The Wildlife Herders ...
TheThree Amigos - Cinder, SmokeMutt, and Mini~Mutt (Heidi) all think
it's Great Sport to come bounding off the front porch at full gallop and
charge the morning clutch of Canadian Geese who wander out of the Pond
to forage in the grass. ...
NEETO!! - Phunn, Phunn, Phunn ... let's catch us a GOOSE!
Same outcome every day ...
Dogs wait til about 50 feet away, then BARK their arrival.
The GEESE spot to dogs at 200 feet, SQUALK Loudly, and fluter, flop, run, dash
in a panic back onto the pond. Feathers are *ruffled*, but none are lost.
The Geese *fuss* on the water for an hour, Zipp, Zopp, & Mini *strut*
around the pond acting *superior*. And they'll all do it again tomorrow ...
Tomorrow came today ...
The Drill started normally ...
EXCEPT:
The Protectives failed to notice the Senior Goose had broken ranks and
was chopmin bugs WAAY up by the lamp post ... outta sight!
The Dogs did a formation Charge; the Goose Gang Squalked, Fluttered & Fled ...
Brakes were applied (one does NOT wanna get TOO close to a mad goose!)
as the Dogs pulled up inches from the water.
*ZOOOOM* went the Head Goose ... he had a nice head of steam built up
from his start down the hill and pond bank ... he was covering a good
6 feet with every leaping bound ...
Dog Memo: WATCH your rear!!
Big Goose selected SmokeMutt ... reached out and *NAILED* him on the Butt!
Smokey let out a blood-curdling **YELP** and beat-feet around the house;
Cinder got a snap from BigGoose that missed by an inch; she gave him a
couple air-snaps before she fled back to the porch;
Heidi went into Panic Mode and ran faster than her lil legs would allow ---
thankfully the front door was open - she'd have never stopped in time to *knock**!
Big Goose was a LOT more vocal on the pond than normal ...war stories, I'd guess.
I checked Smokey & Cinder for battle wounds ... not marks found.
Smokey kept looking like he tought his tail was missing.
And the Phunn continues ...
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