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The Ladies’ Man
The Ladies’ Man
The first step in the realization of our dreams of having a pure dun herd of Dexter cattle was to acquire a dun stud bull. We were very fortunate in this respect.
Supreme Champion Charming St Paul was imported in utero from Australia in 1999 – with Australian, American, and Canadian bloodlines. He had an extremely successful show career for his previous owners, Pat and Patsy Leek of the Charming Dexter Stud, before coming to us at the age of three years. He has been tested as negative for the troublesome chondrodysplasia gene.
There’s no doubt at all that Charming St Paul is every inch (or should that be kilogram?) a ladies’ man. We may call it ‘our’ herd, but Paul knows it’s his. His herd, his calves, and very definitely his women!! We considered ourselves very lucky in our quest for a foundation dun sire for our herd when Paul was made available for us to purchase.
Besides his ‘typiness’, Paul’s greatest asset is his wonderful temperament – a truly lovely animal to live with and own. We often lent him out to other breeders and he soon acquired a reputation for his temperament. Back at home, whenever we wanted to to do something that might upset the cows – weaning calves, Tb testing, ear-tagging etc. – Paul was a calming influence, and he kept everyone else in order.
Go to Poem for Paul to find out what our Paul likes best!
