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Well, unless you'll be showing her in the market goat/wether classes you won't need to brace her at all. 
For open shows and fairs in the breeding classes you never brace. I am the wrong person to try and answer how you should teach a goat to brace... I know there are some others on here who can answer that for you though.
Just keep practicing with her on holding that head up. If you can get a half or full prong collar that would really help her not want to lean on the collar.
For open shows and fairs in the breeding classes you never brace. I am the wrong person to try and answer how you should teach a goat to brace... I know there are some others on here who can answer that for you though. Just keep practicing with her on holding that head up. If you can get a half or full prong collar that would really help her not want to lean on the collar.
At one fair I went to this year, a girl was bracing her breeding Boer doe.. But that is good you don't have to brace like you would a market wether.
I guess I'll just work with her getting her head up and letting me set her up then.
Also building up some muscle mass because she is a bit flabby right now
Victoria, I *think* I sent you a PM, have you gotten in yet?
I guess I'll just work with her getting her head up and letting me set her up then.
Also building up some muscle mass because she is a bit flabby right now
Victoria, I *think* I sent you a PM, have you gotten in yet?
Well, I have never seen it done in a breeding class, but if you want to brace her go for it! I'm sure somebody could teach you how.
Nope I didn't get a PM yet... ?
Nope I didn't get a PM yet... ?
If I don't have to brace, I'm not gunna! LOL. I will get a prong collar though, she is very resistant when it comes to gettin' that head up.
I'll re-send that PM
I'll re-send that PM
The judge that judged our breeding show at my fair asked me to brace my doe so i think it's a good thing to train them to brace anyways.. I also think it makes them handle better if they are braced correctly. Just my personal opinion though . I haven't really had much experience teaching goats to brace but they way I teach my lambs to brace is to back them off something a few feet off the ground. I started them on a stack of railroad ties that we're laying around( 2-3 high, 4-5 wide). I did this for about one week and started them on the ground. They would brace a little bit but they finally realized that they weren't really that high off the ground and would just step off so I started backing them out of our horse trailer. That really made them hard. I have heard of people backing them off a fitting stand too. It just takes a lot of time and patience! Some people train them to brace on command which I think is really smart! They will tap the top of their head or pinch their neck a little then push on them and the lamb/goat will learn to brace when they do that.. Sorry for the novel but I hope that some of it will help
. I haven't really had much experience teaching goats to brace but they way I teach my lambs to brace is to back them off something a few feet off the ground. I started them on a stack of railroad ties that we're laying around( 2-3 high, 4-5 wide). I did this for about one week and started them on the ground. They would brace a little bit but they finally realized that they weren't really that high off the ground and would just step off so I started backing them out of our horse trailer. That really made them hard. I have heard of people backing them off a fitting stand too. It just takes a lot of time and patience! Some people train them to brace on command which I think is really smart! They will tap the top of their head or pinch their neck a little then push on them and the lamb/goat will learn to brace when they do that.. Sorry for the novel but I hope that some of it will help
Sounds like a good plan! ^
Got the PM!
Got the PM!
I guess it wouldn't be bad to teach her, just in case Backing her out of the horse trailer is a great idea!
Backing her out of the horse trailer is a great idea!
Weird
ughhh I hate that! makes me wanna just throw in the towel
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