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01-20-2016, 07:19 AM
I don't see why almonds wouldn't make good treats. They're not toxic to goats as far as I know. If the goats like them, go for it!
Trick training can be used to cure bad habits. I had a young horse that liked to bite people regularly and often. He learned not to bite me, but it never translated to anyone else. I needed him for my carriage business and couldn't have him biting the customers. His biting was not mean-spirited but playful in nature (doesn't matter to the customer though--if they get bit by a horse they get bit by a horse and they don't care why he did it!). I figured what he really needed was an outlet. He was orally busy all the time and would grab a lot of things besides people too. So I taught him to give kisses. He surprised a few folks that way, but once I taught him to kiss he never bit another person. He just needed something to do.
Trick training can be used to cure bad habits. I had a young horse that liked to bite people regularly and often. He learned not to bite me, but it never translated to anyone else. I needed him for my carriage business and couldn't have him biting the customers. His biting was not mean-spirited but playful in nature (doesn't matter to the customer though--if they get bit by a horse they get bit by a horse and they don't care why he did it!). I figured what he really needed was an outlet. He was orally busy all the time and would grab a lot of things besides people too. So I taught him to give kisses. He surprised a few folks that way, but once I taught him to kiss he never bit another person. He just needed something to do.