taming the wild beast

[Nanno]

I'll bet your fella calms down and will be much easier to tame once you remove his manhood. For one thing, it's a lot nicer to rub and cuddle a non-sticky, non-stinky goat, so you'll probably handle him a lot more often and a lot more thoroughly. We just got a buck a few days ago, and I'd love to hold him in my lap and pet him all over, but it's just not gonna happen! Among other things, when I handle him too much with my bare hands, I end up tasting buck stink in the back of my throat for the rest of the day.

Make sure your other goats aren't mauling him whenever they see you coming. Pac-Man is scared to come near people because he's always gotten beat up by older, bigger goats whenever humans visited him at his old home. Since we got him home, I realized this problem would continue because Cuzco pummels him every time Phil or I approached the fence. So yesterday I broke out the shock collar and have given Cuzco a sharp zap and a stern voice reprimand whenever he mauls Pac-Man while Phil or I are around. In just two days there's a tremendous difference. In fact, while I was working to install an electric wire around the inside of their pen today, Pac-Man made a point of hanging out next to me because he knew he'd be safe, and now he's not shying away when we come to pet him.