Nobody tell Wooz….

…our cows are pampered enough.  But in Canada they’re taking it to a high art, believing it helps with production.  Dairy cows even have massages and even water beds. The story is here:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story/2012/05/29/sci-cows-chiropractors.html

Of course, the idea isn’t new.  Wooz believes talking to our cows has definitely been a factor in their ultra-docility.  And we’ve seen studies saying cows perform better when you call them by name.

Going back a little farther, I remember an uncle playing classical music on a battered old radio for his cows….70 years ago.  And of course the lonely cowboy on the trail singing to a nervous herd is the stuff of legend, though it may be he was really trying reassure himself more than the cows.