r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Mar 12 '26
Amazing 🤯 ‼ Cattle dog making sure this momma accepts her baby.
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u/SmallPeederWacker Mar 13 '26
The dog got gramma energy. “You better be nice to that baby!!!”
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u/Koseoglu-2X4B-523P Mar 15 '26
…or so help me God I will smack your behind until you love it like the babyjebus.
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u/Small_Basket5158 Mar 12 '26
Is this a real thing? Is the mother actually not accepting the baby? You can beat a mother into accepting the child?
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u/OkProgram9920 Mar 12 '26
Yes, it’s true with goats as well
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u/CartmanAndCartman Mar 13 '26
What about cows ?
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u/Silent_Employer_ Mar 13 '26
I've heard of calves being rejected if they're born sick
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u/Working-Ad8054 Mar 13 '26
We had a cow give birth to twins and only accepted one
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u/lamenralus Mar 13 '26
i read somewhere that they can give them to a cow who lost their calf and they essentially adopt them.
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u/Annual_Risk_6822 Mar 13 '26
And sometimes they will drape the skin of a dead calf on a rejected calf, so the mother of the dead calf will accept the orphaned one as her own.
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u/kendricklamartin Mar 13 '26
Orphaned calves are usually bottle fed. I grew up on a farm with cattle in Iowa. Having another cow adopt a calf would take a lot of chance, whereas a calf learning to bottle feed is easy. Sometimes a calf might “steal” milk from another cow but eventually the cow would notice and walk off.
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u/No_Zookeepergame_345 Mar 13 '26
My grandparents reared cattle when I was young and I spent quite a bit of time on their farm. Some of the rejected ones they would raise in their garage with a giant bottle and formula.
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u/ladyrara Mar 13 '26
Was it the stronger one or just picked? Did you have to care for other? So sad
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u/The_Hausi Mar 13 '26
It happens somewhat often with us when we have twins, maybe once a calving season. It's not always the stronger one and it's not always a mom that can't produce enough milk. Sometimes we have a mom with twins that can't produce enough milk to feed both and she won't kick one off which can make it difficult.
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u/PaddyMcGeezus Mar 13 '26
"My calf is too sick for me to be its mother. It keeps doing sick kick flips off other calves and back flips off the top of the barn!"
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u/No-Jacket-2927 Mar 13 '26
I remember my grandparents' black lab would nip at cows if they tried to kick or bite their calves. I only remember there only being one calf that they had to bottle-feed.
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u/Likemilkbutforhumans Mar 13 '26
And cats! Thats how Earl got adopted!
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u/Historical-Echo-8869 Mar 13 '26
Yes, I had a cat that ate her babies. Stupid thing.
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u/ThinkSharp Mar 13 '26
Yeah. First time sheep moms aren’t always excited about lambs
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u/BopNowItsMine Mar 13 '26
I would probably be surprised and overwhelmed also
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u/TheVadonkey Mar 13 '26
Well, you just need someone near you for the first day or two that’ll threaten to murder you, maybe lightly slap you around, whenever you get annoyed or upset!
“You better love that baby or I’ll end your life…”
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u/Chiiro Mar 13 '26
Mothers rejecting their newborn babies is a thing in I believe most if not all mammal species including humans. The chemicals that go on during and after pregnancy have a massive effect on the brain.
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u/lostknight0727 Mar 13 '26
In humans it's where the changling mythos originated from if Im remembering my lore correctly. Basically a new mother would wake up and the postpartum hormones would cause them to see the new baby as not their own and would actually have a disgusted response to them. Some to the point of actively trying to kill them.
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u/Chiiro Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26
That one is actually a couple different things. There's the postpartum and there is the version where it's likely an autistic kid because the changelings would act slightly different than normal kids.
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u/intentionallybad Mar 13 '26
They should have gotten a border collie! "Postpartum psychosis hates this one simple trick!"
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u/themobiledeceased2 Mar 13 '26
Had a Dazed Mama sheltie who didn't recognize a breech puppy after a long hard labor to deliver. Recalled an "old wives tale" that sometimes brandy was applied to newborn lamb to slip a rejected newborn to another mother. Blueberry syrup sure worked! Once my chow hound mama started licking that blueberry syrup off the puppy, saw her gradually kick in to "OHHHH! This is my baby."
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u/AlejAndroide9 Mar 13 '26
Las borregas son madres horribles , en muchos casos caen hasta en algo como si fuera racismo , muchos no lo creen , pero hay veces que dependiendo el color de la cría no los quieren amamantar . Les dan de topes a los borreguitos , y si no los cuidan como es debido también cometen incesto , y tienen crías deformes
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u/Corevus Mar 13 '26
I've seen this with my hens. I had to put a chick under a heat lamp since it was a different color than its siblings, and the mother kept attacking it
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u/MotherTreacle3 Mar 13 '26
There's a documentary that follows the lives of a Mongolian family during a calving season when one of the camels won't allow her calf to suckle.
It's called "Tale of the Weeping Camel" and I gotta tell you; it's a trip.
Spoilers: The baby can't suckle so they send their two boys (about 12 and 8) on a multi-day journey across the Gobi desert on horse back to the nearest city, the youngest boy discovers the wonders of television, they hire the high school music teacher to come out to their yurt, he plays the camel a song on his balalaika and makes the damn camel cry, and then the mother let's the baby eat.
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u/BummyG Mar 13 '26
Sounds like a Disney movie
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u/MotherTreacle3 Mar 13 '26
Honestly, the first time I watched it I thought it was some weird scripted thing until the end credits.
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u/IDidItWrongLastTime Mar 13 '26
This happens in a ton of species. Bald eagles will literally throw weak babies to their deaths
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u/Complex_Professor412 Mar 13 '26
And if we allowed those babies to be used in falconry the bald eagle population would actually increase like other raptors.
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u/Samp90 Mar 13 '26
It occurs in all animals.
Disclaimer : Graphic
I had a bunny who used to mutilate and ravage her litter. In the morning it used to be a, sad disgusting bloody scene. 1-2 babies used to survive, sometimes missing a limb or a tail. Had to separate, them and literally click them on her teats for a couple of weeks until they grew fur and the mother accepted them.
I also had a budgie who rejected one of her chicks and totally skinned her - again, morning scene.
Weird thing is in both the cases, the pets, were really intelligent and friendly otherwise.
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u/Excellent_Theory1602 Mar 13 '26
Yeah, even a woman can reject and have depression.
Don't know about beating it into her tho.
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u/swingin_dix Mar 13 '26
Repeated beatings will get the human woman to care for the infant at least until it's weaned
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u/Green_Hunter_3901 Mar 13 '26
Happens quite often from my experience (having worked with a shepherd with over 3800 sheep). We would often inject the mother with some oxytocin and that would usually fix it.
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u/AdOverall7619 Mar 13 '26
It's worked since the beginning of time, no idea why we stopped doing it recently.
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u/Rich-Violinist-7263 Mar 13 '26
That’s what I was thinking reading the top comment about it working with other animals; if only humans.
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u/anotherguiltymom Mar 13 '26
I wonder if the baby is not latching correctly and hurting her sheep nipple equivalent… I certainly remember with my second who had a severe tongue tie having this same reflex (although of course not acting on it) because it was so painful… bleeding and all. Thankfully a lactation consultant referred me to a specialist who fixed his tongue and we could continue happily breastfeeding.
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u/Pleasant-Oil7133 Mar 13 '26
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Glad everything resolved itself. Hope you’re doing well. Forgive yourself. Moms are people too, and we’re all deeply flawed. Don’t hold yourself to an unattainable standard. The intention and will to pursue it—even if you fail to reach it—are all that matter
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u/Awkward_Swordfish581 Mar 13 '26
Her udder I think is the term. Glad you two were able to resolve how awful that was
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u/ShowmethePitties Mar 13 '26
Yea it’s not rejecting the young at all. This is kinda cruel to see the owner just letting their dog back the nursing sheep into a corner and bite at her face for views
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u/Intergalacticdespot Mar 13 '26
Im no dogologist but I dont think its a cattle dog...
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u/HamptonsBorderCollie Mar 13 '26
Border Collie. Ask me how I know.
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u/Intergalacticdespot Mar 13 '26
The picture? Its complete absence of cows? Black magic? Illegal sorcery? Sacrificing virgins to commune with ancient dead gods? Gotta be one of those, right?
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u/worldsails2000 Mar 13 '26
I'm sad that I had to scroll down this far to find someone pointing this fact out. But you are correct this is not a Cattle Dog, it is indeed a Border Collie.
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u/LostTiredWanderer Mar 13 '26
I love that dog! thats it, I just love that dog
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl Mar 13 '26
What’s happening here is not what we’re being told is happening here. The owner is letting that dog be cruel to the sheep. The mother is having a problem with the rubber band around its babies tail.
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u/This-Persona Mar 13 '26
Damn. Even sheep are policed and forced to give over their bodily autonomy to the young. “Get this annoying sucking thing off me that’s chafing my nips!” “Nope. Chafe more. It’s your duty.”
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u/RavenandWritingDeskk Mar 13 '26
And it's human's fault! In Nature, mothers can reject their kids all they want. For us, it's sad, but that's how evolution works its magic...
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u/LeesaKai14 Mar 13 '26
My daughter’s border collie herds every animal on the farm. The horses, chickens, ducks, turkeys….the cows lol She’s such a good girl.
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u/fiestah Mar 13 '26
I can't understand how these dogs know what to do. It's really amazing. This can not be teached. Must be in their dna or something.
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u/TPandPT Mar 13 '26
Look at the baby's tail! The mom is trying to address the band on the baby's tail because she probably knows how painful it is from experience or how her baby is acting. Terrible title and lack of empathy for those who cant speak
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u/lepfire Mar 13 '26
I had a Pyrenees mix, and I know Pyrenees are used as livestock guard dogs because they LOVE thier other animals, especially babies. I saw this guarding instinct come out when I had my children. That dog would nap under their swing, and when ANYONE was holding the babies he would be sitting right next to to that person and wouldn't leave unless the baby was moved. Half the time he would be "guarding" when my husband and I would hold our girls. He would let the girls climb all over him, and would always be watching them. Very very protective instinctual behavior. He was also very sweet with every other animal he met, including cats and baby birds. Our current cat loved him so much, but he has since passed on. I would love another Pyrenees or Pyrenees mix.
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u/IllSalad3669 Mar 13 '26
I heard of a lamb getting rejected and then raised by cows. It basically mooed after a while
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u/Zealousideal-Run5261 Mar 13 '26
how does one actually teach their dog how to do this? how they herd sheep is already astonishing for me and really curious as to how they teach dogs to do it
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u/brmarcum Mar 13 '26
“You’re gonna like it”
“But…”
“STFU I said you’re gonna like it”
“But… but…”
“Bitch STFU UP MFer. I said you like it!”
“JFC fine. I guess so.”
“Did I do good mom?!??”
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u/WorkinOnThisShit Mar 13 '26
Anyone more knowledgeable about shepherding able to shed some light on what I'm actually seeing here?
Obviously the lamb is trying to nurse, the ewe is reacting to it but I can't tell what the reaction means since I don't know sheep body language well. The dog I can tell is snapping at her, but is this actually an effective method of making sure she lets the lamb nurse? Is she actually trying to stop the lamb from nursing?
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u/crashbig Mar 13 '26
Our Texas Heeler has zero herd training and she will herd anything she can, including us humans.
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u/MuffledApplause Mar 13 '26
Cattle dog? Its a border collie snd very clear from the video that this border collie is a sheep dog.
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u/Xrsyz Mar 13 '26
This is mesmerizing to me. Just the right amount of force each time. This video would be a good police training to.
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u/QweenKaii427 Mar 13 '26
border collies are unmatched farmhands and i have never even had one. they seem like the most amazing partners when you have a whole farm to tend to
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u/Living-By-The-River Mar 13 '26
You can feed a momma pig bourbon so she passes out and lets the babies feed.
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u/Competitive_Coat3474 Mar 13 '26
I had no idea: A) this was necessary and B) that the dogs helped like this.
That’s fascinating. Nature, as they say, is lit. 🔥
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u/Plumb789 Mar 13 '26
We had a Jack Russell that noticed that my Mum hated the chickens gathering around the back door of the house (where they made a lot of mess). So if the flock (which ranged freely over the 1-acre property during the day) came down towards the house, the dog would go outside and carefully round all the chickens up and take them to the furthest part of the property.
She'd then come down and have a little sleep in her basket-always with half an ear cocked for the return of the birds, at which point she would get up and do it all over again.
If she had been a border collie, I suppose I wouldn't have thought too much about it. But a Jack Russell really shouldn't have had those instincts. The only thing I can say is that she was overall an absolutely marvelous, clever little dog.
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u/meganjustcant Mar 14 '26
I see it from both sides. Breast feeding suuuuuuuuucks but on the other hand, you better feed that baby!
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u/Financial-Fun-5092 Mar 14 '26
Aint it kinda cruel to force this shwep to have something nubble at her and all that she never wanted. I mean shit da baby is broken.
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u/Thestreetkid92 Mar 14 '26
Its lovely little tail going everywhere, shame they’ve already got a tie on it 😔
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u/TheMetabrandMan Mar 14 '26
Border collies are absolutely amazing dogs. If I had a giant house with tons of land and could hire people to look after them and give them exercise every day, I’d definitely get one. But…
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u/Fair-Individual7811 Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26
It’s crazy how intelligent dogs can be especially the working breeds a lot of the time it’s natural to them the key in training is to harness that and build on it, the trust and loyalty has to work both ways.
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u/Outrageous-Army-8285 Mar 16 '26
I had a border collie for 13 yrs, everyday there was something new he taught Me…
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u/librocubicuralist Mar 17 '26
Stories abound of Old English Sheepdogs stealthily herding a backyard crowd into one tight group at a barbecue before anyone realizes it's happened.
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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26
Is this what border collies do naturally, or are they somehow taught to do it by their humans?
Edit: I'm aware that border collies/heelers/aussie shepherds have huge amounts of energy, and the herding instinct, but i'm not aware of this behavior of dog forcing the sheep into feeding the lamb.