Grace I am so pleased that you pointed out how uncomfortable the rope halter can be for the goat. I have watched youth goat shows and there are always people who seem completely oblivious to the discomfort they are causing the goat. Thank you for getting the word out. You are a good ambassador for the show wether industry.
it also depends on what rope halter you get to big it goes on there eyes to small it closes of there mouth but if you get the right size it wont do any of that like when I was working with lambs I had one that was perfect and it was able to drink and breath but it did not cover up its eyes but you also should be very trained on using them for horses its more dangers but with smaller animals like lambs and goats its kinda okay no hate it is only my opinion
So when holding their heads up when trying to brace train them(when holding them off the ground), does that ever hurt/bother the goat after awhile? How much time per day do you work with them?
They are only held off the ground for a very short period of time and the way it’s done they aren’t dangling there by the head. It may look that way, but it doesn’t feel that way if you’re the one doing it. Wethers might protest by vocalization but it doesn’t physically bother or hurt them. We’ll usually break up sessions into 1/2 hour blocks. Walk and bracing/showmanship practice, put them away for awhile and then exercise with the tire. It’s all usually done during the morning and evening while it’s cooler.
That’s so funny about her wearing flip-flops . My wife would wear slippers when working the animals. I gave up on harping on her. It took her years before she finally decided to wear the proper footwear outdoors.
Thanks! This was super helpful. My son is showing a market goat for the first time this year, and I am trying to make sure he knows all of the information. :)
When brace training is the weight of the goat on the thigh of the handler? Is the goal to get them used to standing in that more stretched out stance without fighting you?
My son has been working on walking his goat for 2 months now and when we walk with his mom (the goats mom) he is wonderful but when he takes him on his own he will roll sometimes but most the time he just lays down and refuses to move :( any suggestions? He is already strong enough its hard for him to keep him moving (60lbs).
My son's show goat is over bracing causing him to overstretch. He has been working on breaking him of that the last 3 weeks, but show day is in 8 days and when he steps into him, the goat automatically reverts back to his bad habit of overstretching out his rear legs. Help!
That one could be tricky I say step into him like your going to brace him but don’t make contact with it. Maybe if he’s not pushed he will not push back.
Hello, love the video. Just wondering, what halter are you using on the goat? I want to get one like that. We are trying to train some of our boers for a show later this year. Can we buy it online somewhere? Thank you :)
So my goat he kind of has a hay belly so I've been weaning off of that, do you have any recommendations of what to feed your goat. Also the whole thing with patience what could be an alternative if we dont have something like that?
We feed our wethers the same as we feed our other show animals but we only give them what they can clean up in like 5 minutes twice a day. And a hand full of hay every few day
@@LetsTalkGoats thank you we are just getting into if for our kids 4h we had only shown pigs and our daughter like showing pigs and wanted to try showing goats. We will be putting it up on our channel when we start off with them.
