My 81 yr old mother heard that people have started to use Geese as Watch
Geese. Since she lives on a large farm next to a lake, she thought it
might be a good idea for protection and would be much easier than a dog.
(Why do I feel like I am dealing with a child.)

Since I have heard other people talk about feeding wildlife, I thought I
would post my response to her.

Mom,

If you have two Geese, before you know it you will have many more Geese
who stop by to visit your two geese and decide to stay. Once they stop
by and see that your place has great food and is close to the water, you
will have more geese than you can imagine. If you want to see how
much poop Geese can poop, visit any of the marina’s and see how much
Goose Poop they have all over.

One of the problems the marinas and parks have is the Geese pooping so
much in the coves around the parks that they have had to close the
beaches due to unsafe water.

If you want to see how severe this problem is go to Google and type in
“please do not feed the geese” (600,000 hits) and “please do not feed
the wildlife” (2,000,000 hits).

If you visit the Georgia Dept of DNR they have a link that addresses
this question and the problems for both the animals and humans:

Is it OK to feed wildlife?
Generally speaking, people feed wildlife because they enjoy viewing
wildlife or they see themselves as caretakers and are concerned about
the animal's well-being. In the case of feeding birds, this is a
practice widely accepted, and problems hardly ever arise. With other
animals, the end outcome is not always so good. When people feed
wildlife such as deer, raccoons, foxes, alligators, bears and Canada
geese, the animals are reduced to a semi-domestic state. Too often these
animals lose their instinctual fear of humans and become a pest or
nuisance. Also, many times these animals will become aggressive, which
then raises concerns about human health and safety. People often think
they are feeding one animal, but in actuality they are feeding several.
The animals take up residence close to the area where they are being
fed. The result is they are concentrated in higher numbers than what
would occur in a natural setting. When this happens, you increase the
animal's susceptibility to disease and increase the probability the
animal will die from automobile collisions or other unnatural causes.

http://georgiawildlife.dnr.state.ga....=215&txtPage=1

So I would recommend you don’t get any Guard Geese.

FOLKS REMEMBER : PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE