safe goat tethering

[fishhead]

How do you safely tether a goat that has never been tethered?

I've got one that is difficult to catch and I may have to start a course of antibiotics on it so I don't want to spend the next 5 nights trying to catch it for a shot.

I don't have a pen small enough otherwise I would pen it.

Thanks.

[SherrieC]

We don't use tethers often, but we made safe ones and have a calf on one right now. Old leaky garden hose, with a long piece of nylon rope threaded thru, then attach a snap at the end and large knots at the rear of it, so that 10-15 foot of hose is right by the animal, helps keep them from tying up their legs or tangling. Ours our 35-50 feet long. We tie the other end to a large cement block, a shed or a tree.

[fishhead]

Thanks!

I may have to try it since you can only fool a goat so many times and I have to catch him at least 4 more times. He's wearing a dog collar now to make it easier to grab him as he flies by me.

The hose trick is something I wouldn't have thought of.