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03-19-2014, 03:59 PM | #16 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Oakland County MI
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| I to live on a lake, Lola never is allowed to run loose in the backyard because I know she will chase them if they are on the grass and the can be mean. However Lola likes to swim and when in the water and the geese are not far off in the water as well she never bothers to go after them. We have a lot of swans and those I stay far away from, when on our dock they come up and hiss at us
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03-19-2014, 08:13 PM | #17 | |
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| Good warning! When I was a kid, I was pinched by a momma goose protecting her young. I'm sure geese could do a lot of damage to a Yorkie. Quote:
Man caring for swans drowns after one attacks him near Chicago - Chicago Tribune
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03-20-2014, 03:43 AM | #18 | |
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03-20-2014, 04:55 AM | #19 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Indiana
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| Just remember Stay away from their nesting areas . They are very protective of that waters edge they are hanging around.... |
03-20-2014, 07:11 AM | #20 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Boston MA
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| I'm on a lake too. Those "things" are nasty and vile...we have a pool that's fenced in. The geese never go in the fenced area. I guess they just don't do that and they don't. So Jess goes in the fenced area (always with someone) and we don't have to worry about poop or hissing geese... |
03-21-2014, 07:31 AM | #21 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Oakland County MI
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| I assume the geese are the same as swans when they are nesting, when Swans are nesting or right after they have their babies is the worst time to get near a one. When in the water they float in a line, first the mom, then single file all the babies then the male. if you start to approach them, the male will rear up out of the water and open his wings (huge wing span) and start to hiss like a cat, it's his warning to back away, which we do. If I see them by my dock I always try to get them to move away. We are always nervous if we are pulling a skier and they fall near swans, we try to get the skier back in the boat quickly. They will also attack riders on wave runners. For the most part the geese don't bother you if you don't bother them, but swans are the most aggressive and nastiest of any of the water fowl we have around here.
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03-21-2014, 07:54 AM | #22 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| Swans are no less dangerous then the geese. Years back I was near a pond with my poodle, I saw NO SWANS, but it saw us. Head down in attack position, hissing, all my jumping, clapping hands, yelling, did not back him down, good for me my lil poodle would never chase anything (not like our fearless lil yorkies) I scooped up my poodle and ran away. If I am near any body of water, my eyes are constantly darting around looking for geese & swans. Mean, mean birds.
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03-21-2014, 08:39 AM | #23 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: SoCA
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| I have always been in awe of swans - they are so beautiful. We have a golf course near us and in a small lake there were two swans. I used to drive by slowly to see them and then one day they were gone. I guess they attacked the golfers and the course got rid if them. I would loved to have watched them go after the golfers. As I posted before, it is funny to see unless you are the victim.
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03-21-2014, 10:09 AM | #24 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: South Yorkshire,England
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| A few back, while at a park, a goose tried to attack one of my children, who was in a buggy. Our border collie (not the one we have now) got hold of the goose by the neck and didn't let go, till we were at a safe distance. He hadn't even broken the birds skin, just held it, so brave. Few years later, a goose bit my daughter, grandad was beside her and brought his cane down on it's head. I sort of feel for the goose, but we didn't approach them, they came at us. I'd hate to come across geese with Pippi and Caleb, they don't know their size and would probably be the instigators. .. our border collie (Ishamel) might not be so helpful as our old boy (Oscar) was.
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