Boss - My Adult Gander ( he raised and looked after all of my goslings ) didn't return home last night with the other Geese, he was a Toulouse and a true gentleman - I knew immediately that he was dead, he always looked after the other geese and was the one who returned them home whenever I called out Boss!
I searched for him until long after dark, calling his name and hoping beyond hope that maybe he was just injured and needed my help, I even tried to convince myself that he was in fact female and that he was sat on a nest of eggs somewhere......
This morning we started our search intensively for him, eventually my other half found a few feathers and some entrails - all that was left of my Boss.... I am heartbroken - it may have been a fox or a dog..... whatever it was, it won't live long if I find it.
The terrain was mostly water with a few trees and it was very waterlogged and muddy - it should have been safe for him and the others - Boss would always be the first to defend his flock and the territory - he was a hero and he was honourable to defend the lives of the others... I can't bring myself to call Boss at the moment when I want his flock to return, they are all staying close to home at the moment - if it were any of the others I wouldn't have been so upset but Boss was my first Goose and so gentle.....
I can't stop crying - a duck could swim in the residue of my tears as I write this.
I love you Boss - thank you for the pleasure of owning you albeit for a short amount of time!
Love Mum
I searched for him until long after dark, calling his name and hoping beyond hope that maybe he was just injured and needed my help, I even tried to convince myself that he was in fact female and that he was sat on a nest of eggs somewhere......
This morning we started our search intensively for him, eventually my other half found a few feathers and some entrails - all that was left of my Boss.... I am heartbroken - it may have been a fox or a dog..... whatever it was, it won't live long if I find it.
The terrain was mostly water with a few trees and it was very waterlogged and muddy - it should have been safe for him and the others - Boss would always be the first to defend his flock and the territory - he was a hero and he was honourable to defend the lives of the others... I can't bring myself to call Boss at the moment when I want his flock to return, they are all staying close to home at the moment - if it were any of the others I wouldn't have been so upset but Boss was my first Goose and so gentle.....
I can't stop crying - a duck could swim in the residue of my tears as I write this.
I love you Boss - thank you for the pleasure of owning you albeit for a short amount of time!
Love Mum