Kid jumping on people?

[Ariel301]

You might try a spray bottle with water in it, the ever-popular cat training tool. Goats, like cats, hate getting wet. Especially their faces. When she jumps up on you, or does something else you don't like, squirt her in the face with water. Then when she is acting good, make a fuss over her so she doesn't get scared of you and think you are the mean nasty person who always makes her wet. Usually a combination of this and pushing the kids away works for us. We actually let them climb on us and play like that for the first week or so, just to get them really lovey and sweet around people, but then start teaching them that it is no longer ok, just like a mother pushing her babies away at weaning time...they have to know the boundaries before they get too big. My buck did not learn that, and now as a large adult with nearly 2 foot horns, he wants to sit in my lap!

 

[Lil-patch-of-heaven]

Thanks for the info. I can handle the water-squirt thing. I have trained several cats that way. I'm glad to know I did not ruin her. She was so cute (still is) and I'm a bit of a sucker for babies, so I'm afraid I have to admit that I DID indulge her a little at first.

I learned firsthand about consequences from goats jumping. I was very late milking last night because I went to an alpaca shearing to help so I could learn something for my llamas (and I can't do the llamas the same way at ALL -- but I did learn some things). Milking is when Dakota gets her sweet feed but I wanted to give Amelia her bottle first. Dakota actually jumped on my back while I was feeding Amelia. Misty (the llama) was watching it all so I didn't want to be too harsh with Dakota.

Lessons learned:
don't be late
if I am late, feed the baby in another place
don't turn my back and bend over in front of anxious goats!

More lessons to come, I am sure. Is there a book on this? The ones regarding the dairy aspects are not enough lol.

Really I am chastising myself. I should have known better. I just really didn't think she would do that. Thankfully she only used 2 feet and I wasn't hurt.