I met my new girlfriend on a hike!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (220262)
Walnut Creek, California
March 12, 2018 9:31pm CST
My friend and I took a hike on Saturday that started at Lake Anza in Tilden Park and wound up at an animal farm, also in Tilden Park, that I have visited several times with the Oakland kids I used to work with. It was the same hike that led to my run-in with a slug.
At the animal farm, I befriended a cow, who was quite used to humans offering her treats and petting her. I think she's a fine catch, and I will visit her again soon. I assume she's a tad young for me, and she's not a horse, but I won't let that bother me.
Have you noticed how much kids enjoy interacting with friendly animals? I think it's good for them. There were parents with their young children all around us, and all (both parents and children) seemed quite engaged.
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@FourWalls (69029)
• United States
13 Mar 18
What pretty eyes! And I'll bet she'll let you play with her mammary glands if you warm your hands up first. 
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@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
13 Mar 18
So pretty! Although in person, I'd definitely stand back and say scary. Lol.
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@TheHorse (220262)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Mar 18
@Courtlynn Cows usually run from people, though. It's obvious that this one has been a "darling" since she as a calf.
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@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
13 Mar 18
@TheHorse I wouldn't really know. Lol
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@crossbones27 (49722)
• Mojave, California
13 Mar 18
Really only 2 reasons I became a decent person and decent is debatable.Even thie biggest jerks who tried to make me hate showed me the kindness of animals. The other was indeed that three chord stuff you think is unworthy. Well done, sir no matter how one looks at life. 
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@crossbones27 (49722)
• Mojave, California
13 Mar 18
@TheHorse I love folk and wish the punk section had more folk singers. Pretty rare for a music that is kind of rare.
@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
13 Mar 18
I am so happy for you. I still enjoy interacting with the animals even as an adult. I always try to seek them out when I travel.
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@ptrikha_2 (47079)
• India
14 Mar 18
@TheHorse ha ha and on reading the topic , I got an impression that this discussion will be of some other kind of romance or some kind of mushiness !
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Mar 18
She looks a lovely cow and some really seem to like the interaction. Here is one of our bucket-fed calves that went on to become a house-cow. My friend is on her and my sister and I are trying to make sure she stands still for the photo. Her name was Bimbo.
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@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
13 Mar 18
Now that's a pretty cow, too bad she isn't a horse. Now what happens if a horse breeds with a cow?
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@TheHorse (220262)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Mar 18
@toniganzon Are you laughing at me? Or near me?
@DaddyEvil (137602)
• United States
19 Mar 18
I see nothing wrong with cross-species love affairs, as long as it isn't me being "loved", pony! 
Your bovine friend looks very nice. 
I am curious, though... Did you happen to ask her how she would feel having an equine boyfriend?
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@DaddyEvil (137602)
• United States
19 Mar 18
@TheHorse 
Oh, wow!
Uhm... why didn't I ever think to try bribing girls to like me, like you do, pony?
Oh, wow!
Uhm... why didn't I ever think to try bribing girls to like me, like you do, pony? 
@DeborahDiane (40321)
• Laguna Woods, California
13 Mar 18
@TheHorse - I think your new girlfriend is beautiful, and very friendly! LOL Yes, it is so good for kids to be around animals, especially if the kids have experienced any kind of stress or trauma.
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@DeborahDiane (40321)
• Laguna Woods, California
14 Mar 18
@TheHorse - Maybe that is why pets tend to become such important parts of our families.
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@JESSY3236 (20040)
• United States
13 Mar 18
lol I agree that interacting with animals is good for kids. Although when I was little, we went to a zoo and a girl (not me) put her finger in the gorilla cage and it bit her.
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@TheHorse (220262)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Mar 18
@JESSY3236 Interesting. At the zoos I've been to (mostly Chicago, Oakland and San Francisco), there's a space between the people areas and the animal areas.
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@JESSY3236 (20040)
• United States
13 Mar 18
@TheHorse it was a small zoo and it was late 80's when it happened. The zoo closed later on. I don't know why it closed though.
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@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
14 Mar 18
What a lovely girlfriend you have. I always took my kids to meet and greet animals whenever possible.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
14 Mar 18
So what would we call a hybrid between a horse and a cow?
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
13 Mar 18
She's giving you that look, "Please take me home with you." @TheHorse .
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
14 Mar 18
@TheHorse Yeah, poopie droppings might not be a good thing.
@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
13 Mar 18
My grandmother had 12 milking cows on her dairy farm. Cows are the sweetest animals, ever born.
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@thislittlepennyearns (62929)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
13 Mar 18
She's a looker. Just look at those great big eyes.
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@thislittlepennyearns (62929)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Mar 18
@TheHorse make sure youre gentle with her udders
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
14 Mar 18
What a cute cow that is. I believe so too that we children should be exposed to animals and have interaction. It is helpful in their well-being.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
19 Mar 18
@TheHorse really? Thats cool. It means he has a gentle soul inside him.
