Oh My, you have a lovely team and wagon. A delight to see you drive.

Linda - Washington State



--- In HarnessGoats@yahoogroups.com, "Kerri Olsen"
<kerri_olsen_1@...> wrote:
>
> Attached is a photo taken of my four in hand hitch at the Oakville
4th of
> July parade this past summer. You can get a set of harness at
>
> Hoegers.com and the bits I use are the small 3 ½ ", bar with a
slight curve
> (mullen?) from any miniature horse catalog.
http://www.minitack.com/llm.htm
>
> I have a Nubian as my lead, and the three white ones are Nubian-
Boer cross –
> I wanted the height with the muscle you get from that cross.
>
> I started with one goat initially and built my hitch from there. Am
> currently working on a six in hand, I have another set of twin
Boers that
>
> Will be the swing team. They do not make lines for a four in hand,
you have
> to have that made or make them yourself. I have all wethers,
>
> I never did want my does doing this type of work for fear of
compromising
> the udder or milk production. I don't have milk does any longer,
and
>
> I've been able to get my wethers for free or for cheap since I
don't raise
> them myself anymore. You can see my team in action on You Tube
>
> Go to You Tube and type in kerriolsen and you will see several
videos that I
> have posted. My uncles built all my wagons – I have several.
>
> http://hoeggergoatsupply.com/xcart/home.php
>
> I finally invested in a set of harness made especially for my hitch
from an
> Amish harness maker in Indiana – I don't have his information as I
>
> Ordered that through a friend, but it cost me about $900 bucks
without bits
>
> http://www.goattracksmagazine.com/index.html
>
> This link for goat tracks magazine has some awesome pictures, and
lots of
> information for training.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
> FYI I don't think that there are any gender drawbacks, but I do
have a
> friend that tried to train a doe that was about two or three years
old
>
> She was such a pain that my friend went back to just wethers. Yes
the
> training is the same as for horses – the good thing is that I am
able
>
> To manhandle the goat when I have to where you can't do that with a
horse.
> I have also trained my Mustang to drive. The thing that you can't
>
> Train out of a goat is their fear of dogs though, and I always have
problems
> with my team when there are unfamiliar dogs around. And small
>
> Kids – my team really has a problem with small children in large
groups like
> at parades and fairs. They come close to pet and it scares the
>
> Goats most of the time. When my team is in harness I keep the kids
away and
> tell them they can pet the goats when they are done working.
>
> And that's the thing of it. Once they are out of harness, they
don't mind
> the kids so much. But the harness puts the goat in what they see
>
> As a venerable position – they can't flee if they feel the need to –
I think
> that's why the kids bother them so much. I took me about a year
>
> With the four in had before they "got it" and now they all work
together
> just fine. This was my second summer doing parades and fairs.
>
> I'm excited for next year -
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: HarnessGoats@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:HarnessGoats@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of touchstone
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 3:48 AM
> To: HarnessGoats@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [HarnessGoats] Doelings
>
>
>
> I have been interested in training a pair of doelings to harness
and wonder
> if there are any gender drawbacks to doing this. I seperate and
raise all my
> kids on CAE prevention so they are friendly. I have a pair now that
will be
> a year in July and I am not going to be breeding them until 2010 so
that
> should give me a good length of time to get them well started.
>
> In my younger days I worked quite extensively with horses and did a
lot of
> ground driving training with youngsters. I am assuming that the
training
> will be similar. These doelings have been shown so they lead and
stand well
> for that purpose. I will need to get a harness for each and a
bridle/halter
> to start the long-lining process. I do not know where to go to
purchase
> these. I live in Southern Ontario Canada. My goal is to eventually
have them
> trained well enough to put to a small cart.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>
>
> Lois
>
>
>
> Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next with no
loss of
> enthusiasm.
>