[Jacob-list] foot stomping/rams

[Lasell J. Bartlett]

On Oct 5, 2010, at 7:35 PM, Linda wrote:


> I don't know what others have found - and would like to hear, but  

> I've found that yearling rams are quite easily intimidated. Two  

> year old rams aren't quite so easy.



I like to leave quite a bit of fear-of-humans in any intact male farm  
animal. Some that have come to us previously handled, I have had to  
re-instill that and have drawn on my experiences with pushy horses to  
do so. I want a ram to live with the question of when and how quickly  
he should be running from me when I show up. And have the dynamic  
such that if I allow him to stick around, that really is because I  
consciously gave permission, and I maintain the right to change my  
mind at any point and send him away.

I do like the idea of simply tying a ram whose been halter trained,  
however that does require coming close and handling him.

Lasell J Bartlett
lasell at lasell.org