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12-09-2016, 09:01 AM
Oh I'm fine. Didn't hurt at all. Christmas trees are pretty forgiving.
In hindsight I would have done better to bring the reins instead of trying to lead them. They've had enough practice working as a team that I thought there should be no problems with them pulling together. With reins it's much easier to control both goats at once.
Another option would have been to have Finn pull the tree home by himself. I thought it would be heavy enough, especially being dragged uphill through snow, to slow the boys down and force them to pull together. But I think Finn would have had no trouble managing it alone, fired up as he was. I've found from working with horses that there's nothing like a bit of hard work to take the edge off an attitude.
In hindsight I would have done better to bring the reins instead of trying to lead them. They've had enough practice working as a team that I thought there should be no problems with them pulling together. With reins it's much easier to control both goats at once.
Another option would have been to have Finn pull the tree home by himself. I thought it would be heavy enough, especially being dragged uphill through snow, to slow the boys down and force them to pull together. But I think Finn would have had no trouble managing it alone, fired up as he was. I've found from working with horses that there's nothing like a bit of hard work to take the edge off an attitude.