Craziest thing happened the other day. I let our boy goats (BB8 and Yoshi) out to graze earlier. Later I went out to check on everyone, all the chickens and BB8 greeted me.

However, Yoshi was no where to be seen! I looked, spotted him by the girl goats. At first I thought he was flirting with the girls but then I saw him trying to step back but he couldn’t.

I went over to check on him. Ended up he was stuck to the fence. At first I thought it was his skin! 😱 Then I realized after taking a closer look, his collar was stuck to the fence.

I couldn’t get the collar unstuck from the fence so I unbuckled it. Happily, he ran away!

A piece of metal from the fence had pierced the collar. BB8, our buck, had smashed the fence and we placed a board there to help patch the hole, stopping any further break outs. A piece of the fence had curled out just a little bit, enough to grab hold of the collar.

I did make a video of him being stuck to the fence, it’s posted at the bottom of the page! Be sure to check it out!

This had been the first time we had a collar get stuck on fencing!

The other problem we have had with collars is that our buck, BB8, will sometimes hook his horn under Yoshi’s collar. Usually that only lasts for a few seconds and BB8 unhooks his horn.

I think collars really aren’t necessary but they are helpful in holding the goats. For example, the goats are trying to get out, you can quickly get a hold of the collar to stop them. Or if you are trimming hooves, someone else can help by holding onto the collar to keep them in place.

Just thought this was important to put out there to make people aware that collars can get stuck!