My first experience with a dairy cow I had just received my first loan through my Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization or Society (SACCO) and I decided that want to become a dairy farmer. I like my tea with milk and longed for the day that I will be producing milk from my own farm and selling the surplus to my neighbours. I decided to buy a dairy cow on a Friday which was a market day in Awendo Market. Excited about my new venture, I woke up early on my first day as a dairy cow owner, put on my overalls and gumboots, and went to the cowshed to meet my new cow, Boke to try out my milking skills. Boke was a beautiful cow with big brown eyes, a friendly face and was lactating since she had recently calved. I had read all about how to take care of a dairy cow, and was confident that I would just manage it right. I approached Boke with a bucket in hand, ready to milk her for the first time, but Boke had other ideas. She took one look at me and decided that I was not to be tru...