Triangle Goose Control, Inc.

Border Collie Service.

Raleigh, NC

919-961-8280

 sheila@nogeese.com

 

 

No harm no fowl!

 

 

 

The environmentally friendly, goose friendly answer to the problem of nuisance Canada Geese.

 

 

We provide humane control of Canada goose populations on corporate properties. We have the only locally owner operated full time goose control company in the Triangle. We only use border collies. We will not try to sell you fences, plastic predators, noisemakers, chemicals and other useless, ineffective products. The only thing that works over the long haul is a border collie. Give us a call for a free evaluation. We provide service to Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham and other areas in and near the triangle. We do not provide service or to other areas or states. (Please do not call if you are looking for a home for your border collie or want advice on how to train your dog.)

 

·       12 month contracts available.

·       No dog sales.

·       No sub-contractors. Locally owner operated.

·       Corporate references available.

·       Service available in Raleigh, RTP, Cary and other local areas.

·       Safe, natural, effective.

·       Free on site assessment of your needs.

·       We use only CGC certified border collies for safety and off leash control.

·       We never use hunting or retrieving breeds for the safety of the geese.

·       We offer a fast response time and emergency service.

·       Fully insured.

·       We schedule visits to your property five days per week .

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are looking for a proven method of controlling nuisance geese on corporate or residential property without the use of useless gimmicks such as noisemakers, ugly fences, “scare” devices, or dangerous and ineffective chemicals look no further. We provide humane, safe, natural and effective goose control using specially trained border collies.

 

 The most effective way to humanely control the goose population on your property is to introduce a “predator” into the environment. Since it is not practical (or safe) to reintroduce wolves, coyotes and foxes into commercial and residential areas, specially trained dogs are the natural answer. Geese are “hard wired” to fear foxes and wolves. Unlike other breeds of dogs, border collies look and act like the natural predators geese fear most. Border collies have a predatory crouch, stalk and stare that they use to move livestock. They creep over the ground silently which panics geese. While the dogs mean no harm, these mannerisms are very unnerving to geese and they soon move on to a “predator” free environment.

 

Border collie harassment programs can save you hundreds or thousands of dollars in landscape repair and sidewalk cleanup. They can discourage flocks of any size and work on land and in water. Generally a sharp decrease in the size of your flock will be seen in just a few days to a few weeks after the commencement of service. With continued harassment all geese will eventually move on. However, if you have property that attracts geese (green grass and a pond) you will always have geese trying to move in. We visit your property five days a week year round to discourage “new” geese from moving in and taking over.

 

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If you have a pond on your property it is no problem because our dogs are trained to swim after geese!

  Our dogs are strong expert swimmers and relentless until the geese take to the air.

 

Geese that are harassed on a regular schedule by border collies will seek a safer place to live and raise their young. Our border collies do not actually want to hurt geese. Their job is to drive geese away. Our dogs never have physical contact with geese. Using a trained border collie to drive off geese is a very efficient and natural way to solve the problem of nuisance geese. Our border collies work silently. This minimizes the chance of distracting or irritating your clients, employees or tenants. We will bring our border collies onto your site and they will quietly drive away your geese while being supervised and directed on or off leash by us. No birds will be harmed. This method is PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) approved and is the safest and most natural way to discourage nuisance geese. It is also considered humane and effective control by the Coalition to Prevent the Destruction of Canada Geese. We will visit your site and assess your needs free of charge.

 

One of our dogs smiling after clearing a pond of Canada Geese.

 

 

 

 

Our dogs are tireless workers on land or in the water. But they are harmless and love all living things.

One is also an excellent driver!

 

This goose is saying “back off or else!”

 

 

 

Why discourage geese from living on commercial property?

 

Geese graze on lawns and quickly destroy beautifully landscaped property while producing a pound or more of waste per day per goose. It does not take long for a flock of geese to ruin beautifully landscaped property. Goose manure is unsightly, messy and can pose health risks as well. It is important to discourage even a small flock of geese from living on your property. Small groups quickly become large groups as they call in more geese that are passing through the area. This goose is offering an aggressive stance. Geese can become quite aggressive and dangerous, especially if fed or during nesting season.

 

Photos below show sequence of a woman and her child being attacked while trying to feed a wild goose. These photos are taken from video tape and are poor quality but well worth sharing. Notice how the goose goes straight for the woman’s face beating her head with his wings and knocking her to the ground. People have been seriously injured trying to feed or otherwise interfere with wild geese. Wild geese are intelligent and territorial. They are very protective of their family group and territories. They can live 25 years or more in the wild and do not need a handout. Please do not try to make pets out if them. Once they lose their fear they become a danger to themselves and others. Please respect wildlife!

 

 

 

 

If you like to see geese on your property or at your place of business please read the following:

There are several reasons why, for the safety of geese, it is important to discourage them from making their home on corporate, residential or commercial property. It is unnatural for wild geese to congregate on one spot for excessively long periods of time. Canada geese have a hard time resisting the goose nirvana created by mowing and fertilizing grass and stay in these areas for unnaturally long periods of time. Geese eat grass and consider fertilized grass goose candy. We have further invited them to move in and stay by removing all natural predators and wooded areas (which geese avoid) and providing runoff ponds for shelter. This attractive but unhealthy setting is often made even more attractive by people hand feeding geese junk food. This causes geese to lose all fear of man and can result in aggressive geese that chase people and try to bully them into dropping anything they are carrying. I feel that a fed goose is a dead goose because it loses its natural fear of man and its ability or desire to provide food for itself.

 

Geese that stay in one spot for a long time create problems for themselves in other ways. First of all they stop migrating. Canada Geese are federally protected under the migratory bird act. They can only be hunted during a short hunting season. Many argue now that the once endangered but now prolific Giant Canada goose, (the bird most often found on corporate, residential and commercial properties) is no longer a migrating bird and should no longer be protected. I don’t have to tell you what kind of bad news that would be for Giant Canada Geese. Geese that do not migrate or pond hop in a natural fashion tend to inbreed. The offspring of these birds can have birth defects and low resistance to disease. Also, geese that live full time on corporate properties are bombarded with many toxins including fertilizers, insecticides, and oil and antifreeze from cars. They are even subject to toxins they themselves create in their droppings by congregating in unnaturally large groups on the same place for an unnaturally long period of time. (Goose droppings often carry a spirochete common to poultry droppings that causes gastrointestinal illness in anything that ingests their feces.  Goose feces should be thoroughly cleaned from shoes, and hands should be carefully washed if you come in contact with goose feces.)

 

There are several ways you can help keep wild geese wild, and safe.

 

1.     Halt all feeding of Canada geese and other waterfowl. Human food is not good for geese or ducks. If you love geese please do not feed them. There is an abundant natural food supply in our area for geese. Remember, a fed goose is a dead goose!

2.     Plant screen hedges and if possible let grass grow a bit longer than you ordinarily would. Geese want to be able to see far to watch out for predators. Screen hedges and tall grass provide cover for predators. Planting screen hedges or tall ornamental grasses, reeds or cattails at water’s edge will help discourage geese from using your pond. Combining screen plants with border collie service has proved very effective!

3.     Post signs such as “please do not feed waterfowl” near picnic benches and other places people congregate.

4.     Avoid nesting geese at all costs. Do not attempt to feed a nesting goose.

5.     Do not release domestic ducks or geese into corporate, residential or commercial ponds. Domestic waterfowl attract wild geese.

6.     Incorporate a natural goose harassment protocol using Border Collies and encourage neighboring properties to do the same.

7.     Do not employ a service that uses hunting dogs or retrievers.

 

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Many goose control companies are now using labs and other hunting breeds for goose control. They cite that their dogs are great swimmers and that is their excuse for using hunting dogs. Trained border collies swim after geese as well as any lab, but a lab has been selectively bred for countless generations to grab and bring back DEAD birds. When a lab or other hunting breed enters the water after geese his aim is to get his mouth on it. A border collie does not have that goal in mind. The border collie simply wants to do his job, which is chase the geese away. Geese are federally protected. Do you want to employ dogs that want to hurt or kill your geese? We use only specially trained border collies. We would never use a hunting breed.

 

 

 

 

Give us a call for a free evaluation of your needs

919-961-8280

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Triangle Goose Control, Inc.

Raleigh, NC

919-961-8280

sheila@nogeese.com