On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:55:36 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:52:12 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Dogs don't work. My brother had dogs on the golf course he managed. The
geese would just fly into the water when the dog came. The dog couldn't
swim fast enough to scare the geese.

You got the wrong trainer. The dog isn't supposed to chase them into
the water.

I work with BCs here in and around golf courses and haven't ever had
that problem.

It's all in how the dogs are trained.

The dogs don't 'chase' them into the water, the friggin' geese get smart
quick and fly into the friggin' water as soon as they see the dog!

There must be some stupid friggin' geese up there!

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:11:43 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:55:36 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:52:12 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Dogs don't work. My brother had dogs on the golf course he managed. The
geese would just fly into the water when the dog came. The dog couldn't
swim fast enough to scare the geese.

You got the wrong trainer. The dog isn't supposed to chase them into
the water.

I work with BCs here in and around golf courses and haven't ever had
that problem.

It's all in how the dogs are trained.

The dogs don't 'chase' them into the water, the friggin' geese get smart
quick and fly into the friggin' water as soon as they see the dog!

There must be some stupid friggin' geese up there!

I saw the Border Collies in action once, and they would swim after the
geese that lit in the water. The geese would take off after the dog
swam a short distance. I guess there's geese and geese, dogs and
dogs.

--Vic

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:47:33 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:11:43 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:55:36 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:52:12 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Dogs don't work. My brother had dogs on the golf course he managed. The
geese would just fly into the water when the dog came. The dog couldn't
swim fast enough to scare the geese.

You got the wrong trainer. The dog isn't supposed to chase them into
the water.

I work with BCs here in and around golf courses and haven't ever had
that problem.

It's all in how the dogs are trained.

The dogs don't 'chase' them into the water, the friggin' geese get smart
quick and fly into the friggin' water as soon as they see the dog!

There must be some stupid friggin' geese up there!

I saw the Border Collies in action once, and they would swim after the
geese that lit in the water. The geese would take off after the dog
swam a short distance. I guess there's geese and geese, dogs and
dogs.

--Vic

It could also depend on the size of the pond/lake. The geese to which I'm
referring would take off and fly to the other side of the water. Poor dog
would wear himself out in no time.

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:30:24 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:47:33 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:



I saw the Border Collies in action once, and they would swim after the
geese that lit in the water. The geese would take off after the dog
swam a short distance. I guess there's geese and geese, dogs and
dogs.

--Vic

It could also depend on the size of the pond/lake. The geese to which I'm
referring would take off and fly to the other side of the water. Poor dog
would wear himself out in no time.

Yeah, I was thinking along those lines, and forgot to mention the
lagoons weren't too wide, maybe 50 yards.
But what you said about smart geese might have something to it.
I wondered why the geese didn't fly down the lagoon a bit and land
again, but they didn't - they just flew off.
Might also be the dogs I saw somehow let the geese know something
you and me don't understand. I used to be a horseplayer, and have
read and believe that a better horse ("classier") can run up on a
cheaper horse and just by eyeballing him for a few strides make him
give up. Maybe there's a dog/goose version of that.

--Vic