Buck spitting at me. WHY?????

[terrilhb]

I have 2 1 1/2yr old bucks. My big one Tack is fine. Always loving and sweet. But his brother(who is smaller) is being weird. Everytime I walk up to him he spits at me and stomps his feet. I know they do this with does but why me? I have to squirt him to make him stop. How do I stop this behaviour. He just started it. He used to be loving and sweet. And his favorite thing to do was give me goat kisses. Now if he gives them to me I have to fuss at him. The other day he reared up at me. I knocked the tar out of him. No I did not hurt him hurt my hand. But he stopped. I am lost. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MrsDieselEngineer]

LOL, he's flirting with you

 

[elevan]

Yep, he's in love...but with the wrong species

Our buck did this to my DH, who was not a bit amused

 

[lilhill]

It is a dominance thing. When a buck gets that dominance/challenge behavior, my water pistol is my weapon of choice. I never hit them. You don't want them to turn it into a game (or break a hand). The water pistol when they get into my space works just fine and after a few days of that, they find out that that behavior is totally unacceptable. And the best part is they never know if I have it or not. Haven't had to use it in ages.

 

[terrilhb]

Oh how do I stop it? Will he try to hurt me?

 

[lilhill]

Just take a water pistol in with you. When he starts spitting at you or rearing up, shoot him in the face. Do it every time he misbehaves and it won't take long at all for him to get the message. I have Nigerians and have never had one to hurt me. Their testosterone just kicks in ... I am the absolute boss in my herd and they know it. Love them, scratch their backs, but will not tolerate bad behavior. If they turn aggressive, then they are gone.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Sound advice indeed.

 

[Chaty]

Yes it works as lilhill said. You dont want to hit them cause if you have seen them hit heads your not going to hurt him anyway and he will take it as a challenge to hit back. Goats hate water on them, well mine sure do. I agree a agressive buck isnt a good thing and can or will soon hurt you. I dont keep them if any of them gets agressive and cant be stopped. Some you cant or wont break then you have to make decisions.

 

[DonnaBelle]

Oh, thanks for that advice.

I'm having the same problems with my two 6 month old bucks.

WATER PISTOL COMING UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DonnaBelle

 

[terrilhb]

Thank you everyone. I have my water gun. Got some work ahead of me. But I am up to it. I will win.