. Then you are "accepted", and you can carry on with what you were doing.
EDIT - just read Ellen's post. Yep, if you have a dog in tow, avoid the field altogether. |
I've never been frightened of cows, (or by any aninmal for that matter) and have walked through enough of them, but last year I walked by a small group, and for the first time got a bit scared. They were not with calves.
There was indeed a "ring leader" who seemed to be unnaturally curious. She really started to put herself in my face and I sensed that things might get out of hand, to the extent that I looked around for the best way to vault the hedge into the next field. The others seemed to be given confidence by the ring leaders' behaviour, which made me all the more nervous.
It could be that I mistook their intentions, but I definately percieved a threat, and I am not the kind of person to do so lightly. Suffice to say I took the "threat" seriously and got out of their field sharpish, trying not to spook them any further in the process.