You know you are a milker when you can take a body slam from a cow. It was the end of the group and necessary for someone to walk into the holding pen to shoo in the last cows. I had seven cows ready to go and was leaving the last two for the other side of the parlor. Each side holds eight cows but this group was the "heifer" group - younger cows that can be a bit flighty. Two cows standing next to each other would milk better than one cow anxious to get back to the bosom of the group. Domingo decided to back out one of them though and I was standing w/ my back to her. She bolted backwards into me sending me flying into the crowd gate. I regained my breath, gave myself a little shake, and finished up milking. My neck ached and I realized my right rubber boot was becoming uncomfortably tight (must have sprained my foot somehow). After work I spent some extra time in a hot bath w/ the jets on high. All OK tonight.
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