Canada Goose Attacks Dog - Page 1

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I wonder just what happened to get this goose so mad? The video clip shows both the dog and its owner in their fishing boat, and (as near as I can tell) nowhere near the nest site.

Good reason to remember to keep your dog well away from nesting geese at this time of year!  A blow from a goose's wing is capable of breaking bones.

Good to keep away from nest sites and all that, but I'd be very surprised if a Canada goose could break a German Shepherd's bones.  I've had the experience of a GSD coming too close to a nest site and yes, the enraged goose drawn up tall and with those huge wings outspread was bigger than the dog, but that charge was met and goosie fled to the large pond.  GSD went right in the water after it but turned around and came back when I called.  I quickly took him away so as to relieve the poor goose's anxiety, but I did count the eggs first: 10!

Anyway, the goose deserved a "prounounced" in courage.    So did the dog, and he's a softie.

call Cesar!

All I could think was why is this guy letting it go on for so long?  That poor Chessy. What a way to screw that dogs hunt drive. I'd have gave a quick twist, one of those many times he picked it up by the neck. I believe it's a swan that is suppossed to be powerful enough to break bones and that I'm not even so sure of. My dog took off after a bunch of swans one day in a rice field. Wouldn't you know she got one and brought it all the way back to me alive and well. Wish I had my video camera for that one! I'd become accustomed to rats and mudhens but the swan was a shocker.

We have tons of Canada geese here in just about every park that has water, and I have heard of one of them breaking a child's arm, so I think they could do damage to a GSD, too, especially the ribs.

4pac,

I used to train and run retrievers in field trials.  I've seen a goose break a labs neck in a fight.  ....in the water. now I have never heard of this happening to a Chessie.  They are pretty tough dogs.  I would say in the water a goose could certainly kill a German Shepherd. 

Bruce Morrison

4pack, he probably didn't want to be slapped with a hefty fine for killing a migratory bird in nesting season. The only reason a Canada would be that aggressive would be if it had chicks or eggs it was protecting. Kudos to him for NOT killing the bird, despite what many would see as 'due provocation'!

I love our national bird. They are awesome birds. I once had a pair of them flying parallel to me when I was driving. They were keeping up with me at 45 mph!  They mate for life, and if their mate is killed, show symptoms of depression (lethargy, refusing to eat, etc.) Their behaviour is complex and fascinating. For instance, several geese will always be keeping watch, with their heads up while the others eat. The flock 'talks' to each other in flight, to help keep family groups together. Last fall, I was watching hundreds of geese fly overhead, when one suddenly left the 'V' formation, and turned back. It flew back in the direction it had come for quite some distance, until it came to another solitary bird. It joined that bird, and the two flew in formation together. I have no doubt it had gone back to find its mate. 

Ever watched a flock come in for a landing, just 10 feet over your head? It's an awesome sight, as they brace their wings, and tip them back and forth to lose altitude, all the while talking to each other... [slaps self]

Sorry, one of my favorite areas of study has always been animal behaviour. But this is the PDB, not 'Wild Kingdom'!  I'll shut up now!