They make really gentle pets. I had a buddy raise bottle raise a male Kudu he named Tank. Dang thing got really mean by about age 2. He tore up a ranch truck one day as well as most of the protein feeders on the ranch. When he was about 6 months old he would walk up on the patio and kick at the sliding door wanting inside in the A/C. If you ignored him, he would turn around and press his but against the glass in the door bowing it inside. He broke the door once.