AAT Cattle and Paddock Pets

Yes, we can teach you the most effective, low stress way to train your cattle to be as quiet and clever as our herd members. We can also show you how to work smarter, not harder, with your small cattle.

Renown as leaders in this field, we get a lot of questions. Week in week out, we get emailed requests for help and advice from people all over Australia and from overseas. 

Answering these questions and attending to these requests could easily become a full-time job. Being semi-retired, we are not interested in full-time jobs. However, Suzanne will help people by providing training and education on a paid consultancy basis.

Congratulating Jaffa. The calf is days old and yet this first time mum will allow us to handle her calf. 

Consultancy Fees

If you would like to benefit from our years of hard work, learned skills and experience, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please email to discuss her availability and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Suzanne has the formal qualifications, expertise and years of experience to help you turn your Galloway herd into paddock pets and or AAT capable cattle.

Cattle being used as animal-assisted therapy (AAT) coworkers was unheard of when we started out with cattle. Back in 2005, no one had a paddock full of cows and calves that strangers could walk up to and handle in the paddock. Now, we have both AAT cattle and paddocks full of pets. It took years of patience, persistence, hard work, and more than a bit of ingenuity. Today, it doesn't feel like hard work. In fact, we do it day in day out, without even thinking about it.

There is a significant demand for these cattle as pets and as AAT workers now. There are several other breeders offering quieter cattle for sale now, too. There may even be other people starting to train them for therapy purposes now. However, demand still far outweighs supply.

Please understand that to offer proper advice and effective training, being with you and some cattle in a paddock is a must (your paddock or ours). Phone calls and emails are only useful after Suzanne has been in a paddock with you and some cattle.

Training Small Breed Cattle

To be 'idiot-proof'.

To be paddock pets. 

To be Animal-assisted therapy coworkers.

To be show ring performers .

Training cattle for AAT must include paddock time and cattle. (Either your cattle or ours).

Farm Management with Small Breed Cattle

 Advice on time savers, convenience strategies, and the safety tips most people never consider.

 Regenerative farming.

 Staying environmentally friendly.

 Where will the wildlife fit in with your cattle?

How and Why to Run a Successful Adoption Program

What is involved, the benefits and the pitfalls you need to know about.

Adoption certificates. What to include and the different ways of publishing them.

Mascots (or other merchandise).

How to timetable paddock visits with people.

How to manage visitors once they are in your paddock.