AndreaS
Chillin' with the herd
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HI again everyone,
I'll probably be blowing up this thread until we get settled in with our new goats
To recap for those who did not see my other post: We just got two new Nigerian dwarf X Pygmy goats, The mothers name is Star and she is appx 5 years old, and the little 2 month old buckling is Bebe.
I would like to be able to train them to lead- it will be easier to move them from place to place, trim hooves and I am considering milking Star, so I'm thinking it will be easier to handle her.
We had purchased two goat collars for them before they came here, but the girl we bought them from said that she does not recommend people use collars because she had a person who purchased a goat from her in the past hang itself by it's collar. She generally just holds their horns when she needs to work with them.
I was wondering about dog harnesses? The kind that strap around the body. I'm new to all of this so don't know if it would be a good idea, or if it would impede/press on the rumen? I googled "goat harnesses" but all I got was the setups for having a goat pull a cart, and man! They are expensive.
What do you guys think? Any of you use dog harnesses on your goats? opinions on collars posing a risk for hanging?
Thanks!
Andrea
I'll probably be blowing up this thread until we get settled in with our new goats
To recap for those who did not see my other post: We just got two new Nigerian dwarf X Pygmy goats, The mothers name is Star and she is appx 5 years old, and the little 2 month old buckling is Bebe.
I would like to be able to train them to lead- it will be easier to move them from place to place, trim hooves and I am considering milking Star, so I'm thinking it will be easier to handle her.
We had purchased two goat collars for them before they came here, but the girl we bought them from said that she does not recommend people use collars because she had a person who purchased a goat from her in the past hang itself by it's collar. She generally just holds their horns when she needs to work with them.
I was wondering about dog harnesses? The kind that strap around the body. I'm new to all of this so don't know if it would be a good idea, or if it would impede/press on the rumen? I googled "goat harnesses" but all I got was the setups for having a goat pull a cart, and man! They are expensive.
What do you guys think? Any of you use dog harnesses on your goats? opinions on collars posing a risk for hanging?
Thanks!
Andrea