[Perry]

About the feeding: try tying them up first; or try adding lemon juice or vinegar to the squirt bottle to make it more effective. Sometimes a slap on the nose is an effective way of saying ‘no’. How well do they respect you in other situations?

In my experience vocalizations get less as the goats get older. However, if you respond to the vocalizations in anyway, even a look, you may be inadvertently reinforcing the vocalizations.

Hope this helps,

Perry

 

[Perry]

Adding a couple of strands (or 3 strands) of electric fence wire, one top, one middle with a good charger and ground can keep goats off the fence. And if the top wire is about 5’ up, it will likely stop the jumping (I’ve never had one jump my fences, so I don’t have experience with correcting the problem once it starts.)