I saw a dog chasing geese in a local river and was surprised when the goose appeared to play dead to escape the dogs attention. I didn't realise geese did that.
You can hear the dog's owner shouting in the background while her pooch completely ignores her because it's busy having fun in the river.
You can hear the dog's owner shouting in the background while her pooch completely ignores her because it's busy having fun in the river.
Done.
This is a very typical dog & owner scenario.
"Polly, come on!" (said, as always, in the most light-hearted, non-authoritative voice imaginable)
Polly takes s0d-all notice.
"Polly! Polly! Come on."
Polly takes even less notice than before.
"Polly, come on Polly"
Polly acts like it doesn't have an owner, and does precisely what it wants until it gets bored and returns to its owner.
It is very sad to see a dog attacking the wildlife in a public place. Anyway I'm sure that this is illegal pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 1916.
The canal in Maynooth hosts a family of swans.
Invasive Canada Goose. Pity the dog is too domesticated to accept the invitation of that outstretched neck.
Plot twist: it's Clive's dog.
That wasn't going to work. The dog is a retriever, and those were bred to basically go into the water and pick up fowl that were shot down by the hunter. SO technically by playing dead, the goose was causing the dog to want to bring it back to its owner. That's why both common retrievers (golden and Labrador) have soft mouths – so they could easily pick up the prey and bring it back without damaging it. And yes, they love water as a result – the hunter stays dry on land and the dog has fun bringing back the shot fowl. As for harassment of wildlife, it really depends – if it's not endangered, generally speaking it's fair game. Often the geese themselves are the nuisance so having pets chase them away generally keeps them away from the area. Though also, American Labradors generally are stockier than their British counterparts – same breed, but American ones are ones generally used for hunting, while British ones are used more for dog shows and pets, so they've evolved slightly differently
Open them up and see the electronics like the other videos 👀
Goose was only playing dead to escape *a dog*?! Someone should have told Maverick he was okay then- everyone thought he'd died when his ejector seat hit the canopy!
Anyway, I guess that's why they call it a "dogfight".
I canny stand numpty dog owners, absolute idiot owner letting their mutt harass wild life.
Irresponsible dog owners i suppose.
Dogs in Ottawa don't do that. Those geese would eat their lunch.
FENTON!! Oh JESUS CHRIST
Odd seeing a super cobra chicken (as they are known as in Canada lol) back away from a dog. Here the ornery buggers would have it running down the street yelping. 🙂
Dogs are so fucking stupid.
That’s why we use to carry Shanghai’s, first hit the dog second one the owner
IRL, dog is lucky that goose didn't flog it to death. I have seen them in action before, it could have caused that dog to drown with ease.