WEBVTT 00:00.259 --> 00:03.009 Yes . So for the past three days , um , 00:03.019 --> 00:05.130 we've learned a bunch , a bunch about 00:05.130 --> 00:08.829 uh cattle and sheep and lamb . Um I was 00:08.840 --> 00:11.479 not aware that so much goes into the 00:11.489 --> 00:13.711 process . I thought , you know , if you 00:13.711 --> 00:15.656 just had land and some really good 00:15.656 --> 00:17.878 grass , you know , you could have sheep 00:17.878 --> 00:19.878 or lamb , but a lot goes into , you 00:19.878 --> 00:21.989 know , the type of grass , they can't 00:21.989 --> 00:21.350 eat the type of grass that they won't 00:21.360 --> 00:23.416 eat , you know , lambs and sheep are 00:23.416 --> 00:25.979 picky eaters . Um , their just their 00:25.989 --> 00:28.045 gestation periods and then when they 00:28.045 --> 00:30.156 come in the types of , you know , the 00:30.156 --> 00:32.211 type of plants that they eat certain 00:32.211 --> 00:34.322 toxins that come from some of the can 00:34.322 --> 00:36.433 get sunburn if they eat certain , you 00:36.433 --> 00:38.489 know , plants and things like that . 00:38.489 --> 00:40.711 Parasites . We've learned how to handle 00:40.711 --> 00:42.711 sheep . We've learned how to handle 00:42.711 --> 00:44.767 cattle . Last week . I had no idea . 00:44.767 --> 00:46.878 You can even flip a sheep the way you 00:46.878 --> 00:48.989 can flip a sheep . But apparently I'm 00:48.989 --> 00:51.156 really good at flipping sheep with the 00:51.156 --> 00:53.267 cows again . I thought you just , you 00:53.267 --> 00:53.099 know , if you had some hay and some 00:53.110 --> 00:55.939 really good grass , you know , it was 00:55.950 --> 00:58.061 good to go . But apparently there's a 00:58.061 --> 01:00.117 lot that goes into , you know , beef 01:00.117 --> 01:02.339 cattle versus , you know , dairy cattle 01:02.339 --> 01:04.228 and with the dairy cattle and the 01:04.228 --> 01:06.506 amount of milk they produce , you know , 01:06.506 --> 01:09.589 what they eat has a direct correlation 01:09.599 --> 01:11.710 and a direct effect on the quality of 01:11.710 --> 01:13.879 milk that they have and the quality of 01:13.889 --> 01:16.309 meat that they have as well . So we 01:16.319 --> 01:18.430 will soon be headed to London to work 01:18.430 --> 01:20.879 with the King's horses . So I'm excited 01:20.889 --> 01:22.722 to see and learn , you know that 01:22.722 --> 01:24.556 they're not just horses that are 01:24.556 --> 01:26.333 actually a purpose for them and 01:26.333 --> 01:28.667 everything that goes into having horses , 01:28.667 --> 01:28.510 cattle and sheep . 01:33.830 --> 01:36.839 It helps me because we are as a 68 01:36.849 --> 01:38.959 tango because of our job , there are 01:38.970 --> 01:41.081 military working dogs on every single 01:41.081 --> 01:43.839 base . So navy bases , air force bases , 01:43.900 --> 01:46.040 you know , marine bases . And so you 01:46.050 --> 01:48.217 can be put in research base so you can 01:48.217 --> 01:51.870 be put in certain places that not only 01:51.879 --> 01:53.935 do they have military working dogs , 01:53.935 --> 01:55.823 but they have cattle . I know , I 01:55.823 --> 01:59.080 believe Fort Bragg has , has a Calvary 01:59.089 --> 02:01.145 unit and Fort Hood has a Calver unit 02:01.145 --> 02:03.200 which they have horses . And so with 02:03.200 --> 02:05.422 this training that we're doing , if for 02:05.422 --> 02:07.589 some reason I was to be stationed over 02:07.589 --> 02:09.756 there or put over there , I would have 02:09.756 --> 02:11.978 a very good general knowledge of how to 02:11.978 --> 02:11.789 restrain these horses , how to take 02:11.800 --> 02:14.119 care of these cows , making sure that 02:14.130 --> 02:16.019 the grass is ok for them to eat , 02:16.019 --> 02:18.130 making sure that the sheep are eating 02:18.130 --> 02:19.852 the right grass and not eating 02:19.852 --> 02:21.797 particular plants that are causing 02:21.797 --> 02:23.970 sunburn and possibly have any type of 02:23.979 --> 02:27.070 fatal effect . So , the training has 02:27.080 --> 02:29.490 been very , very , very beneficial and 02:29.500 --> 02:31.667 not even on the , not even just on the 02:31.667 --> 02:33.833 cattle side . You know , a lot of what 02:33.833 --> 02:35.889 we learned with the military working 02:35.889 --> 02:38.000 dogs can correlate and translate over 02:38.000 --> 02:40.056 to how you handle cattle and how you 02:40.056 --> 02:41.944 handle sheep because , you know , 02:41.944 --> 02:44.167 they're animals with feelings too . And 02:44.167 --> 02:46.333 so , you know , you're able to gauge , 02:46.333 --> 02:48.389 you know , what you can and can't do 02:48.389 --> 02:50.500 with that animal is upset . We mostly 02:50.500 --> 02:52.722 work with dogs , but you get to see how 02:52.970 --> 02:54.914 the way dogs interact when they're 02:54.914 --> 02:56.970 afraid cattle and sheep interact the 02:56.970 --> 02:59.309 same exact way . So it's really good 02:59.320 --> 03:01.630 knowledge to learn . And hopefully if I 03:01.639 --> 03:03.806 do get put somewhere where they have a 03:03.806 --> 03:05.917 Calvary unit , I'll be able to , I'll 03:05.917 --> 03:08.139 be able to help with the cattle or with 03:08.139 --> 03:10.195 the , with the horse itself . And if 03:10.195 --> 03:12.361 they have a sheep farm for some reason 03:12.361 --> 03:14.472 and any sheep need to be flipped over 03:14.472 --> 03:16.695 for any type of reason , I'm here , I'm 03:16.695 --> 03:19.059 your girl . So definitely , I think the 03:19.070 --> 03:22.910 highlight was pulling 03:22.919 --> 03:26.339 the cattle . They have , they have this 03:26.350 --> 03:28.406 technique where they bring them into 03:28.406 --> 03:31.809 this like metal container almost . And 03:31.820 --> 03:34.139 then a barricade comes over their neck 03:34.149 --> 03:36.279 and you have like this really long 03:36.289 --> 03:38.990 projectile metal gun and you get it 03:39.000 --> 03:41.429 into their cheek , you push it all the 03:41.440 --> 03:44.020 way far back and you push it down and 03:44.029 --> 03:46.029 it essentially shoots it down their 03:46.029 --> 03:48.251 throat . Essentially . It's been really 03:48.251 --> 03:50.251 fun because you don't , you don't , 03:50.251 --> 03:52.473 it's not every day you walk up to a cow 03:52.473 --> 03:54.251 and take its head up under your 03:54.251 --> 03:56.307 shoulder and you're like wrangling a 03:56.307 --> 03:58.473 cow and trying to stick something down 03:58.473 --> 03:58.350 its throat . You know , like I said , 03:58.360 --> 04:00.582 with the working dogs , some of them we 04:00.582 --> 04:02.582 have to pill and some of them don't 04:02.582 --> 04:04.638 like their medicines . And so it's a 04:04.638 --> 04:06.527 completely different aspect where 04:06.527 --> 04:08.638 you're trying to put something down a 04:08.638 --> 04:10.749 dog's throat versus putting something 04:10.749 --> 04:12.749 down a £700 cows throat . And so I 04:12.749 --> 04:15.000 think that was very , very fun to do . 04:16.000 --> 04:18.000 And then once you get it down their 04:18.000 --> 04:20.000 throat , you let them go and they , 04:20.000 --> 04:22.111 they're really forgiven and they just 04:22.111 --> 04:24.222 continue to move on . So I think that 04:24.222 --> 04:24.029 that was a really good aspect of it and 04:24.040 --> 04:26.790 herding , we got to herd cow as well 04:27.450 --> 04:29.783 where their balance points are . And so , 04:29.783 --> 04:32.117 you know , I've learned that , you know , 04:32.117 --> 04:34.061 once the lead cow gets moving , it 04:34.061 --> 04:36.061 doesn't matter if you have a little 04:36.061 --> 04:38.117 stragglers , they're going to follow 04:38.117 --> 04:40.339 anyway . And so I think I'm a very good 04:40.339 --> 04:42.617 cow herder . I think my team did great . 04:42.617 --> 04:44.783 So if I was to ever procure a farm , I 04:44.783 --> 04:46.783 think I would do great with herding 04:46.783 --> 04:50.700 cows . It's been so 04:50.709 --> 04:52.931 we don't get to really see them often . 04:53.140 --> 04:55.140 And so some of them , you know , do 04:55.140 --> 04:57.140 have knowledge and have worked with 04:57.140 --> 04:59.084 cattle before . So not only are we 04:59.084 --> 05:01.196 getting to learn on , you know , from 05:01.196 --> 05:03.609 the university aspect , the university 05:03.619 --> 05:05.619 aspect , subject matter experts who 05:05.619 --> 05:07.940 teach this , but we have our vets and 05:07.989 --> 05:10.100 our vet tech who , you know , have up 05:10.100 --> 05:12.339 on a farm , you know , who specialize 05:12.350 --> 05:14.294 in cattle . And so not only are we 05:14.294 --> 05:16.517 learning from the university side , but 05:16.517 --> 05:18.739 we're also learning things from the vet 05:18.739 --> 05:20.906 tech side and the vet side where yes , 05:20.906 --> 05:20.869 you can do it this way . But there's 05:20.880 --> 05:22.880 also you can also do it this way as 05:22.880 --> 05:25.320 well . And so it's a bunch of , um it's 05:25.329 --> 05:27.529 a bunch of knowledge all at once , but 05:27.589 --> 05:30.660 you have the ability to , for lack of 05:30.670 --> 05:32.869 better terms to be dumbed down if you 05:32.880 --> 05:35.047 don't understand what's going on , you 05:35.047 --> 05:37.213 know , if a vet explains something and 05:37.213 --> 05:39.436 I'm not really sure what they're saying 05:39.436 --> 05:41.436 on the university side , they'll be 05:41.436 --> 05:41.029 like , oh yeah , this is what they're 05:41.040 --> 05:43.096 saying and vice versa . So it's been 05:43.096 --> 05:45.220 really great getting to work with the 05:45.230 --> 05:49.170 other counterparts and see them . Oh , 05:49.190 --> 05:51.269 yeah , absolutely . I feel like the 05:51.279 --> 05:53.779 morale as the days have gone on , 05:54.190 --> 05:56.023 especially with the after action 05:56.023 --> 05:58.134 reviews . Everybody is embracing this 05:58.134 --> 06:00.246 stuff together , everybody is getting 06:00.246 --> 06:02.468 poop on them , everybody's in the mud , 06:02.468 --> 06:04.634 everybody is in the rain , everybody's 06:04.634 --> 06:06.801 cold and so you're able to bond better 06:06.801 --> 06:08.912 and share those stories . So that way 06:08.912 --> 06:11.246 when we come together for the next time , 06:11.246 --> 06:13.523 you know , we can share the stories of , 06:13.523 --> 06:15.523 oh , remember when you know the cow 06:15.523 --> 06:17.523 brought his leg down and splattered 06:17.523 --> 06:19.579 poop all over us . And so it's great 06:19.579 --> 06:21.690 because you don't , like I said , you 06:21.690 --> 06:23.746 don't really get to see these people 06:23.746 --> 06:25.968 often , but when you do get to interact 06:25.968 --> 06:27.912 with them , when we go back to our 06:27.912 --> 06:30.023 outlying stations , you know that you 06:30.023 --> 06:29.760 have that friendship and you have that 06:29.769 --> 06:31.713 bond to call on that sergeant from 06:31.713 --> 06:33.970 Naples or sign or like , oh yeah , 06:33.980 --> 06:36.147 sergeant . So and so will help me . Oh 06:36.147 --> 06:38.313 yeah , and so and so will help me . So 06:38.313 --> 06:40.536 you're not just confined to your area , 06:40.536 --> 06:43.760 your base . So it's pretty good . Thank 06:43.769 --> 06:47.500 you . So we have these discussions 06:47.510 --> 06:49.899 to give some more confidence to 06:49.910 --> 06:52.420 practitioners in the field working in 06:52.429 --> 06:54.318 the veterinary profession to do a 06:54.318 --> 06:56.459 better job , working with small 06:56.470 --> 06:59.070 ruminants and livestock species as a 06:59.079 --> 07:01.850 means of helping stakeholders in 07:01.859 --> 07:04.410 various capacities . What's it been 07:04.600 --> 07:07.510 like ? It's been great . I think the 07:07.519 --> 07:10.450 opportunity to , to network with our , 07:11.059 --> 07:13.859 our armed forces and help give back 07:13.869 --> 07:16.091 some of our expertise is pretty special 07:16.091 --> 07:18.429 for us . I think there's a willingness 07:18.440 --> 07:20.551 to learn . There's also a willingness 07:20.551 --> 07:22.773 to get to know one another , which also 07:22.773 --> 07:24.996 helps the learning experience and gives 07:24.996 --> 07:27.218 me confidence that this information can 07:27.218 --> 07:29.480 be applied . The biggest takeaway I 07:29.489 --> 07:31.929 think we've accomplished together as a 07:31.940 --> 07:35.029 group is a comfort level handling 07:35.040 --> 07:38.109 livestock . Also understanding how 07:38.119 --> 07:40.279 farmers worldwide some of the things 07:40.290 --> 07:42.640 that they experience and other 07:42.649 --> 07:44.816 considerations that aren't necessarily 07:44.816 --> 07:46.982 immediate animal health concerns . But 07:46.982 --> 07:49.093 part of the bigger picture is we link 07:49.093 --> 07:51.660 environment , economics and animal 07:51.670 --> 07:55.450 health and welfare . Yeah . 07:55.459 --> 07:57.890 Absolutely . The exposure to livestock 07:57.899 --> 07:59.929 species , small ruminants or small 07:59.940 --> 08:01.773 livestock to large . I think the 08:01.773 --> 08:03.869 sequence of working with small , 08:03.880 --> 08:05.824 getting our hands on some and then 08:05.824 --> 08:07.547 working with larger species is 08:07.547 --> 08:09.491 definitely enhancing their comfort 08:09.491 --> 08:11.658 level . But I think we are comfortable 08:11.658 --> 08:13.880 with what we've had experience with and 08:13.880 --> 08:16.140 this week has been hands on . It's been 08:16.149 --> 08:18.299 interactive and I think it's going to 08:18.309 --> 08:20.087 be beneficial in the long run . 08:21.614 --> 08:23.781 Absolutely . I think we've worked hard 08:23.781 --> 08:25.670 to understand that it's a systems 08:25.670 --> 08:27.781 approach . What kind of livestock are 08:27.781 --> 08:29.503 we working with ? What are the 08:29.503 --> 08:31.670 resources they have ? If you had to go 08:31.670 --> 08:33.670 in and procure some livestock , how 08:33.670 --> 08:35.781 would you gather those livestock ? So 08:35.781 --> 08:37.947 it's integrated so that we're thinking 08:37.947 --> 08:40.114 big picture holistically , which isn't 08:40.114 --> 08:42.281 always black and white . And so it's a 08:42.281 --> 08:44.225 good challenge for everybody to be 08:44.225 --> 08:45.892 thinking about these things . 08:46.549 --> 08:48.716 Agriculture in general is an art and a 08:48.716 --> 08:50.771 science . And as we merge the two of 08:50.771 --> 08:52.882 them , we can do a lot more effective 08:52.882 --> 08:55.190 practices in the long run versus just 08:55.200 --> 08:57.367 siloed individual disciplines within a 08:57.367 --> 08:59.533 certain area . And I think that's what 08:59.533 --> 09:01.700 this training has done is it's brought 09:01.700 --> 09:05.390 all that together . Absolutely . These 09:05.400 --> 09:08.669 are skills enterprise stacking when 09:08.679 --> 09:10.901 people are perhaps done with their time 09:10.901 --> 09:13.309 in the service , sheep and small rants 09:13.320 --> 09:15.542 are a way for people to get involved in 09:15.542 --> 09:17.598 agriculture without a huge amount of 09:17.598 --> 09:20.359 investment , the cash flow nicely . And 09:20.489 --> 09:22.929 it's a great lifestyle . I think the 09:22.940 --> 09:25.051 beauty of what we get to work in , in 09:25.051 --> 09:27.051 agriculture is next to none . And I 09:27.051 --> 09:29.218 think hopefully some of these students 09:29.218 --> 09:32.700 will walk away with that . That good . 09:33.109 --> 09:36.520 Is that too ? Uh I like working with 09:36.530 --> 09:38.863 large animals . My first beauty station , 09:38.863 --> 09:41.030 I got to work in research and I got to 09:41.030 --> 09:43.308 work with uh a large animal as you say , 09:43.308 --> 09:45.960 as a to pigs , work with cattle here . 09:45.969 --> 09:48.890 Very similar in sheeps , everything 09:49.229 --> 09:51.285 totally different experience working 09:51.285 --> 09:54.039 with dogs or animals . It takes a 09:54.059 --> 09:56.309 little more technique overall and a 09:56.320 --> 09:58.542 little more patience because it takes a 09:58.542 --> 10:00.764 while for people to learn . It's not as 10:00.764 --> 10:03.604 easy as small animals . Would you say 10:03.614 --> 10:05.836 some of the highlights were the biggest 10:05.836 --> 10:08.114 takeaways you've had so far I think is 10:08.125 --> 10:10.069 how everyone is very interested in 10:10.844 --> 10:13.645 animal for us is we 10:14.854 --> 10:16.521 you're getting a special duty 10:16.521 --> 10:18.298 assignment . So for them to ask 10:18.298 --> 10:20.559 questions , enjoy the time overall and 10:20.570 --> 10:23.549 also just have fun with it . Talking to 10:23.659 --> 10:26.679 their technicians , vets who do have 10:26.690 --> 10:28.857 experience are talking , hey , this is 10:28.857 --> 10:31.079 the way I learn or going into specifics 10:31.079 --> 10:33.979 of each section we go to and 10:35.544 --> 10:37.488 myself I work with is very similar 10:37.488 --> 10:40.155 compared in contrast . Is there 10:40.224 --> 10:42.391 anything else you wanna add about this 10:42.391 --> 10:45.575 exercise ? It's a opportunity I guess I 10:45.594 --> 10:47.914 got lucky to come here all the way from 10:47.924 --> 10:50.146 Germany to come to England and Scotland 10:50.424 --> 10:53.859 to not only my skill but 10:54.179 --> 10:56.401 how this could affect my mission . Like 10:56.401 --> 10:58.290 I , if I could to be stationed in 10:58.290 --> 11:00.512 certain rural areas of the world , such 11:00.512 --> 11:02.457 as Africa or Afghanistan or any of 11:02.457 --> 11:04.623 those countries that their livestock , 11:04.623 --> 11:06.735 I might have to be in charge of , not 11:06.735 --> 11:08.957 just for the population of our soldiers 11:08.957 --> 11:11.729 but the community as well . Right .