Mr. Boo, a Kissing Bull

Since the picture attached to the author's profile appears to be a rather large animal giving me a kiss on the chin, I probably ought to explain.

The animal is my hereford/angus herd sire.  His sole purpose in life is keep my cows happy and giving birth to calves.

He was raised in northern California on a small ranch.  His mother didn't survive some problems with his birth, so he was raised as a bottle baby.  In other words, instead of nursing his mother, he nursed on a large plastic bottle with a rubber nipple.

Dependent upon humans for security and nutrition, the little bull calf became quite friendly.  Even when he was old enough to live with the rest of the herd, he still wanted to be near and interact with his owners.  When we were considering purchasing him, the gentleman told us, "If  you go out in his pasture, he'll get in your way demanding attention."

The wife responded, "And he likes to give kisses too."

Any animal that gentle will most probably have a name, and this little bull was no different. He'd been being called "Eery Boo" by his owners, since his birthday is in late October.  We didn't think it had a good ring to it, so we started calling him Mr. Boo

When we unloaded Mr. Boo from our trailer he took a few minutes to meet the cows, then walked toward the house.  My wife, Sharon, went to the fence to talk to him, and assure him he was in a good place and would be well taken care of.

True to the wife's warning, Mr. Boo promptly proceeded to give a slobbery kiss to this new lady in his life .

Mr. Boo gives Sharon a gentle kiss (lick actually).