The first things that come to mind when thinking about cute animals are dogs or cats. Then you may remember bunnies and hamsters, but cows wouldn’t be at the top of the list. And it’s a shame because they have the most adorable faces too.

Most of us would think that cows are kept in homes just for milk or meat, but they can be great pets too, filling the owner’s heart with joy and love. Bored Panda acknowledges their beauty and went on the internet to compile this list for you to learn what lovely animals cows can be.

#1 Fluffiest Cow

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Cows were one of the first animals to be domesticated. The process started more than 10,500 years ago and they were used for meat and milk, while their skin, hair, horns and bones were also used for clothing and everyday tools. Since the beginning, cows were a valuable animal for humans. Scientists say that they were used as currency as early as 9,000 BC and they could be called one of the first forms of money.

After all these years, the animal still is a very big part of people’s diet, but what has changed is that more people have become emotionally attached to them and started keeping them as pets.

#2 Cows Will Be Your Friend If You Treat Them Nicely

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#3 This Is Willow, A Premature Longhorn Calf. She Has Been Raised By Dogs And Thinks She Is One

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#4 A Boy And His Cow Napping At The Goshen Fair

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Cows actually are gentle and friendly, so it is no wonder they have become pets. And after seeing these photos, you’ll realize that their appearance is also really adorable.

However, they’re not that easy to keep as they are definitely not apartment-friendly and they need more care than a cat or a dog. The obvious thing is that they need land to graze and you have to think about where would you put them in winter if it gets cold where you live. And if they get sick, you need a specialized veterinarian because not all of them know how to treat every domestic animal.

#5 Nosey Cow Undoubtedly Stole The Show At The County Fairgrounds. Not Everyone’s Into Cows, But She Was A Beauty With The Softest Ears

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#6 My Grand-Nephew Meeting A Calf For The First Time

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#7 My Grandpa Isn’t Able To Take Care Of His Cows Anymore So I Started Helping Last Fall. Honestly They Scared Me A Little At First. Now I’ve Gotten Super Attached To Them

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If you are financially able and can provide a cow with a comfortable home, you will get a really good friend. They‘ve been with humans for thousands of years and that means they have learned to socialize. Moreover, they are not as stupid as they may seem. They want to play with you and they are possible to train. For example, you can teach them to turn in a circle or lie down.

It’s not a coincidence that in some religions, a cow is seen as something comparable to a lamb of god. For many Hindus, cows are sacred animals because they are depicted as companions of certain gods.

#8 Here’s A Baby Cow 15 Seconds Before Licking My Phone

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#9 Cow Puppy

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#10 This Little Calf Is Wearing Earmuffs To Prevent Frostbite

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#11 Happy Little Christmas Moo

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From afar, cows can seem scary because they are big animals that have horns and if you’re not familiar with their personality, you might be afraid they could get angry very easily or start attacking you unexpectedly.

But that’s not the case and they are actually very lovely creatures, as it can be felt looking at the pictures. Which ones of these are your favorite? Would you like to have a cow as a pet or do you have one and would like to share your experience owning one? Share all your thoughts in the comments!

#12 Smol Moo

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#13 Fluffy Holiday Cow Spreading Cheer

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#14 Dog Enjoying A “Cow Lick”

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#15 Cow Posing With Their Buddy

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#16 This Is Aretha, A Rescue Cow. She Groomed My Legs With Her Tongue Then Fell Asleep. She’s A Good Girl

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#17 Fluffy Scottish Highland Calf

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#18 My Nephew Met A Baby Cow And Decided To Brush It

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#19 Dogs Love Cows Sometimes

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#20 Cow And Hedgehog

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#21 A Baby Cow With A Bum Heart And A Head Heart

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#22 Cute Baby Cow Marley Rose

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#23 Meet Moonpie, The Cow That Thinks She’s A Dog

She was spotted at a livestock auction house, got rescued and was taken to Rocky Ridge Refuge Sanctuary. As the weather was really bad and she was too small to be outside with the other cows. Moonpie stayed in her human mom’s bedroom and eventually befriended her canine companions. They clean her face, the way her mother would have. They love to do that. They were all thrilled to see her. However, Moonpie is particulary fond of a deaf bull terrier Spackle. 

 

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#24 May I Offer You A Picture Of A Cute Cow During These Trying Times

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#25 A Friend Of Mine Sent Me This Picture, And I Thought It Deserves To Be Posted

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#26 Two Precious Girls

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#27 Had To Keep Her Warm

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#28 Cody Looks Like A Giant

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#29 Let’s Take A Moment To Appreciate This Lovely Cow

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#30 Fluffy Cows

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#31 We Had A Baby On Sunday. Meet Waffles

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#32 The Sun Makes Dancer Happy

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#33 Wholesome Moo-Ment

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#34 Throwback To Baby James First Birthday

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#35 A Miniature Cow

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#36 Baby Cow I Saw Today With A Love Heart On Her Head

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#37 Cow Friends At The Virginia State Fair

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#38 Smoochie For The Doggo

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#39 I Can’t Decide On The Name

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#40 Moo

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#41 Woke Up To A Surprise This Morning! My Cow Hashbrown Had A Tater Tot

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#42 Introducing Quincy The Carnivore

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#43 First, We Load The Dishwasher, Then We Feed The Cows. We Do It This Way Every Morning. Doing Dishes Has Never Appeared More Riveting

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#44 I Saw A Cute Cow! I Thought It Would Work Well As A Wholesome Meme

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#45 Flower Girl

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#46 Baby Highland Cow In The Mountains Of Colorado

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#47 Checking On The New Baby

When Adam picked her up she let out a scream and 25 angry momma cows came charging down the hill towards us. They were ready to kill whatever was bothering that baby, thankfully they calmed down once they saw us.

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#48 Ady Is Just So Huggable

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#49 Having A Nap On The Ride Home

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#50 Now I Want A Cow Pillow Too

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#51 Mini Cows

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#52 Here Is A Cow Enjoying A Nice Bath. That’s All

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#53 Baby Cows Are Adorable

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#54 Baby Highland Cow

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#55 The Life Of A Barn Cat

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#56 Marshmallow And Bean

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#57 Any Love For This Adorable Highland Cattle Calf? 

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#58 Grumpy Calf For My First Cake Day

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#59 Aviv Is The Sweetest Baby Girl

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#60 Hercules

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#61 My Friend Got A New Cow. She Has A Bit Of An Under Bite

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#62 A Baby Cow With A Heart On It’s Head. Bonus: Blep

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#63 Can There Be Anything More Touching

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#64 My Friend Told Me You Like Cute Animals. Meet My Mini Highland Cow, Buckley

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#65 One Of My Dad’s Cows Just Had A Calf On St. Paddy’s Day

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#66 Cow Snuggles

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#67 I Think Cows Are Underrated In The Cute Department

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#68 People Are Very Often Asking Can Highlanders See Through Their Hair. I Believe That They See Just Fine, At Least When They Want To See

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#69 Cute Cows

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#70 This Little Calf Is All Ready For Valentine’s Day

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#71 Not Another Cowlick!

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#72 My Dog Met A Cow Today

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#73 May I Offer You A Picture Of A Cute Cow During These Trying Times?

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#74 Buckley The Highland Cow

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#75 Baby Scottish Highland Cow, Her Name Is Shorty

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#76 You Are A Good Cow

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#77 Our Baby Calf Was Born Yesterday

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#78 Calf, Just A Few Days Old, Seeing What I Was Up To

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#79 Cutest Little Calf I’ve Seen

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#80 Cows Have Best Friends And Feel Stressed When They Are Away From Them

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#81 Cute Bison Calf Getting Some Love From Mother

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#82 Visited My Friend’s Sheep Farm On The Weekend. This Is Him And His Pet Highland, Cedar. She Was Like A Big Dog

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#83 Big Boy Eric On His Birthday

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#84 Baby Highland Cows

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#85 Happy 7th Birthday To My Favourite Cow Ever, Brown Sugar

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#86 This Cow Tried To Eat My Phone. Look At Her Eyes

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#87 Cutie With A Crown

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#88 Cow Excited To Be In A Picture

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#89 Fluffy Miniature Mountain Cows

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#90 Would Love To Take This Little Guy Home

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#91 Holland & Ridge Modeling For Christmas Photos

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#92 The Faces Lucy Made When I Came To Take Her Home From The Pasture

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#93 This Little Cutie Was Only 3 Weeks Old

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#94 This Adorable Baby Cow Is Getting Bundled Up For The Winter

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#95 Baby Cows Are A Blessing! Just Look At Its Lil Face

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#96 Just A Cute Cow

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#97 Sleepy Baby

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#98 Moo!

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#99 Cows Are Really Just Grass Guppies

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#100 Grace Was Ready For The Rain!

This was going to be her Halloween costume but she ended up needing it with the weather today.

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#101 Idk If I’m The Only One, But I Really Like Cows. I Think They’re Cute

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#102 One Of The Main Reasons I Went Vegan Is Because I Walk My Dog In A Cow Field Every Day. Here’s A New Born Pic. Sooooo Cute

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#103 I Can’t Get Enough Of This Girl. She Is So Sweat And Absolutely Beautiful

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#104 Friend Saw These Cuties Over Break

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#105 It’s Not A Phase Mom

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#106 Indy Doesn’t Let Me Touch Her, But Is Always Super Keen To Pose For Photos And Hang Out With Me. Maybe She Will Become Friendly One Day

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#107 It’s A Girl!

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#108 Here’s A Pic Of My Cow With Bunny Ears

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#109 Baby Cow

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#110 A Friend Of Mine Took Pictures Of Her Photogenic Cow

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#111 Two Little Fuzz Calves, Meet Amber And Galaxy

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#112 Newborn Bull

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#113 Cuteness Overload

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#114 Cuddle Buddies

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#115 She’s Just The Cutest

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#116 James With His Buggy Full Of Goodies On Our Shopping Trip

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#117 Baby James The Jedi Is Ready To Fight His Next Battle

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#118 One Lazy Calf

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#119 I Don’t Think Any Of Roberto’s “Hats” Fit Him Anymore

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#120 Delilah And Reba

Delilah usually runs away from the pigs.. but this time she was laying down and Reba came over and laid right under her head. Delilah didn’t seem to mind, even gave her a couple of licks.

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#121 Resting

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#122 Baby Scotty Loves You!

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#123 Baby Rainboy

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#124 Social Distancing Rules Do Not Apply To Miniature Cows

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#125 Check Out The New Bell

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#126 Highland Calf With A Flower Garland

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#127 Galloway Calves Are The Cutest Of Them All

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#128 Gerry Doesn’t Understand How To Use The Mineral Lick Yet

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#129 Story Time With My Cow

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#130 Very Mooooooy Xmas!

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#131 Harley Quinn, The Highland Cow Calf. All Dressed Up For Christmas

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#132 Highland Cow Says Hiiiiii You Guys!

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#133 Cow Blup

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#134 Moos With Shades Are Life

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#135 Just A Cute Cow With Gapped Teeth

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#136 Getting Ready For Fall Weather

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#137 My Buddy With His New Calf

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#138 Baby James Got A Chicken Hat For Christmas

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#139 Adam And Baby Macmillan Are Both Smiling

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#140 Teddy Bear

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#141 Julie

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#142 “Who’s There?”

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#143 Blep

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#144 Hi! Happy Weekend

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#145 Storm

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#146 Um, Excuse Me But Do You Have Any Cow Treats In Here?

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#147 Three Carrots For Three Years Old!

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#148 Just A Calf With A Hat

#149 Baby Was Made With Love

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#150 Little Goose Getting Halter Trained

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#151 This Sweet Girl Came To My College Campus And Was So Relaxed As I Was Petting Her

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#152 We’re Ready For Spring On Our Little Farm

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#153 Cows Can Also Be Your Loving Pet

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#154 Remi Wanted To Show Off Her Bow Today

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#155 What A Lovely Boy

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#156 Baby Love

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#157 My Bottle Calf Ready For Halloween

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#158 The Very Soft 4 Day Old Calf My Dad Petted

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#159 Baby Highland Cows

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#160 A Highland Cow And Her Calf

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#161 Highland Calfs Are The Cutest

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#162 Baby Calf Blep

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#163 Just Two Furry Calfs. That’s It

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#164 Fluorite & Kyanite

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#165 My 600lb Puppy

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#166 My Little Heartbreaker

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#167 Just Like His Mom Julie, He Is Now Crazy About Pastries

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#168 Taurus, My Little Messy Prince

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#169 Sigmund In The Sunshine

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#170 1 Day Old Calf

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#171 My Sister’s New Calf, Her Name Is Moo

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#172 Donut, Our Calf Doesn’t Understand Personal Space Very Well

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#173 He’s A Different Kind Of Cute, But Meet Silas, My Girlfriend’s Scottish Highland Cow

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#174 A Cute Cow Minding Its Own Business

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#175 This Is Our Pretty Boy ‘Emma’

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#176 Bart Sees You There… Scrolling… Not Giving Him Pats And Milk

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#177 My Scottish Highland Show Calves From A Few Years Ago. They Are Probably 3 Months Old In This Photo. Sedona And Phoenix

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#178 Got To Meet The Sweetest Coos A Few Weeks Ago And I Can’t Wait To See Them Again

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#179 Highland Cow

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#180 Baby Moo Makes A Great House Companion

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#181 Beautiful Lady

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#182 Cows Can Be Derps Too

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#183 He’s Two Days Old And His Name Is Norman

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#184 Here’s A Cow Eating An Apple… Enjoy!

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#185 Bonnie & Konstellation

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#186 Fergus

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#187 Little One

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#188 Cuteness Overload

About the eartags. In Finland (and many other countries) all cattle must be tagged with two eartags, it is a law. No matter the use of a cow, it has to have a tag in both of its ears with indentification number. If it falls in some point of a cows life, a new tag must be put on. We also have to inform every birth, every death, every change to this bovine register where they keep track on every cow in Finland, for example because of food safety and various other things. Tags look very big for the calves , but they grow quickly and in adults you don’t really see them because of the fluffy hair. The tags are quickly put in to the ears and is just like to put a ear piercing for human, hurts only for a second and is soon over.

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#189 Blep Moment

#190 Photogenic Cow At The Local Humane Society

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#191 Is This The Right Window For Cookies And Chin Scritches?

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#192 Mini Cow Smiles

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#193 Feeling A Little Down Today And Missing This Sweet Baby, Gelati

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#194 This Is Ginger And Her Daughter Persimmon. They’re Very Friendly

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#195 Karl The Reindeer

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#196 Look How Photogenic Our Cute Little Calf Is

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#197 Moo

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#198 These Two Are Goobers

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#199 Cute Little Blep

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#200 Human Mom Says I’m About To Experience My First Winter. She Says White Stuff Might Even Fall From The Sky, Which I Guess Is A Lot Like The Wet Stuff But Colder.

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#201 Could This Duo Be Any Cuter

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#202 Cheeky Monkey

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#203 Sometimes You Just Need To Lay Your Head Down And Watch The World Moo

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#204 Highland Cattle And Sunflowers

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#205 Happy Halloween!

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#206 Trying Out A New Look!

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#207 Can You See The Attitude In His Face?

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#208 Good Mornings Start With This Goof

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#209 Such A Cute Baby Cow

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#210 Cute Jumping Baby Highland Cow On The Road

#211 Who Knew Cows Were So Cute? Week Old Dairy Calf

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#212 Mommy And Baby Princess

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#213 This Handsome Guy Had Some Cute Pictures Taken This Morning

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#214 This Girl Is Stunning! A Pretty Champagne Colored Highland/Beltie Cross

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#215 The Cutest Little Silver Dun Baby You Ever Did See

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#216 Small But Mighty

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#217 Cow Horn

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