Great story John. I think all my animals respond to my voice too, now I am not saying for a second that that means they would do as I asked!!! If the goats are miles off and I shout 9 out of 10 times they will come running out of nowhere and find me. The ducks too mostly come off the river if I shout on them. If my goose is somewhere out on the river and I shout he will answer me but no way will he come unless he wants to. My ponies are typica Shetlands so they don't give a monkey about me unless they see me carry a pale.