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He loves you and doesnt want you to leave. Or he loves something you're giving him and wants more He will grow out of it... hopefully. We have a Lamancha doe who does it every year when we wean her kids and or hours before each milking. She has the most annoying voice and will be leaving tomorrow because of it. After 7 years we just cant take any more. So try to figure out if its anything your doing before he starts and if so, adjust it. Good luck.

 

[TDG-Farms]

Geebus! From stand offish to mama's lil baby in what? 2 months? hehe Sounds like he needs to become better friends with your other boy to transfer some of that dependency. Legion used to do that pretty good also. But I found if you leave em a pan with a little bit of grain in it, that will distract him from you walking away. Granted you cant do this every time. I also found some success with tying Legion up and walking away and letting him kinda freak out. I would wait a few minutes and walk by him. Not close enough to touch him and walk outta sight. A dozen or so times over the course of a few days helped a bunch. I would also tie him, and walk say 30 feet away to a waiting chair and sit and just wait for him to calm down. Its to the point now where I can hi line him and he doesnt panic or cry but he doesnt like having to be separated from me. He is so good that unless I am doing something that I dont want him by me smelling or inspecting, that I almost never hi line. But once they understand that, thats just the way its going to be, they get better.