Territory kid Georgia Auricht is breaking in her pet cows, even training them to trot. Listen Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds 3 m 45 s Listen Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Georgia Auricht ( Lauren Fitzgerald ) Download 1.7 MB

Like most kids on the land, the 12 year old from the Kulgera Police Station, wanted to learn how to ride a horse a couple of years ago.

But when her mum told her 'no, go ride your cow', she did just that. These five pet cows are cared for and trained by 12 year old Georgia Auricht from the Kulgera Police Station. ( Lauren Fitzgerald )

Georgia now has five pet cows, all of varying ages and colours, and the ones that she has broken in can trot on demand.

"I get lots of orphaned baby poddy calves because otherwise they would just be donged on the head but we like to give them a life, and we like to show them," she said.

"I first started with a milk crate trying to get on their back, then I started with a motorbike helmet, then a push bike helmet, and finally I got on the back and I started rounding them up and hopping on their back and I just trained them."

So how do you break in a cow?

Georgia makes it sound easy.

"Well you round them up in the round ring, and then you start to get them used to [you] hopping on [their] back for about two days, and then you start getting on there and you give them a noise to go on.

"And once they're used to that you can tell them how to run or trot.

"I give them pellets, it's a type of sheep pellet or cow pellet, and they love it; it's delicious to them.

"I normally come out here for about three hours every day, about an hour in the morning and two hours at night.

"I walk them around, or lead them, ready for the show, or otherwise I ride them!"

Georgia goes to school via Central's Australia's School of the Air network, and she says most of her friends think she's 'crazy' for riding cows.

"Because they think 'you're riding a cow, why don't you just go and get a horse', I think if you bond with a cow they know you're good so you can train them to do anything.

"Yeah I love cows, especially Poll Herefords, they're my favourite."

As well as riding the cows, Georgia has had success showing them as well, and she has big plans for this year.

"Well Puffer and Toby, my two big ones, are about 18 months old now, they've both been in shows, well Toby's been in twice.

"I'm planning to take them in this year's [show] as well plus the little ones that I've broken in, so I'll have a few to show."