LGD with geese

[HENS-and-MARES]

Hi. Unlikely this will actually happen, but theoretically if I was to get a LGD what breeds would be best for geese? They have a small/medium sized pen (around the size of a tennis court give or take) but long term we’d love to free range them with a few guiding fences to keep them from going where they shouldn’t be. The biggest predators we have around here are Raccoons and once in a blue moon we'll see a coyote.

It gets thoroughly cold here. (occasionally dipping below 0, mostly 5-25 in the winter). (Separate from the matter of cold) Would it be possible to teach them a routine where they go out for the duration that the birds are outside (12-13h) but then come in at night?
The geese are very close to our house, so we'd be looking less for a dog to defend the birds from an onslaught of predators and more just to be scary lookin and good with the geese. There's just a lot of trees, hills and bedrock, so making effective fencing has been difficult to say the least. These geese are our pets and we care about them a lot.

Again, the chances we'd actually get the dog are slim, just throwing this out to get a sense of how it would theoretically work.

Also, swans? (not mute ones) Are they good goose defenders (if raised with them obviously lol)?

Any other suggestions would be great.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

My geese go after my dogs, so not sure if they would tolerate a LGD. Curious to see if anyone has both.

 

[cassie]

I would not expect an LGD to protect geese. LGD's protect what they are bonded to, and it is unlikely they would bond to geese. Plus, it is unlikely geese would tolerate an LGD anyway.

 

[Htee]

I have had geese for several years. Last fall I hand coyotes come I the yard and get two. We decided to try a LGD. I bought a Pyrenees/anatolian cross. He is six months old now and I feel it is working well so far. I did have to train him that the geese/ducks/chickens were not to be chased. The poultry are all penned up at night and he has free run of the back yard area that is about two acres and a ten acre pasture /woods that joins. He barks a lot at night but that is his job. During the day he sleeps a lot but does stay with the geese part of the time.

 

[AGeese]

Have you tried to see if anyone in the geese forum has LSGD?

 

[AgnesGray]

We have 4 LGDs that do a great job protecting our birds, including 20 geese from eagles, coyotes, raccoons, etc. We have never lost a goose to a predator and the dogs grew up with them so know what they’re about. We have 2 estrela mountain dogs that just turned a year old, a Great Pyrenees and a maremma/GP/Anatolian mix.