I have read a lot on taking goats out for walks. As the soon to be new owner of a pair of pygmy goats I am trying to find out what are the rules about this, as I would very muck like to be able to walk them to the nearby common land for grazing. Can anybody tell me do you walk your goats (outside of your land)? and do you need a licence/movement order etc?
Thank you in advance.
Goat Walking
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ina
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No idea what the laws are about walking goats outside your own property. I would never even consider doing it with mine: I have to walk them to their little grass plot at the front of the house - which looks like that: goat drags me along, choking herself half to death, and me more or less carrying her front half... 
OK, I just got them a bit too late in life to train them as proper pets.
So what I'm trying to say - get them early for the halter training. Yours are pygmies, so they are less likely to pull you down; but still, if you have more than one - they can develop enormous power behind their 4 legs!
OK, I just got them a bit too late in life to train them as proper pets. So what I'm trying to say - get them early for the halter training. Yours are pygmies, so they are less likely to pull you down; but still, if you have more than one - they can develop enormous power behind their 4 legs!
Ina
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