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02-03-2014, 10:59 AM
If you like I can take pictures of my stanchion, which was home-made by a friend of mine. But I can't give you measurements because mine is made for does. I'd need one almost twice this size if it were for Cuzco!
I've trimmed hooves on some really wild, big goats without the use of a stanchion. I tied them to a stout post with a halter (NOT a collar!) and snubbed them up really short so their faces were almost plastered to the fence post. Then I pinned them tightly against the fence with my body, grabbed a hoof, and hung on. They didn't like it, but I got the job done, and by the last hoof they were actually pretty good about it. I'm sure your goats are not as wild as those ones were. You might be able to achieve good behavior with a bucket of grain hung on the fence.
Stanchions are nice, but I sometimes find that the halter and fencepost is still a better option with a really strong, unruly goat because they can actually flip the stanchion over if they go crazy. The nicest thing about a stanchion is that it gets the goat up higher so you don't have to bend down as far.
I've trimmed hooves on some really wild, big goats without the use of a stanchion. I tied them to a stout post with a halter (NOT a collar!) and snubbed them up really short so their faces were almost plastered to the fence post. Then I pinned them tightly against the fence with my body, grabbed a hoof, and hung on. They didn't like it, but I got the job done, and by the last hoof they were actually pretty good about it. I'm sure your goats are not as wild as those ones were. You might be able to achieve good behavior with a bucket of grain hung on the fence.
Stanchions are nice, but I sometimes find that the halter and fencepost is still a better option with a really strong, unruly goat because they can actually flip the stanchion over if they go crazy. The nicest thing about a stanchion is that it gets the goat up higher so you don't have to bend down as far.