| Every animals need to at least learn to walk on a | | | | one pan to another. The advantage of this process is |
| lead. It's much easier to mover individual animals from | | | | not to force the goat to go among the pans but to |
| one paddock to another, if it walks silently - not | | | | get them to want the reward. And through this |
| fighting you every step of the way. It's better to | | | | process they learn how to walk. |
| put an animal on a trailer or truck when you sell it if | | | | When the training is over for the show and after the |
| you're not pulling and jerking, or worse lifting and | | | | goat has mastered the art of walking, you can walk |
| carrying it. In case, your animal requires medical | | | | several yards then stop the goat and "set it up" so |
| attention, your vet would greatly appreciate having a | | | | that it is standing "square". Through this you make |
| well-trained goat to treat. | | | | you goat familiar to have others check their bite or |
| Once the goat learns definitely we are not going to | | | | inspect udders. Another technique is to put a long |
| torture it again and again. You can put a lead on the | | | | leash or rope on the goat permitting it to run from |
| goat's neck and tie it to a fence or gate. Remember | | | | you with and you following. This is somewhat easier |
| never, ever leave your tied goat unattended; this | | | | than dragging your goat behind you if you could keep |
| could lead your goat with broken neck. While tied, | | | | up with the goat. Once the goat get used to you |
| you need to brush them, make them familiar to being | | | | tagging along behind, slowly shorten the lead until the |
| handled. Further do rub your hands on their backs, up | | | | goat walks next to you. |
| and down legs, and give them a good feel by tickling | | | | Yet another technique is to use a big trained goat |
| their bellies. You could also gently rub the neck the | | | | and let it be a trainer to a smaller one to lead by |
| shoulders; this has a very cheering effect on the | | | | attaching the two together. To us, this is the |
| goat. | | | | anyhow a least effective method of training. If you |
| For smaller goat, you can put two pans of food on | | | | try this technique, don't never leave your goat alone |
| the ground about 30 feet apart. Walk up to the goat | | | | while tethered; they would get into all sorts of |
| to the first pan of food. Just allow him to eat for | | | | problem that may lead to injury or death. Once your |
| couple of seconds and then take the food away and | | | | goat is broken to lead, it does not forget. Teach |
| walk the goat to second pan. Repeat the same trip | | | | them when they are young, and hold them when |
| for few times, after that take a longer route from | | | | they are old. |