She would start confidently out, head and tail up, find herself chased back, get stubborn on the question, and lead her pursuer a long, hard run before she would return to her companions.

Once in a while one would even have to be roped and dragged back.

For know, before something happens to you, that you can chase a cow safely only until she gets hot and winded.

Then she stands her ground and gets emphatically "on the peck." I remember very well when I first discovered this.

It was after I had had considerable cow work, too.