On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:30:24 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:47:33 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:



I saw the Border Collies in action once, and they would swim after the
geese that lit in the water. The geese would take off after the dog
swam a short distance. I guess there's geese and geese, dogs and
dogs.

--Vic

It could also depend on the size of the pond/lake. The geese to which I'm
referring would take off and fly to the other side of the water. Poor dog
would wear himself out in no time.

Yeah, I was thinking along those lines, and forgot to mention the
lagoons weren't too wide, maybe 50 yards.
But what you said about smart geese might have something to it.
I wondered why the geese didn't fly down the lagoon a bit and land
again, but they didn't - they just flew off.
Might also be the dogs I saw somehow let the geese know something
you and me don't understand. I used to be a horseplayer, and have
read and believe that a better horse ("classier") can run up on a
cheaper horse and just by eyeballing him for a few strides make him
give up. Maybe there's a dog/goose version of that.

--Vic