Milking Progress

The milk stand for the goats sits on a covered patio about 50 ft away from the goats pasture.   Allie loves to be milked and any chance she gets will run and get on the milk stand.    No worries about her running off at all.

The two first fresheners aren't quite so keen on the whole "getting milked" thing.  I started off by carrying them from the pasture to the milk stand.  But carrying 50lbs of goat uphill isn't so easy on the back.   Last week Millie finally graduated to getting to the general vicinity of the milk stand without assistance and today she jumped up on the milk stand herself for the first time! 

Mame is also making progress, she used to not want to be touched or to leave the pasture.   Then she moved on to wanting to leave, but running off.  So we got a collar and lead on her.   And she promptly planted all four feet and refused to be lead.   A couple of days ago she started walking along behind me to the milkstand, but waited to be lifted up.   Tried taking her to the milk stand without the lead today and that didn't work.   But once Bekah caught her, and we snapped the lead on she very dutifully followed us to the milkstand.  So progress is being made, and I have hopes that by next year either she will have the whole idea down pat, or I will have a real barn.