You try to keep and 18-month old goat from running and jumping. At first when she got too rambunctious I would catch her and put her in her cage, but now I'm just sort of turning a blind eye. The more she's out of her cage, the less rammy she is, so things are quieting down a bit.She absolutely seems to love being inside where she gets tons of attention and snuggles and no one beats her up. We've had her out on the deck to get some sunshine and her brother, Dax, comes up the stairs and hangs out with her on the other side of the gate. She always says hello and then pretty much ignores him. After the rains this week, we'll probably start letting them be together on the deck and then start letting her have some supervised periods in the yard. She's going to be so let down when she finds out she has to sleep outside again.
I don't consider her housebroke, but she's definitely house managed. She gets let out of her cage first thing in the morning so I can clean it. Then she goes back in the cage, gets 2-3 60cc syringles of water and eats her hay. With the water intake, she is stimulated to pee and she always poops immediately after. When that's done she gets let out. We do the same routine mid-day and early evening. Seems to work perfectly.
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And I didn't get injured or tweak my back while doing it, the sheep just lie back and think of England while you trim their tootsies.. 