Chat
09-07-2014, 11:21 AM
If your goat is only just now bred, it's going to be some time (several years) before you can even begin harness training. I'm not sure what size harness you'd want. You may not be able to determine this until your goats are well grown to see if they take more after the mini size or the full size. You won't really need to do much to get them used to the harness. The hardest part will be waiting for them to mature enough to where they can start working.
As far as carts go, there isn't really a "regular size" since all goat carts are fairly irregularly sized.
I saw a couple of people using a cart like this one at the Boulder County working goat cart class: http://www.activedogs.com/product/1687/k...AyfgWSwLfI
They were using the carts with sturdy little Kinder wethers. It was really cute, and the carts were just the right size for small to medium-sized goats. The third wheel kept the carts from putting weight on the goats' backs. They could only pull a single child in the cart, though, because these smaller goats are not strong enough to be pulling grown-ups around comfortably. If you have small goats you need to resign yourself to just having them pull a small cart or wagon without you in it. But it's still a lot of fun to lead a goat and wagon in a parade!
As far as carts go, there isn't really a "regular size" since all goat carts are fairly irregularly sized.
I saw a couple of people using a cart like this one at the Boulder County working goat cart class: http://www.activedogs.com/product/1687/k...AyfgWSwLfI They were using the carts with sturdy little Kinder wethers. It was really cute, and the carts were just the right size for small to medium-sized goats. The third wheel kept the carts from putting weight on the goats' backs. They could only pull a single child in the cart, though, because these smaller goats are not strong enough to be pulling grown-ups around comfortably. If you have small goats you need to resign yourself to just having them pull a small cart or wagon without you in it. But it's still a lot of fun to lead a goat and wagon in a parade!