The POWERFUL Goat - training a goat to pull 

Yes he did! A lovely young lady North of us. She goes into fairs and parades with him, and gives rides. Just wonderful!

Thanks Teanna, that's great you used to do this, too!

Thanks Rachel, and hi from us here in Canada :)

@@fourseasonsnorth WOW CANADA I'm from there where in Canada? Also when will you be doing this again?

We're in Northern Alberta, and yes, we're in the process of training a couple more goats to pull!

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No, I haven't put a carrot in front of his face before... our goats seem to be more tempted by oats :) but I should try it sometime - it might work better than expected, and sure would make a funny video!

Most goats don't like carrots. At least in my experience of raising/having goats, none of my goats have liked carrots and apples.

Yes, that makes some things difficult... but thanks so much!

No, Don't think we've heard of that book, although sounds like it would be good. We haven't heard about using/not using pine shavings for bedding. We use straw. Although we used pine and spruce needles as a goat dewormer and they love them. We don't have dairy sheep but we really would like to get some. We have kids coming about the same time as you... we're very excited as we imagine you all are too :-)

Hi Crystal, The other video we have is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qirWlfIW5D0.html That's right, it's difficult to find information on training goats. Here's a write up Julia did for A Better Whey on training a goat to pull: blog.cheesemaking.com/training-a-goat-to-pull-by-julia-biegel/ Hope that helps. We'll keep in mind about making another video on how to train, more step by step! Take care!

That would be awesome thank you.

We have it on our list of videos to make!

@@fourseasonsnorth thank you!!💓💖

Here's some links that you might find helpful: workinggoats.com/?id=74 and blog.cheesemaking.com/training-a-goat-to-pull-by-julia-biegel/

Yep, goats are such fun - good for so much!

Absolutely! You can email us at: thebiegelfamily@gmail.com

Thanks :D I think the alpine is the american version of the peacock goat or a subordinate for all the goat breeds from the alps that were imported to america. A purebred peacock goat is very rare to find but I think the color of their fur is inherited dominantly, thats why there are so many crossbreeds that look alike :D Beautiful boy btw!

Very interesting! Thanks :)

He's Toggenburg, Alpine and Saanen cross.

The Biegel Family thanks he’s very handsome❤️

Thanks :)

Hi there! Powerful was sold a few months ago, but Julia is in the process of training another goat named Ivan, who has an even better attitude than Powerful. He will be for sale sometime soon. We also have other pet/trick goats that are for sale. Here's a video that shows Ivan pulling his cart, and also how friendly he is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eL04XHAdFkk.html

That's awful. Why do that??? I wouldn't if it's not abnormally agressive with it.

They use their horns for all kinds of things, some of which are important. I'd recommend amputating your arms before you debud a goat, to get an idea of how it feels. Horn related injuries are really rare and not having horns can also result in injuries, since one use for the horns is suspension to protect their skulls when they butt heads. I've seen a lot of this kind of injury in debudded goats, who don't know that they're not equipped to butt heads with each other, so they might lose a 4 or 5" chunk of skull, or have the whole cranium crack down the middle, since it's not properly protected. I'm with Lukas, it's something to consider as a last resort for a goat who has caused an injury, not something to inflict unnecessarily. Goat combat is mosty ritualistic and has strict rules, designed to prevent actual harm. An important one is that when a goat cries for mercy, the fight's over and the other goat should stop immediately (though it doesn't have to leave the defeated party alone, just to stop that particular attack, so it doesn't push anything beyond its breaking point). Even with these rules, sometimes there's an accidental fluke injury. It can be upsetting, but it's always a possibility, horns or not. What you need to look out for though, is deliberate injury. If you're keeping hundreds of goats, or you're really unlucky with genetics, you may encounter a psycho who'll get off on breaking the rules and on breaking legs. Those goats do need to be separated from potential victims, or if that's too impractical, dehorned. From a handling perspective, the handlebars are actually a lot more useful than they are dangerous. Just like most goats don't want to injure each other, they also don't want to injure humans. From their point of view, an animal that injures other animals on purpose is repulsive/deranged and can't fit into their society. Like we'd think of an addict who shoots up a hospital to get drugs. This is my experience, dealing with some hundreds of goats, with different backgrounds, but every goat is different and different herds have different characteristics. If all your goats are the crazy kind who'll deliberately hook each others' legs and not let up, then debudding probably is the way to go, if you really want to breed goats like that. X)

I use a Canon 70d usually with an EFS 18-55mm lens. If I keep my camera on a tripod, it really helps with extra stability.

Amberlin Biegel search "canon stabilizer " on Google. I saw a guy making a movie while snowboarding and he was using one of this type of rigs. looked like it worked quite well for shooting while on the move

I actually have a Glidecam stabilizer, but haven't used it that much. I need to practise and get it working. When used properly, it gives very impressive, smooth footage!