Goat wont go near husband

[BlueMoonFarms]

This is all great information! I would also try to feed the does before the bucks. I might also have you catch her and separate her from the herd. Have her spend time with your husband for a while and have him feed her her grain out of his hand. Have him brush her and pet her and hold her in his lap. You may obviously have to help him. I don't know when you go there, but there may have been a man who did something to her in the past and maybe your husband accidently made a move that reminded her of that and is now relating him to another man. Don't take this in the wrong way or anything, but your husband may have a mood or may be tired or angry that may frighten her for whatever reason. Animals are great at detecting moods and such.

I usually was the one to go down and feed them, but with work changes he has been up earlier and so has been feeding them for the fun of it. I go down every day just usually after he has fed them.
We have had Anne since she was little and it was a woman who raised her, so unless my neighbors did something then I am not sure?
My husband did have to chase the buck down and pin him when he got fresh the day he took Anne out of the pen?
I'll pull her out and have him spend time with her.
He was able to coax her close with food today because the poor girl was so hungry so that was good. She ate three full cups.

I also thought of this a while ago, but you could have your husband wear and old short or just some old rag and have him do stuff with it on and then have her wear it for a day and she can't get away from his smell and has to learn to deal with it.

Oh good idea! I'll have him work out and then we can stick the shirt on her.

The buck smell was the first think I thought of...Whatever the cause... it needs to be fixed. We have a only had one that was as goofy as yours is acting ... Dwarf girl that when coming here as a kid in June was great with the other goats but you wouldn't get a hand on her if she had anything to do about it -- small they are still fast little buggers and she is one of the best in conformation we have (needed some new line in our little herd) or probably wouldn't have spent so much time to get her really solid with us and for show. We managed to trick her a lot but it took all summer to build reasonable trust. We did a lot time of separate from the others so she bonded with my niece -- it is her goat for show etc. She was herd bound so she was so happy to see us but didn't know what to do about it. Niece hand fed her... we put her in the smaller area that had been cleaned out by the other goats so she was dependent on additional diet that we mix of timothy and alfalfa pellets so can hand feed. She also fed by hand the Noble and BOSS mix. She got goat licorice treats when on collar training and leash too. Collar and leash work was most effective toward trust. So perhaps something special in her grain for a bit only if she comes and get its with him standing there might help. She could have no hay left until she finished her hand feeding. An animal will not let themselves starve unless they are ill... so she will have to hand feed. Start with no eye contact or physical contact and build up from there. Ours showed ok at Fair... not bolting like someone was going to beat her and is now good with family for the most part... but still squirrelly with people she doesn't know on occasions. That is why we won't ever breed her personally... a friend will always be the "bad guy". Hope she decides to be lovey again. Good luck

Im going to have to have him read all of that because I will forget it all ha-ha, but seriously thank you!

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Well I have some good news. We have not gotten to the shirt trick yet, but so far since we bought the licorice goat treats she has been at least coming up to Adam. Tentatively, she creeps up and will eat from his hand which allows him to grab her collar which is good. She gets clipped in to eat and she has been nervous but allowing him to walk up to her.
Hopefully this will work!

 

[elevan]

 

[taylorm17]

good luck and it sounds like she may be okay with him with practice.

 

[Sweetened]

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Good news! Anne runs TO him now all because he stuffs his pockets with licorice treats We have success!! Thank you everyone for your advice!!

 

[taylorm17]

Hah. Glad it all worked out!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Good advice above. Goats can hold a grudge. We have a doe who will NOT go near DH because he gave her shots when she was sick. If he made an effort, she might get over it but I sure don't mind that she comes running to me for lovings when he is in the room.