Goats are far more intelligent than people give them credit for, their paddock leads either up into the field which at times they share with the dogs, 4 Old English Sheepdogs who have a healthy respect for the goats even though the goats are half their size being pygmy or into the garden having put a new latch on the gate to the garden, the billy had watched me so closely he almost passed me the screw driver i closed the gate after, as i walked up the path to go into the kitchen they were behind me, thinking the catch hadnt closed i put them back which is easy as they follow me everywhere and stood and watched billy lift the catch walk out and stand infront of me as though he deserved a prize, they often come into the garden and its quite amusing to see a 35 kg dog standing at the fence looking up the lane with a female pygmy goat by his site looking up at him with almost a my big brother look on her face,the locals think i'm a bit strange but as they are French they think that anyway