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Old 07/05/11, 05:06 PM
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Question Playing too rough!

My future herd sire is really friendly, actually he is too friendly. Today I trimmed his feet and gave him a bath, (along with 3 other goats) well he is a 7/mo boer buck who likes to butt his head on my leg. he won't do it forcefully, he'll put his head on my leg then start applying pressure. How do I discourage this? It seems when I push him away he thinks I'm playing back
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Old 07/05/11, 05:10 PM
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Say NO! and push him away. If he continues I would squirt him with spray bottle.
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Old 07/05/11, 05:14 PM
 
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NO! & a flick on the nose.
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Old 07/05/11, 05:20 PM
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Goats bite, too, to correct young kids. Pinch/twist an ear if you can reach it quickly. YELL NO!
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Old 07/05/11, 05:45 PM
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while I was trimming his feet he was also trying to bite, not really aggressively, but enough that it bothered me. I will use your guys' advice next time I'm working with him

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Old 07/05/11, 05:54 PM
 
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A spray bottle of vinegar with a big NO...our past buck became extremely aggressive on his second rut. However, all we had to do was carry the vinegar spray bottle into the pen and he left us alone.
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