The Problem? Canada geese. It's not just a problem of too many geese, but a problem of geese in the wrong locations—on golf courses, business parks, in public parks, and on school sports fields. Each adult goose produces 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of droppings per day. These droppings aren't just something we don't like to step in. Quantities of goose droppings are detrimental to the grass itself, and any bodies of water they are washed into, causing algi bloom. Canada geese habituate to chemicals, pyrotechnics, fences, noise makers, plastic swans and streamers—and no longer deter so easily. Chemicals can be toxic to the environment or nontarget species and some are not biodegradable. and most need frequent re-aplications. While grazing, an adult goose can destroy as much as five square feet of grass each day. Most control methods for Canada geese are economically prohibitive to landowners, businesses, and homeowner associations, or are aesthetically unappealing. They also tend to just be temporary, since the geese soon habituate to them, and will no longer leave.

The Solution! The Hardey Border Collie Goose Patrol, Providing Environmentally Safe, Humane Canada Goose Control with Working Border Collies. The single most effective method of Canada goose control on a specific property is through the use of specially trained Border Collies to herd or haze the geese away. The use of goose-trained Border Collies to haze geese from a property is now legal eight months out of the year in Colorado. The use of specially goose-trained Border Collies to move geese from your property is humane, and Colorado Department of Wildlife approved. Hardey Border Collie Canada Goose Patrol dogs are quiet workers, goose friendly and environmentally safe. Their training continues, year around, with sheep and ducks. Fortunately, nobody ever told the Canada geese how safe these dogs really are. A Border Collie’s body language looks like a hunter—we psych the geese into thinking there are dangerous predators on your property! They go away naturally.