Abstract: A kick restrainer for an animal such as a cow which is arranged to be attached to a pair of vertically spaced bars which may form part of an animal stall or the like including upper and lower brackets arranged to be retained in a clamped position on the bars with a vertically extending support rod having an animal restraining member slidably mounted in the brackets, the upper bracket having a spring connected to the rod for urging the rod upwardly into an extended position and the lower bracket provided with a manually operated jack device for releasably retaining the support rod in an adjustable vertical position and for manually moving the support rod downwardly against the urging force of the spring on the upper bracket to position the restraining member against the back of an animal.