Update: News about my cow!

Just a quick update on my cherished cow I named "Rhoda"!
(If you need to catch up read about her here!)

My friend Laura, who is quite a bit younger than me, saw my cow in my house when she stopped by the other day and was so excited!

She told me she had one when she was little and she remembered everything about it, 

saying it was one of her favorites!  

"Rhoda" is actually "Milky, the Marvelous Milking Cow", 

a children's toy made by Kenner in 1977.  Milky was talented indeed!  If you pushed her head down and then pumped her tail, her head would eventually pop up, she would moo, and then you could milk her! Yes, this cow originally had an udder!  The toy came with little tablets that you put in water to make 'fake milk' and you could actually 'milk' the cow!

The best part about learning more about my cow was I found an original TV ad on YouTube for the toy!  The ad is titled "1970's Worst Toy Ever Made #1"!  Check it out!

Click on picture to watch it!

Hope you enjoyed it!

I'm still calling my cow "Rhoda" - I'll explain soon is a future post!

My Cow, Rhoda

We locked eyes from about twenty feet across a floor at an antique mall.  

The beauty of her ebony and cream pattern beckoned me to come closer.

I could almost hear the little bell suspended around her neck ringing, calling me to her!

One look at the perfect conformation of her Holstein hind quarters said "Grand Champion"!

And so talented! She could move her head up and down, her horns could rotate and her tail could lift - where had she come from?

Her underside provided a clue - the cog under her belly and the holes in her hooves told me she may have been the star of a point of purchase display, with perhaps a motor driving her animation from a stand she freed herself from many years ago.

It was love at first sight and I

 brought her home. 

 Her name is Rhoda and she's very glad to meet you!