Yesterday when my husband went out to feed Trouble (the horse) he was greeted by loud honking from a Canadian goose. We have a pair of Canadian geese that are also regular visitors to the lower pasture come spring.
I just heard them honking as they flew over again this morning in their usual landing pattern. I’ve seen several large flocks of Canadian geese on neighboring properties but we only get this pair. Perhaps that’s because we only have two acres and other places around here are larger.
Sometimes the geese wander down to the pond and take a few laps around it.
It’s fun to see the wildlife return in the spring. I’ve also heard the howls of baby coyotes. The coyotes are the reason I no longer have any chickens, ducks or geese of my own. One by one the chickens and ducks would disappear.
My favorite was my goose, Gus. I actually had three geese but coyotes took two of them for their meals. Back then Gus decided it was safer to become a dog and he’d hang out with our dogs at all times. He became Maggie’s shadow constantly following her and lying next to her.
As you can see, Gus would even climb up in my lap.
Gus’s downfall was that he also chased cars that came down the driveway. One day he chased the electric meterman up the driveway and found out that being under the wheel of a truck was not good for a goose. I came home and found poor Gus dead on the driveway, he chased one vehicle too many.
The other day Gail decided to saddle up Trouble. Trouble has only been ridden a couple of times and I was amazed at how well she did. It must be the training given by our daughter.
Gail is planning to sell Trouble soon I think and she wanted to get her accustomed to being ridden again. Gail is like the horse whisperer and does wonders with horses.
Once Trouble is sold Gail can bring her young horses over here where it will be easier for her to work with them. Right now Gail’s babies are kept at our friend’s barn down the road.
These are the young horses.
Once Gail begins finishes her nursing studies and is working as a nurse, she won’t have the time to take care of the animals down at the barn and if she keeps her young horses here she knows we’d take care of feeding them. She’ll also be able to work with the horses at our place easier when she has time off.
