My gosling handed it to my cats... LOL

[marathonmultiplesmom]

I have 2 grown cats and a 10 day old gosling. I let the gosling run around my kitchen today (watching her) while my curious cats tried to approach and sniff her. My gosling charged them both and bit one of them on the nose! HAHAHA
My cats ran away... so funny!

This instinct must come built in. Don't mess with a goose!

 

[noahsgeese]

Our geese do that to our dogs all of the time!

 

[marathonmultiplesmom]

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We have 2 killer dogs here. One is a lab and one is some kind of terrier mix (terror mix I say..) Anyway, I don't know why we keep them. They belong to FIL and BIL so I really don't have a say in the matter. Around when we first got the geese, the 2 dogs managed to open the gate into our orchard, where we keep the geese. I came out in the morning and couldn't believe my eyes. The dogs were sitting on one side, just sitting there, staring at the geese. The geese were on the other side, lined up, staring at the dogs. I wondered how long this stare-down had lasted before I got there. I ran and closed the gate before someone made a move. Another time the lab got in and tried to go after a goose and much to her surprise, the bird fought back, wings spread, hissing and biting, whomping that dog good with the wings. Now, I have no problems with the dogs and geese... If only I could say the same for the chickens.

 

[noahsgeese]

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We have 2 killer dogs here. One is a lab and one is some kind of terrier mix (terror mix I say..) Anyway, I don't know why we keep them. They belong to FIL and BIL so I really don't have a say in the matter. Around when we first got the geese, the 2 dogs managed to open the gate into our orchard, where we keep the geese. I came out in the morning and couldn't believe my eyes. The dogs were sitting on one side, just sitting there, staring at the geese. The geese were on the other side, lined up, staring at the dogs. I wondered how long this stare-down had lasted before I got there. I ran and closed the gate before someone made a move. Another time the lab got in and tried to go after a goose and much to her surprise, the bird fought back, wings spread, hissing and biting, whomping that dog good with the wings. Now, I have no problems with the dogs and geese... If only I could say the same for the chickens.

Same here! One of our dogs tries to chase chickens but will not do it to the geese because she has experienced it before!

 

[Scubadeaux]

Thanks you guys for the post, that is just what I needed to hear!

I came home yesterday with a baby gosling, with that intent. I wanted a strong winged presence in the yard, as well are help corral my rowdy puppy.

I have to say I am in love...mine has separation anxiety too!!! I hope it gets better!!