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01-31-2017, 11:34 AM
Anyone experience a goat that will walk through anything to follow but just really slow.
Yukon is 7 months old, I take him and 2 other same aged wethers out. Currently I'm just strolling through the neighborhood with them so they have to be on leads. I use halters for leading as well. I've been able to take them to a near by conservation area with trails but due to the amount of off leash dogs I opted to keep them on leads.
When I take him to the back pasture (2.5 acres) of nothing but forest, open grassland, and brambles he follows like the rest of them with out resistance.
Anyway he will walk but there is always tension in the lead, I tried tieing him to his brother hucks collar and that worked when we were in some trails, there was consistent slack. But not in the neighbor hood, I don't tie him to Huck unless he has a pep in his step because Huck is doing so well I don't want his neck having constant drag.
I have a quick pace myself and have tried to take it down a notch this hasn't been motivating to him either. And Huck and Pluto seem to keep up just fine. I've checked his hooves, manipulated his legs to see if there is any pain response. He is bright, and alert, eating and drinking normally.
I just kinda need him to move a little faster than barely 1mph...
Its not 100% of the time, but maybe 60%.
Suggestions, thoughts?
Yukon is 7 months old, I take him and 2 other same aged wethers out. Currently I'm just strolling through the neighborhood with them so they have to be on leads. I use halters for leading as well. I've been able to take them to a near by conservation area with trails but due to the amount of off leash dogs I opted to keep them on leads.
When I take him to the back pasture (2.5 acres) of nothing but forest, open grassland, and brambles he follows like the rest of them with out resistance.
Anyway he will walk but there is always tension in the lead, I tried tieing him to his brother hucks collar and that worked when we were in some trails, there was consistent slack. But not in the neighbor hood, I don't tie him to Huck unless he has a pep in his step because Huck is doing so well I don't want his neck having constant drag.
I have a quick pace myself and have tried to take it down a notch this hasn't been motivating to him either. And Huck and Pluto seem to keep up just fine. I've checked his hooves, manipulated his legs to see if there is any pain response. He is bright, and alert, eating and drinking normally.
I just kinda need him to move a little faster than barely 1mph...
Its not 100% of the time, but maybe 60%.
Suggestions, thoughts?
Today we stroll the neighborhood, someday we'll climb mountains together.. 