April 9, 2011: The cow jumped over the...

AP's Veronika Oleksyn reports from Laufen, Germany: When Regina Mayer's parents dashed her hopes of getting a horse, the resourceful 15-year-old didn't sit in her room and sulk. Instead, she turned to a cow called Luna to make her riding dreams come true.

Hours of training, and tons of treats, cajoling and caresses later, the results are impressive: not only do the two regularly go on long rides through the southern German countryside, they do jumps over a makeshift hurdle of beer crates and painted logs.

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Love it!

That Girl will be going places.

Udderly cool!

And when it breaks a leg, you can send it to the slaughterhouse instead of the glue factory. Much more profitable that way.

What kind of weirdo parents won't buy their daughter a horse, but will buy her a big, stinkin' cow?

very strange

newtimer;722481 wrote:

What kind of weirdo parents won't buy their daughter a horse, but will buy her a big, stinkin' cow?

Horses are expensive, cows are profitable. I am guessing that they already had cows.

They probably thought she would get tired of the thing after a week or two and then end up with another mouth to feed. Think, new puppy syndrome, but on a much larger scale.

3of5 used to ride on our German Shephered's back when she was little

anonymoo;722526 wrote:

3of5 used to ride on our German Shephered's back when she was little

The sway-backed German Shepard?

Serious steak material. I could get a lot of burgers out of that beast.

Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It's over the cow I go. . . .

cracks me up to see this cow with an expression like an stodgy old lady catching air like that!

Yeah! No expression at all.

Maybe this is unexciting after the time she was involved with an oil lamp in Chicago..