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03-19-2014, 07:24 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Indiana
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| Yorkies and geese..beware Anybody ever have have an " oh nooooo!" Goose encounter ? We all know how fearless this breed is now it's nearing spring and here come those darn geese. We live on a lake but there is one portion they manage to get thru to get to the green grass.....and it's yorkie territory. I had a close call with my last baby when she suddenly flew from pee area barking like crazy as one FLEW into the yard. It was funny at first till the goose turned on her and HISSED! Then me the mama ran hysterically waving arms and screaming, little Lacey running for her life. I'll never forget the day DH was chasing off geese (broom in air ,helicopter style) from property that had BABIES! OMG! Hysterical! It was either the mama or the papa took off after him chasing their big baby all over the yard! The 3 of them in hot pursuit and me laughing hysterically...so beware it can get wicked. |
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03-19-2014, 07:32 AM | #2 |
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| OMG! Too funny! On a serious note though... geese and duck poo is very dangerous for dogs if ingested. It harbors some nasty bacteria that can make them very sick and can be deadly.
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03-19-2014, 07:40 AM | #3 |
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| Been there, done that, not funny at the time it happened, I had two yorkies when that goose came flying from end of lake to where my babies were, I am assuming it was the male goose.(I guessed they had babies down at the other end of the lake) when it landed its neck was down in the attack position and hissing at my girls, me trying to chase off the goose while my two lil Indians were trying to catch it. I purchased a air gun after that, for "just in case" that happened again, air gun loud enough to scare both the goose and my lil Indians. To this day the memory is so vivid and still scary. So all you yorkie owners, take heed, BEWARE OF THE GEESE.
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03-19-2014, 07:41 AM | #4 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| Thank God I dont have THAT to contend with!!! I have never had an encounter with a goose....but I have a terrible time explaning to MYSELF, that I need to be terrified of a bird! I can only assume that there must be something to it because too many people talk about it...but they have NO TEETH!!! They cant rip your arm off or your throat out....now I can see the danger for a Yorkie....the geese are much larger, heavier, and they can hit them on the head with that hard beek which could kill them.....but ME???? What can that big bird do to ME besides pound me with a flurry of featherd wings????? Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 03-19-2014 at 07:42 AM. |
03-19-2014, 07:42 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Indiana
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| Yeh I'll to really watch her as she is never out without me and will be enclosed close enough to house where geese don't come. we have had deer in yard eating everything and any thing this winter ....now snow is melting I have had her out on leash on nice days ( or I should say decent days ...we haven't had any NICE days yet!) for some fresh air. Coming upon deer poo she sniffs and walks on so hopefully she has grown past that stage of eating everything she sees .....boy she was bad last fall but young too. She's 10 months old now.... Thanks for the heads up though for others to read too! |
03-19-2014, 08:01 AM | #6 | |
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| Lol...yeh an very very scarrrrry! Quote:
They are relentless especially if you are near it's nest as is the case in this vidio clip. ..they are huge , pinch HARD and MEAN it......could kill a little dog if it wants to fights back....a bigger one just runs off like they want it to but will continue to chase , hiss and peck....they are nasty creatures... Our lake gathers them up every spring and takes them back to wildlife preserve. But a few still linger...we have big dogs next door that keep them cleared out...that helps.....but they are sure alluring to our fearless babies! 😱 | |
03-19-2014, 08:07 AM | #7 | |
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And a warning about water birds with pointy beaks... they love shiny things and tend to go for the eyes!
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03-19-2014, 08:17 AM | #8 |
I♥PeekTinkySaph&Finny Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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| My first Yorkie followed a group of ducks onto the ice in the cove one year... her (and my) first encounter with them. They were just fast enough to stay just in front of her, luring her further and further out, till she fell through the ice and they swam away. TG she was able to climb back up onto the ice, how I couldn't tell you, but she did and came running to me. She had gone a good 50-60 feet away from me, and was not listening to my calling, then screaming her name. DH held me back from going in after her!
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03-19-2014, 08:35 AM | #9 | |
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Thank goodness it turned out alright. | |
03-19-2014, 08:45 AM | #10 |
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| I have seen so many videos of geese chasing people. It is very funny unless you are the unfortunate victim.
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03-19-2014, 08:55 AM | #11 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Yikes. Glad we don't have any near our house. The closest Callie has gotten to one is drive by them and she's not a big barker but would woof at them.
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03-19-2014, 09:04 AM | #12 | |
I♥PeekTinkySaph&Finny Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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We lived on a Houseboat for a few years... she would always fall off the boat in the winter. Pitch black at night, I'd listen for the plop, plop of her little feet, then yell at DH, 'Hold my feet! (at low tide, it was 5 feet from the deck to the water!) and he'd hang on to me as I threw myself over the side in order to reach her. I'd grab a handful of hair and DH would haul us both back up onto the deck. One time it happened, and I couldn't hear her feet... I frantically ran around the boat calling her name... finally found her at the back of the boat with her feet holding onto one of the outdrives, keeping her head above water. SMH... She lived to 14 years old, and passed of natural causes....
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03-19-2014, 09:13 AM | #13 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | We have geese but Galen is always on a harness and leash. . .
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03-19-2014, 10:40 AM | #14 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where the deer and the antelope play
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| I am not nearly as afraid of the wild version as I am of the domestic ones. My parents raised the great big dark colored ones mean ones, and yes I have been attacked by them. I came walking out my back door and a goose grabbed me in the back side. I reached around and grabbed her by the neck to get her off of me, and when I did that her wings beat down on my bony forearm, and my dog, a miniature schnauzer at the time, was going for the goose to protect me. So I had quite the chaos going for a moment. I finally let her go to calm the dog but I was really angry at the moment and could have had goose for dinner. She did rip the skin on my butt leaving a bruise there and left forearm red and swollen from her wings. I'm glad it wasn't a gander because they are meaner. We didn't even have babies at the time it was completely unprovoked. My parents thought it was quite funny, but I will never go around them without a stick of some kind. Yes, they can inflict damage.
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03-19-2014, 12:46 PM | #15 | |
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Last spring, Tyson discovered mockingbirds. A baby mockingbird was walking in the backyard. He went streaking out the back door and completed knocked that little baby over (I guess it was learning to fly). The baby bird started squawking and Tyson was looking at me "OMG mom, I caught a bird!" He was trying to play with it when the mom and dad bird came flying in....they started dive bombing his head. Poor Tyson was terrified....he was trying to run to me but was trapped, cause the baby bird was between us! To this day, he is terrified of birds!!!! LOL
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