1. Meet your Tiny Cows host

We'll begin with an introduction to the farm and a short safety briefing before heading into the cattle area. Because this is a Preview Experience, you're seeing Tiny Cows Yorkshire while we're still building it.The farm will therefore look rather more farm-like than visitor-attraction-like. Exactly as intended.

2. Meet our young cattle

You'll start with some of our friendliest youngsters. We'll introduce them individually and tell you about their personalities, their breeding and where they've reached in their training. You'll quickly discover that there is no such thing as “the cows”.  They all have slightly different ideas about how the day should proceed.

3. Groom, fuss and build trust

Spend time brushing and stroking them while we explain why calm, regular handling matters. We'll show you how we build trust rather than simply expecting a young animal to do what it's told. Finding the correct scratching spot also helps enormously.

4. Discover how halter training works

We'll introduce you to some of the basics behind our halter training. That might mean learning to stand quietly, responding to gentle pressure and release, or beginning to walk calmly beside a handler. Every youngster is at a different stage. One may walk beautifully. Another may decide that three steps represents quite enough professional development for one afternoon.

5. Have a go yourself

Where the individual cow and your own confidence make it appropriate, you'll have the opportunity to get involved with some simple halter work. You may even get to lead one of our youngsters for a short distance. There is never any pressure to do this — for you or the cow.

6. Meet the youngest Miniature Herefords

We'll introduce you to some of the youngest members of our Miniature Hereford herd and show you where they've reached in their own training journey. Some may simply be learning that a halter is nothing to worry about. Others may be beginning to take their first steps.

7. Meet and feed the wider herd

We'll finish the cow part of your visit by introducing you to more members of Tiny Cows Yorkshire and offering approved treats to suitable cattle. Then comes the difficult part... Leaving.