Collars and horns?

[Nanno]

Yes, they definitely hook each other on purpose! We mostly see it with youngsters going after each other and occasionally an older goat will hook a youngster to teach him a lesson. You're absolutely right about the snatching--they know exactly how to hook and unhook the other goats, and they seem to know when another goat has learned his lesson and had enough. I can't use the plastic chain collars. They're too flimsy. I want my collars to break under severe stress, but the plastic chains seem to break just from having a big wether pull too hard when I'm leading him to a pen. I'm sure they work well for hornless goats, but with horned goats you might just as well not use collars at all because your goats will be collarless in two days and you'll have to walk all over the property picking up plastic chain pieces!