can i tie my goats?

[SkyWarrior]

Just make sure you use leather collars so they break if they get hung up. I have heard too many stories of goats hanging because their nylon collars do not break.

Good leather collars won't break either. Better to get actual break-away collars (yes, they are available for dogs and goats).

 

[sunshine43]

I tie my goat out he wears a dog collar and I use a lead hooked on a spike in the ground. But I am always outside when he is tied out as he does tend to get himself tangled around something.

 

[Sinaman&Sugar]

I think it would really depend on if you were going to supervise them & the goat's personality. Some are fine (with supervision) and some just go nuts! Our goats do fine on tethers but we do not leave them unattended. We are working on fencing in our property so this is our only means of having them graze at this time. So far, it's worked just fine - but they are checked on frequently.

 

[Sinaman&Sugar]

Also, they are placed back in large pens at night - not left overnight on tethers. There's no way I could do that - far too dangerous.

 

[pdpo222]

This year we tied our goats out. We tied on a stake in the ground. We have a big metal loop on the end so it revolves when they walk. I check on them constantly, but I would do that if they were fenced in too. I use halters on mine always have. I worried about choking with a collar. This year we will fence in the side pasture for them and I will check constantly to see if any got out. I just worry alot I guess. They are never left out if we are gone. I put everyone in the barn, that way I know no stray dogs or coyotes can bother them. It's really the only time I DON'T worry about them.

 

[treeclimber233]

I tie my goats out too sometimes. I have one that has no respect for any fence (over, under, thru she doesn't care) so when I let them out into a small field I fenced with electric fence I tie her to a cinder block. She is a dwarf breed and has a hard time dragging the cinder block. As long as she stays in the others that get out with her stay in too. I have a fairly heavy link chain that is the length of their bodies tied to a rope that is tied to whatever is available. The chain is heavy enough to lay on the ground but light enough they have no trouble moving it. That way they do not get tangled in what they are tied with. I used rope at first and they constantly got tangled around their back legs. And the silly things never learned to turn the other way to get the rope off.