My little Texas Lacy Game Dog likes to herd my pilgrim geese. Imagine, an heirloom dog herding heirloom geese! :) Both animal breeds were created right here in the USA to be good all-round homestead animals. The Pilgrims are a medium sized, hardy breed that lack the heart and arthritis issues of larger goose breeds like the Embden. Texas Lacys are great all round workers with almost no health issues and they commonly live to be 16 or so. My little Pearl has the instincts of both a hunting hound and a herding dog. She loves to hunt rats, rabbits and squirrels. I have already started her blood trailing in anticipation of deer season. She could bay hogs if I let her, her siblings are already doing it. But I would just be undone if she were hurt. She is my baby.
Just today I was out pottering in the vegetable garden and she fetched the goose flock to me, LOL! She is very patient with them and so far (knock on wood) has not used her teeth on them. She just endlessly circles them to keep them bunched up. This is cur herding style. Catahoulas and black mouthed curs also do this.
I hope Alex the goose can successfully raise some babies. I think a fox comes every night to get the eggs.
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