How to Shave Your Goat for Show

All cleaning and shaving of your goat can be done at home before the show. It is best to shave your goat a few days before the show to allow that "just cut" look to grow out.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Chain Or Nylon Pet Collars
• Small Animal Clippers And Guards
• Grooming Brush
• Lead Ropes

1. Place the goat in a milking stand or tied securely to its pen.

2. Use a 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch guard on the shears, depending on the length of your goat's hair.

3. Clip the entire goat.

4. Brush the goat and look for long hair.

5. Shave the udder. Use shears without a guard for a close, clean look. Do this step very carefully, as you can burn or nick your goat.

Tips & Warnings

• Talk to other goat owners in your area and have a goat-shaving day. This is a good way for beginners to learn how to shave goats correctly.

[GreenGables]

on 6/4/2009 francine1, you clip against the hair.

[francine1]

on 6/3/2009 When you shaving a goat are you going against hair growth or with? Never done this before, new to goats. Thanks

on 7/28/2006 When shaving Saanen goats, make sure that they have some sort of jacket so that they do not get sunburned!

on 6/30/2006 If you are clipping a show wether, don't shave it at all! You can get disqualified in some show rings for shaving past the knees and for shaving the whole tail. You should leave about two inches of the tip of the tail, not shaved, instead make the end look like a rectangle on the end of the tail. On the legs you need to stay half an inch about the joint, and level the hair of in a horizontal line.

on 3/8/2006 The tail should be shaved to. When you shave the tail it should look like a flag.