I have, my partner also grew up on a cattle farm that her family still owns in Scotland, I love spending time with cattle when up there especially the young moo's they are great to be around.
Again it is not intelligence, it is not how cute they are, the relationship is just different.
To try and explain it another way.
We domesticated pigs/cos/chickens and we chose to make them a source of food ... going back 1000s of years.
Wolves we domesticated and we chose to selectively breed them to be companions/protectors/pets, this in turn allowed us to hunt more because your offspring would have protection back in your cave, farm better because your dog could help you herd the animals and so on. Our evolution is symbiotic, we literally created them as companions and aides, this for me makes this not a hypocritical stance to take.