young buck touching me with his forehead

[leecofarm]

my year old boer buck touches me with his forehead and holds it there. sometimes he just lightly presses. i dont like this. its not a slam or anything but i want suggestions on how to stop it without making things worse. what i have done so far is ignore him and move out of the way. when he doesnt touch me i pet him. so far its not working. i want to fix this before it gets worse. for a buck that is hitting people on this site some suggested flipping him on his side. i dont think i have the strength to do that.

[fishhead]

Twice last summer a wether did that to me and both times they didn't feel well.

If you want to lay him down reach under or around and grab the opposite legs. Then push and he should fall over.

[Laura Workman]

Yeah, this doesn't really sound like an aggression or play maneuver. I wonder if he's feeling OK.

[GoldenWood Farm]

You know some of my bucks do that to me and they just want attention or to be pet....sometimes yes it can with mine mean they don't feel well so I do check them out. But I have one buck who loves to come up and just lightly press his head against me . He is also a lovebug and loves to be pet and loved on (even when in rut....EWWW! ).

To me it doesn't sound as if he is being aggressive in the least or even trying to "hit" you. It just sounds as if he is a sweetie and likes being near and touching you. I even have does like this....they just love that human touch. My mom owns a doe I sold to her who when ever you go in her pen just stands with her head against your leg...she will stand for hours like this if you let her...she just loves that touch feeling I guess....had a boer doe like that to. Never where aggressive just big lovies.

Justine

[DQ]

if he pushes you , and you move away, you just teach him that he can control you. if this is the beginning of a test of whos boss he just figured out your a pretty easy pushover! literally. if this is a "who's boss" thing I think that the second he "thinks" about doing this you shove him hard away from you, or do something really annoying such as wave your hand in his face quickly getting closer (and if he doesn't back away just keep going and smack him). I am mostly speaking from experience with horses but any prey- herd animal has similiar behaviour in this regard, and you might already be in for a challenge because he thinks he's put you in your place. my goats will do something similiar to this just to get scratched too though. the point is you don't like it and want it to stop. the solution is the same irregardless of the reason behind the behaviour. something unpleasant must happen when he does it.