[Penninehillbilly]

Hi, I have had a male on loan, going back soon.
When he came he had been running out with females, and was very clean and lovely coat.
Because of weather here, mine are mainly inside at this time of year, and he has pee'd himself into a real mess, frustration I should tnink.
Any advice for cleaning him up before I take him back?
Don't want to give a full wash with the cold and damp we have just now, wondering if a sponge, hairdryer then brush would do the job?
TIA,

[Penninehillbilly]

But I've promised to take him back this weekend and I'm ashamed of the mess I've let him get into, he's a long coated Toggenburg, so you can imagine what state his front quarters are, hes quite a pet at home.

[Dogwalker]

Echo what SC says, he'll only get in a mess again. It's not something you've let happen, it's nature doing it's thing.If you really want to, a bucket of hot water and shampoo and sponge him off and towel dry, will remove some but not all and he'll still be stained.  Remember to wear rubber gloves else you'll stink too.I've got 5 young angora bucks to shear in a few weeks, yuk.

[Penninehillbilly]

That will be why he was clean and hardly smelled when we collected him, he was running out with the girls, tried to let him out with mine and he just ran them round, picked on my old retired girl and she ended up falling, he jumped on her while she was down, so he is in alongside them but a separate pen.
Interesting I have 2 males I didn't manage to sell, in a separate building, perfectly clean and not a whiff!

[Anke]

Yep, I would do a sponging down of his front end, do his feet (always appreciated when returning goats on loan), and if you can (and he is amenable) use the hair dryer. But goatkeepers will understand if you cannot do that, I would!

[Penninehillbilly]

I didn't do anything, ran out of time  , apart from trying to brush him, thinking he was dry so would brush easily, coat wouldn't come clean and shiny  .
Thanks all