Environmentally Friendly Geese Control

A Unique Style of Goose control to help protect your Green Space: We use highly trained Border Collies and Falcons to help control your goose or other avian problems. We have found that by using two species that represent a predator to the geese that we are more effective in reducing the numbers of unwanted geese in your problem area and in the areas that surround you. Both our Border Collies and our Falcons are professionally trained solely for their deterrent effect. They do not harm the geese but instead they make the area feel unsafe for the geese to roost, feed or nest in and the geese move on to more comfortable surroundings.

Why Border Collies?

Border Collies persistent herding technique and desire to work makes them an outstanding goose chaser! The Border Collie uses its wolf-like glance called "eyeing", to mesmerize their prey into flight. The geese actually consider the Border Collie to be a predator and therefore they think it is unsafe for them to remain in the area. The geese are not safe in the water either. Our dogs love to swim and are a great asset in quickly clearing the geese from your site. By chasing the geese from the grass and landscaped areas as well as the waterways, we have a very effective program for reducing or eliminating your unwanted goose population.

PROGRAMS AVAILABLE

Daily Goose Control:

With daily visits to your property various times during the day and night, seven days a week,we will chase the geese, using the Border Collies, to discourage them from remaining on your property to nest.

Monthly Goose Control:

We are available to chase geese on a monthly basis.

Year Round Goose Control:

Most clients choose and depend on year-round protection.

Seasonal Goose Control (March - November):

We also offer a March 1st through November 30th daily and monthly packages.

Demonstrations:

The use of high quality goose-control dogs and falcons are the most humane and effective way of dealing with Canadian geese management issues. Many sites report public relations benefits as well. Parks, airfields, and golf courses which employ both Border Collies and falcons for Canadian Geese management justly earn reputations for being conscientious and environmentally concerned. Local newspapers and industry newsletters are eager to write feature articles on this novel method of dealing with problem geese. Thus specially trained Border Collie goose control dogs and trained Falcons are an opportunity for positive public relations. Upon request we will put on a demonstration for your homeowners, patrons, guest, the media, school groups/civic groups and more. Simply call our office to arrange a demo during one of our scheduled visits to your site.

Why we use falcons

Falcons are natural enemies of Canadian geese, by using two forms of hazing the geese will not feel safe in the area and will move on faster to greener safer pastures.

The History of the Border Collie

Centuries before the industrial revolution, Britain's wealth was built on wool. Domestic sheep were herded by Neolithic man and likely sheepdogs were associated with him as well. The Romans brought pastoral dogs to Britain as they did sheep. John Caius, a doctor writing in the 1500s, mentions the "shepherd's dogge". His book, De Canibus Britannicus (Treatise on Englishe Dogges), may in fact be the earliest reference to the way British sheepdogs worked.

In Scotland, when a sheep economy took hold, the sheepdog was absolutely necessary. James Hogg (1772-1835), a shepherd and poet from the Ettrick Valley in the Scottish Borders wrote, "without [the sheep dog] the mountainous land of England and Scotland would not be worth sixpence. It would require more hands to manage a flock of sheep and drive them to market than the profits of the whole were capable of maintaining."

Sheepdogs varied more in the past than they do today. There were as many breeds of working dog as there were breeds of sheep. Most of Britain's breeds of pastoral dogs have become extinct, not only because sheep predators disappeared, but for other reasons, as well. Some vanished along with the need for specialized working abilities. Others disappeared when sheep and cattle were no longer being driven to market but were taken by rail, and later truck, obviating the need for a strong driving dog capable of moving large flocks long distances.

In Australia, New Zealand and in parts of the United States, where there are still huge flocks of sheep and sometimes exceptional conditions, specialized types of sheepdogs have been developed and are still used. These include heelers, barkers, dogs capable of going over the backs of closely packed sheep or driving sheep long distances. But in Britain and in parts of the United States as well, the Border collie has emerged as the dominant herding dog.

Dogs like the Border Collie existed centuries ago. Old paintings and lithographs show the shepherd's dog as one resembling the Border Collie. Sheila Grew, in her book Key Dogs from the Border Collie Family (1985), said "a century ago many of the [working] collies were hard, powerful dogs, difficult to control and rough with stock; but their keen instinct, concentration and great power over sheep or cattle were such useful assets it seemed worth trying to find a milder natured type of working collie to cross with them." A Northumbrian farmer, Adam Telfer, "succeeded," Grew says, "in finding the right blend of the two types of dogs" in 1894. The Border Collie as we know it today is descended from that dog.