But are geese friendly to their owners? I thought they were all-around dicks to everybody.
I say get a honey badger. They’re fearless and have a skunk-like odor attack that will deter any bad guys. But their real strength is their resourcefulness and independence. They are nearly impossible to keep penned up. By the time you’ve built an escape-proof enclosure for one, no bad guys are going to be able to get in anyway so you can just sell the honey badger.
Last year my gf’s goose (Guzman) died. He was 30. He would try to kill anyone who wandered over by “his” pond, except for my gf. She could cuddle him. Me, he tried to kill. Whenever I’d weed whack around the pond, she’d have to keep him occupied, otherwise I’d end up with bruised legs from his bites.
If you get them as babies they’ll be used to the household members that are there all the time. If you incubate and hatch them, they’ll imprint on the first person (or cat, or moving milk bottle) that they see.