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That is a beautiful example of why wild animals should not be socialized to humans. That goose has decided that the dog IS a predator and the human is NOT. It actually looks like a female to me (though I'm only basing that on the size of the knob on the bill so I'm not sure) and she would not be doing that if she didn't for some reason believe that a dog could be a danger she could deal with and a human is a danger she does not need to deal with.
I have African geese. They are not wild animals and are socialized to humans. My geese would do EXACTLY the same thing given the chance. I can't let my dogs in the pen with them~ and they will reach through the fence and nail a dog if one makes the mistake of standing to close to the fence! Luckily~ my geese are too big and heavy to FLY to chase a dog down!
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