Halter Training Your Market Goats

[@TSis76]

Thank you for posting this.

[@TPorter79]

Great video. I’ll be sharing this with my 4H Goat Project kids. Looking forward to seeing more videos, maybe on bracing and showmanship in the ring?

[@melindaweaver7901]

very good Video, you are made for this thank you, Can you show me what a collar-halter combo look like

[@taraschnetz2652]

Here is a few photos that might help. Each link is a photo. facebook.com/jandj.livestock/photos/pcb.1226065240891078/1226065164224419/ www.thewinnersbrand.com/Catalog/Media/Images/59701-xxx-0108304_m.jpg

[@hollygudenkauf1333]

How old are your goats when you like to halter break them?

[@taraschnetz2652]

We like to begin halter training early. So weaning or a little before is a good time to begin. Before that, as long as they are on the mother, the best training is holding their head with your hands and stroking them. Physical touch feels much safer to your lambs than a halter does. Always try to begin with your hands on their face and holding them that way rather then going directly to pulling on a halter. You will discover when a lamb is going crazy at a sale or pick up date, (usually the first time many lambs have had on a halter), all you have to do is to change your hold to hands on the face, for them to calm down sigificantly.

[@diemeckerei3021]

Poor baby… with her touchier hanging out. So exhausted by the halter training :-/ There are many much better ways to teach a goat!

[@TSis76]

How do you do it?