Training of Oxen

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Harobol Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

We've a younger ox,and it will be interesting to see how you get on. Could

you keep me posted, as we take ours for a couple of daily walks on a lead

each day. He's two months old now. So it'll be great to keep track of Gaura

and Chandra.

 

Regarding the literature, there are several devotee books. There's

Paramananda's which I've never got a copy of, there's Parasurama prabhu's

and theres Syamasundara's. You can contact either of these devotees at

Bhaktivedanta Manor in England. Parasurama has trained many oxen and is good

for advice, he has gone all over the world doing so.

 

In Ireland we have one untrained ox, who now has weak legs because he had no

consistancy in his carers. So it's a problem which I have inherited. He is

moody and not responsive to many people because of this. So it's taking time

to build trust and confidence. It's a total essential for even the cows to

have constant association as they are just like your children, they become

reliant of you being there and having stable relationships. So although not

experienced at training oxen (yet), I would advise that the consistancy be

there, as it is harder to deal with later.

YS

Ananda Maya dd