The thing that's given me most pause about having our own milking cow is the twelve-hour tether. Buttercup has to be milked every twelve hours whether you want to go to town for dinner or leave for a three-day jaunt to the mountains.
It's one thing to board a dog. It's an entirely different matter to find a babysitter for your cow.
Buttercup's fine family found a great solution. They share milking responsibilities between more than one family. So each person only milks about twice a week: once at 6am and once at 6pm.
For this to work for us, we're apparently gonna have to give birth to quintuplets.
Editor's note: It has come to my attention that I was terribly unclear regarding Buttercup's fine family. We do not belong to her or any other cow. For now.
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