[Dudoight]

Frankly, I tried penning him up every night. He couldn't stand it. He beat his beak bloody. He would notlet me pick him up in the evenings, knowing that was what I would do. He very happily spends his nights on either my small lake or pond. So he is essentially safe from these preditors.

The other geese just didn't seem to have his survival sense and may have confronted the preditors, not being smart enough to discern a risk from our domestic canine pets.

[starbase]

Frankly, I tried penning him up every night. He couldn't stand it.

Ah, I see. And the other geese tried to fight the predators, or maybe walk up to them and say hello!! What idiots.

Well, 14 years, wonder how long he'll carry on? Maybe you should get him to breed a batch of kiddies, then you can have lots of loyal geese for years?