Geese Control Experts
Keeping an eye on dogs at a park can be an intense job, especially when wild geese decide to inhabit the space that has mostly been designed as a recreation facility for people living nearby. At Goose Masters our team of wildlife removal experts come to the property you own or manage in order to provide safe and humane removal of geese. While geese are stubborn birds and many gimmicky methods of geese removal are often ineffective, our utilization of trained border collie dogs allows us to scare the geese into believing they are being hunted by a predator. Our team focuses on effective and proficient means to “train” geese not to come back to the property, which can have a massive impact on the local environment. Geese are very habitual birds and will often return to the same spot year after year for migration and/or nesting, so we encourage our customers to act promptly by calling us as soon as they notice a problem starting.
Providing Goose Control for Local Businesses
We work with private property owners as well as managers operating larger facilities to deter and remove geese from the properties. Our team has experience removing geese in many types of environments such as parks, recreational facilities, schools, universities, corporate campuses, lakefront homes, airports, cemeteries, golf courses, assisted living properties, private estates, and more. Our geese removal services are tailored to the needs of each customer and their geese problems in order to make sure our methods not only show lasting results, but continue to be humane and respect the geese.
Natural Instinct of Dogs
Dogs are very curious by nature, especially when it comes to interacting with other animals, so it shouldn't be a surprise to see your dog chasing after a goose at a park, or on a nature walk. Even a well trained dog can be easily tempted to chase a goose, and even if they don’t have predatory intentions the natural instinct of a dog is to investigate! Dogs chase squirrels, cats, birds, geese, and other small animals regularly. Because geese often choose manmade parks and other open green spaces for nesting it isn’t a surprise that people bring their dogs there for exercise and to play. Dogs and geese are very likely to have interactions if not overseen by humans, especially when dogs are off leash and their natural instincts to chase kick in.
Behavioral Issues with Geese
While from afar geese are majestic and beautiful wildlife creatures, when dealing with them in close proximity in a park, public space, or even your own property they can showcase some behavior that warrant contacting geese removal experts. From their fecal waste, territorial behavior, overall stubbornness, aggression, and the high likelihood they will return year-after-year, geese can cause property owners and managers lasting issues that not only impact their days but also residents and patrons of businesses, parks, hospitals, or other areas that tend to have open green spaces and bodies of water near them. Canadian Geese are very prevalent not only in Canada, but across most of the United States.
Geese Fecal Waste & Your Dogs
Many species of geese residing in North America, including the popular Canada Geese typically produce between 1 and 2 pounds of fecal waste per day. Taking into account the size of an adult Canada Geese, they often weigh up to 8 pounds and can grow a wingspan of up to 75 inches, so they are fairly large waterfowl. Geese can be very territorial, especially during their nesting season, and their flocks can grow to hundreds, even thousands during migration seasons. Hundreds of birds producing more than a pound of fecal matter a day can cause many issues including local ecological problems, illnesses for both dogs and humans, and impact the local wildlife water supply. Dogs are curious by nature and do a lot of investigating both with their smell and taste, so geese waste can easily cause illnesses in dogs from the bacteria, viruses, E. coli, etc. While these birds are beautiful to admire from afar, their presence will not go unnoticed.
Nesting Season: Territorial Geese
Geese have created a well known reputation for being very territorial, especially during certain times of the year. During nesting season geese can become very confrontational and have been known to attack people who venture too close to the nests of the geese, whether the people realize it or not. Because geese prefer to nest in areas where they feel safe from predators they often choose areas next to bodies of water. IN urban environments these areas are often manmade and designed with the people who live in the area in mind. Because of this geese will nest in areas where people come to relax or walk their dogs such as a public park, around their apartment building, or near a large facility like an office campus or hospital site. Geese feel easily threatened, especially when dogs or other animals they view as natural predators enter into their claimed territory.
Geese are Very Stubborn
Geese are extremely stubborn birds and many geese removal methods have proven to be ineffective. We have seen through our own practices that utilizing border collies is the most effective way to get geese to move to a new location. Because they are such stubborn creatures we always encourage people to reach out to us as soon as they notice a problem and not to wait since the wildlife population typically only increases once they move in.
Geese Returning Annually
Geese are known to return to the same nesting spots for many years, even passing on the location to their young geese after they are born, making your property a multi-generational nesting spot. In some cases geese will continue returning to the same areas for over a decade, so even if they migrate away there is a good chance they will return another season. To avoid this becoming a permanent issue, contact Goose Masters about your issue and we can create an individualized plan for your particular situation.
Utilizing Border Collies to Control Geese
Border collies are naturally born herding dogs, so training them to chase geese is almost a natural instinct for them. These dogs chase and herd animals and are able to scare the geese into relocating. Training dogs to control geese in a situation where they are a nuisance is extremely effective in helping control the local geese population and driving them away from your property.
Contact Goose Masters
Goose Masters has the resources and expertise to handle whatever situation geese have brought to your property. We work with everything from private estates to office campuses and can quickly provide a solution for your geese problem. Reach out to our team today to find more information about our services!
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