Janthira can often be seen
walking the two geese around the community.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
A pair of well-trained geese are amusing residents of an East
Pattaya neighborhood with their ability to understand English-language
commands and act as “watchbirds.”
Tong and Dee, both six months old, are the “children” of 56-year-old
Janthira Moss and her foreign husband in Thunyawan Village on Soi
Nernplabwan. Concerned about area burglaries, Janthira got the noisy
birds instead of dogs to keep an eye out for strangers on her property.
While raising the birds, the couple used English, instead of Thai, to
command them. Neighbors were amazed at the birds’ ability to understand
more English than many of them.
Janthira can often be seen walking the two geese on leashes around the
community and the birds even join the couple for a “dance routine” in
public exercise classes.
The geese also have proved protective of their “parents,” pecking at the
legs of anyone who gets near them until the birds are restrained.
Despite that behavior, however, Janthira and her husband plan to keep
the birds around permanently.
