My first horse I got was a rescue, it had the needy trait. After a bit of game time, I went into cas and changed the traits to brave, independent dropping the needy. Still wanted too much attention or kept getting sad because it wanted hand feeding which was a symptom of being needy. I changed the traits again and dropped the brave and left just independent. Horse still had need issues. I got a goat named him Arthur and he did not like the horse, just would not be friendly to the horse. I put a mirror up in the barn thought maybe Tornado(horse) would think there was another horse. Nope. I got rid of the goat, I am not too impressed with them. You need to box them into a small area, if not be prepared for them to roam. We were living on the large lot in Henford, goat took off and wandered down to the lake area, I called for him to come home and it took forever, it made me a little sick just watching him bounce all the way back home. The bouncing is cute at first, but then its like too much hassle. I didn't have a problem selling the goat. Got a dog. They like each other. The children are home schooled and they help with chores.