I'm not entirely sure who's in charge in my herd because I only have four goats, and it's Bonnie and Clyde and their daighter Scout at the top of the hierarchy. Bonnie won't hesitate to hit Clyde if he's out of line but Clyde will hit her back (not hard though he just lightly rams her horns). And no one messes with Scout. Everyone picks on Bobo though, he is the newest and the smallest, he tries to hit back sometimes but he does one hard hit then runs away. I think Scout has a high place in the herd though because no one hits her but she will rear up at anyone who gets on her nerves, and since I keep her seperate from the others now since she went into heat, she wanders the yard around the pen. I had her in my seperation pen but now that is where Addy stays so she won't run away. Scout keeps trying to headbutt Addy through the fence, she is acting in a very, "I'm in charge, you need to leave", kind of way. Addy just stomps her feet at everything. She is scaring the dogs (who are absolute sweethearts) whenever they come into her sight because she rears up, snorts, and stonps her front feet hard on the ground. She does it repeatedly until they leave. Is this normal behavior? All my other goats are fine with the dogs.
Also, as a friendlier update, I have gotten her to take bread and leaves from my hand, but she only will nibble the very tip of the snack as not to touch my hand. She only does this when I'm outside her pen though, I tried giving her a snack while sitting in the pen, but the second I opened the gate she high tailed it into the back of the shelter and wouldn't do any more than poke her head around the corner
