Daisy on goose patrol

[Faulkner]

As in years past, the park superintendent reached out to me and said the lake front is over run with geese and asked if Daisy would be interested in coming out and running them off the banks. Well, that being one of Daisy's favorite things to do I told him we'd come and help him out.

We loaded up before daylight this morning and headed out to the lake so we could be there as the sun came up. When we arrived I didn't readily see any geese and was thinking we may have a dry run, but I put on Daisy's leash harness and cut her loose and quickly found them roosting on the banks near the swimming area and immediately started herding them back to the water. After she got them in the water she worked the shoreline to keep them off out in the water.

The park superintendent showed up and brought me a sausage biscuit and we sat and watcher Daisy guard the shoreline. Once she had them all herded out in lake she would come up to us and rest a spell, but as soon as she spotted one of the geese easing it's way back to shore off she went to encourage them back.

The park superintendent said he had another fellow bringing his Australian Shepherd out this afternoon to do the same thing and was hoping the activity would encourage a lot of them to move on. He said he didn't mind having the geese around, but currently there were just too many of them.

Daisy had a big time and we were invited to come back in a few days for another round.

 

[StrawHat]

A tired dog is a happy dog!

Kevin

 

[Onomea]

I used to visit on business one of my company's factories in New Jersey. The campus was home to a bunch of Canada geese, and they could get pretty aggressive. (I saw one guy get out of his car in the parking lot and swing his briefcase at the geese to fend them off as he made his way to the factory entrance.)

The factory hired a guy with a team of dogs to come by once a day or so to chase the geese away. The dogs looked to be having a great time. The geese would get out of the way of the dogs, but soon return. The dog's owner got paid. And it was fun for everyone to watch!

A great deal for all involved!

 

[SAFireman]

What??? no sausage biscuit for Daisy? bad ranger, no doughnut!

She sure looks like she is having fun. I bet she has a good nap after lunch.

 

[16thVACav]

Good girl!!!

 

[Puller]

A working border collie is a happy border collie. Looks like she is enjoying herself.

 

[Rudi]

Daisy says "this is the best day!! Thanks dad!"

 

[jimmyj]

People don't eat goose anymore? (.22 rifle with CB caps)

 

[oldbrownhat]

A working border collie is a happy border collie. Looks like she is enjoying herself.

^^^ This! There's a gunsmith within walking distance of me and one day I went to pick up my 625 he'd done a little work on. His neghbour had a border collie, Scamp, that, shall we say, was "under-used." Peter used to take it for a walk in the morning with his own dog, but after that it was largely on its own, and besieged any customer with demands to throw whatever loose items were in the yard so he could retrieve them.

In this case, I was on foot, so I couldn't escape in my truck. I picked up a short branch - about 24" - and we played catch all the way home, about a 30 minute walk. By the time I got home, the stick was only about 6" long and definitely rhe worse for wear. I had to take him home, so he hopped in my truck and I drove him back to besiege the next customer


edit: I couldn't find a pic of Scamp and the stick, but here's one from another encounter:

READY WHEN YOU ARE!

 

[Faulkner]

People don't eat goose anymore? (.22 rifle with CB caps)

Apparently, folks around here don't like cooked goose. Several of my hunting buddies said they killed some and tried to cook 'em and they were horrible. I've never tried goose myself.

 

[s&wchad]

Apparently, folks around here don't like cooked goose. Several of my hunting buddies said they killed some and tried to cook 'em and they were horrible. I've never tried goose myself.

Breast 'em out, slice it thin, marinate in teriyaki sauce and quickly fry in butter until medium rare. Yum!

 

[Protocall_Design]

For those that don't have the benefit of a Daisy, a green laser pointer will scatter them like leaves in the wind.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=green+laser+geese

 

[Bald1]

A tired dog is a happy dog!

Kevin

A tired dog is a well behaved dog

 

[lihpster]

Apparently, folks around here don't like cooked goose. Several of my hunting buddies said they killed some and tried to cook 'em and they were horrible. I've never tried goose myself.

If my dad had his druthers we'd have had goose for Thanksgiving and Christmas every year. We had it exactly one time. After the Great Goose Revolt the Holiday Fowl Accords established goose as a non-holiday fowl which would only be served on normal days of the week and only one Sunday per annum. He wasn't pleased.

 

[cherrypointmarine]

You and Daisy didn't hang out and wait for the Aussie ? That would have been something to see, the two of them chasing the geese . Tell Daisy she can hang with Nala and Nebula any time she wants to .

 

[Puller]

. . . After the Great Goose Revolt the Holiday Fowl Accords established goose as a non-holiday fowl which would only be served on normal days of the week and only one Sunday per annum.

What does that mean? Holiday Fowl Accords?? Is that a religions thing?

I mean, we've eaten fried catfish on Thanksgiving before.

 

[lihpster]

If you had heard some of the language used, you would know it wasn't a religious thing.

 

[YeshuaIsa53]

We used to travel to hunt Specklebelly White-Fronted Geese, and ducks, in season. Canada Geese were of a stronger taste. The dog would bring them to us.

The problem seems to be Canadas like golf courses and park lakes more than wild habitat. Then, they multiply. Two or three hunts a season could make things more manageable.

 

[Birdgun]

We used to travel to hunt Specklebelly White-Fronted Geese, and ducks, in season. Canada Geese were of a stronger taste. The dog would bring them to us.

The problem seems to be Canadas like golf courses and park lakes more than wild habitat. Then, they multiply. Two or three hunts a season could make things more manageable.

My wife was on our small city's City Counsel in Alabama. There were non-migrating Greater Canada Geese that overran a local riverside golf course. The birds were crapping all over the course and reports of geese assaulting golfers. More than one goose was brought into the club house with a broken neck from a golfer's golf club. The City Counsel voted to allow hunters to have special hunts and harvest the geese. But, the news got out and the PETA people came in from out of town to vigorously protest and make a general pain of themselves. Finally, the Mayor was forced to call off the hunt before someone got hurt--plus some other reasons (it was becoming a circus).

Interesting side note:
The PITA people said they were going to capture the geese and relocate them. They got a notice from Fish & Game that capturing wild animals and relocating them without special permits was illegal. Getting the permits was too inconvenient and time consuming for the PITA folks.

The problem was never solved but nobody complained about hunters in boats shooting near the golf course.

I don't think anybody ever thought about using dogs to chase the geese away.

 

[Model 19 6"]

A guy at our gun club, has his turned into summer sausage. Yummy!!