Goats From personal experience I can tell you that Herding a goat is much harder than herding sheep citation needed Sheep are stupid and stick together It is a fact Goats are crafty buggers that will work out ways to avoid the care of the Goatherd doing things like suddenly climbing up an unassailable walls or running off suddenly further afield for goat goodies en masse but by multiple routes Tricky bastards I know its is hardly verifiable but still if you have to look afer goats take it as read that Herding a goat is much harder than herding sheep That is why you have Sheep dog but not Goat dog