Got a geese problem? Then get a dog

More geese than usual seem to be flocking to golf courses in Longmont, Denver, so the local authorities have come up with a unique way of dealing with them. Two large flocks of geese have made Twin Peaks Golf Course their home, and local golfers aren’t happy about it.

“They like to leave things behind when they walk on the course,” golfer Brad Harvey said.

The flocks leave so many feathers on the grass that golfers are complaining it’s too hard to find their balls. They also leave holes in the fairways where they eat the grass.

“When you’re on the greens that’s when it’s kind of a nuisance because you don’t want your ball landing in the geese poop,” Bill Hake said.

So the solution: a caped crusading team of volunteer dogs.

“Every time we open the gate she knows to go chase the geese,” dog volunteer owner Emma Massey said.

The dogs don’t hunt the birds; they simply shoo them away before golfers hit the course. The geese usually seek safety in one of the course’s lakes and return by the end of the day.

“We usually come out here earlier in the morning to chase the geese off the golf course for the golfers. That way they don’t have to run through geese while they’re golfing because no one really wants to do that,” Massey said.

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