Cows have many hidden skills, from doing tricks to offering rides, coaches say

Cows who are trained and kept busy have better lives than dairy animals stuck in barns, say cow coaches. Photo: dpa

Although she weighs in at a solid 900kg, Emmi steps gracefully onto a small stage.

The six-year-old cow knows her routine and climbs onto the wooden platform, a mere 60cm wide, just as she has been trained to by her coach, Markus Holzmann.