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05-12-2016, 05:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-12-2016, 05:56 PM by DownUnder Gal.)
Hi Nanno, if I could sew I think I would get a heavy duty machine myself, for the same reasons you've mentioned! Unfortunately I am not very talented in that department. It's becoming rather expensive for me to order all of this stuff from the US to find it doesn't quite fit. I tried the Tough1 mini bridle on Atticus yesterday and it is too small 
The nose band won't fit around his "boofy" nose. Unless I can fashion a larger noseband I think I will get limited use out of it ... it seems very heavy (good quality brass fittings add to the weight). There will probably only be about a six month window when it will fit Koby and then he will grow out of it, as all indications point to Koby being bigger than Atticus when fully grown. I might try the bridle on one of the feral cashmeres who have a different shaped head to the dairy goats. Maybe Gilly-Gumboots (Gilbert); he would make a good harness goat but I would need to start from scratch and he is not as receptive to training as the dairy goats.
I have never heard of Dr Cook's bitless bridle so I am going to do a bit of research on that, thanks for the tip.
Team Snazzy Goat suggested to me that I might try adding a bit via bit clips attached to the noseband of the Sopris halter I have. I might try that - I am determined to find a workable solution! So far I have found the Sopris halters to be great quality and fit, and much cheaper than goat halters available here in Australia (which start at $40 and don't seem to fit as well). I might need to work the overcheck from the Tough1 bridle into that equation somehow.
What brand is your betathane harness?
The nose band won't fit around his "boofy" nose. Unless I can fashion a larger noseband I think I will get limited use out of it ... it seems very heavy (good quality brass fittings add to the weight). There will probably only be about a six month window when it will fit Koby and then he will grow out of it, as all indications point to Koby being bigger than Atticus when fully grown. I might try the bridle on one of the feral cashmeres who have a different shaped head to the dairy goats. Maybe Gilly-Gumboots (Gilbert); he would make a good harness goat but I would need to start from scratch and he is not as receptive to training as the dairy goats. I have never heard of Dr Cook's bitless bridle so I am going to do a bit of research on that, thanks for the tip.
Team Snazzy Goat suggested to me that I might try adding a bit via bit clips attached to the noseband of the Sopris halter I have. I might try that - I am determined to find a workable solution! So far I have found the Sopris halters to be great quality and fit, and much cheaper than goat halters available here in Australia (which start at $40 and don't seem to fit as well). I might need to work the overcheck from the Tough1 bridle into that equation somehow.
What brand is your betathane harness?
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