[goat granny]

One day I decided to see how they would react if I brough the dog into the barn...about 1/2 of the flock was laying around chewing their cud...Only took 2 steps into the area, dog didn’t bark and I had her close to my side....everyone one the young ones and my 1 ewe and the does took off out of the barn as fast as they could...my 3 largest males, 1 my huge breeder stood their ground. The would not turn their back on a predator. I stood there for a couple of minutes and then left....interesting reaction that the biggest males just starred at the dog and didn’t move a muscle just waiting to see what the dog was going to do...

[Elsie]

I had this same behavior out of my 4 two weeks ago at our annual Fall Festival party. Family and church friends all come out to the decorated farm and have a cookout and the kids get candy treats and hotdogs and haunted train rides thru the woods and walking back out because once again I've failed to be SURE the train will run THIS time.

Anyway, a lady brought her little dog along and my four goats could have eaten it, but since the are prey animals, not predators, they went into the defensive posture; even though they were BEHIND defence!

Stayed that way 'til the lil doggie went away.