goose control Services

 Airborne Geese recommends an aggressive hazing and behavior modification program utilizing highly trained Border Collies. A study by Cornell University  showed that Border Collie hazing programs removed geese from a property with 94% success rate per visit. Our goose control programs and studies in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky have had an impressive 99% success rate per visit, with all geese removed except where a goose was unable to fly. The Border Collie has an intense gaze and stalking posture that mimics that of the wolf, coyote and fox, a natural predator of geese. This places intense pressure on the geese and triggers the predator vs prey response and sends the geese AIRBORNE.  Plus our method is Peta and Humane Society approved!

 Nest management requires compliance with all federal and state laws and regulations including obtaining the proper permits.  Airborne Geese provides complete nest management programs including assistance with the proper permitting requirements.  Geese will nest in parking lots, flower beds,  planters and even roof tops.  Controlling the reproduction of geese requires proper management of goose nesting sites.  Most geese are philopatric, meaning that when they are mature, they will return to the nesting area where they were hatched. So proper management of nesting sites will result in fewer geese returning to nest on a property and since the adult geese are not rearing flightless goslings they are more easily convinced to leave.  

Louisville and Lexington properties that have a water source such as neighborhood lakes, industrial park holding ponds and community lakes are especially attractive to geese.  These bodies of water offer geese safe locations for nightly roosting and raising their goslings.  Our goose dogs are trained to clear the surrounding grassy areas of a lake or pond and once the geese retreat into the water they will go in after them and clear the pond or lake as well.  This will ensure the geese using your property have maximum pressure placed on them and no safe place to retreat.  Having the ability to pressure geese in all areas of a property is what makes our premiere goose control program the most effective in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky.   

Louisville and Lexington golf courses are known for their well manicured and beautiful turf.  Many golf courses also have multiple water features which give geese roosting sites and safe places to raise their goslings(baby geese). This makes Kentucky golf courses very attractive to geese for feeding and nesting.  Geese graze all year long and when left uncontrolled geese can completely strip turf grass, exposing barren soil and lead to erosion. Geese also become very aggressive during the nesting season often attacking golfers who unexpectedly come upon their nests. Large numbers of geese leave large quantities of feces and a single goose can defecate every 20 minutes, up to 1.5 pounds of feces each day leaving goose feces on fairways and cart paths. Airborne Geese has developed a specialized goose control program for golf courses that can restore your golf course to a clean and safe goose free environment for golfers and patrons to enjoy. 

  Canada geese are normally migratory birds, but large populations of geese have stopped their migratory pattern and taken up permanent residence in Louisville and Lexington. Kentucky's mild climate and relatively stable breeding habitat conditions has contributed to the increase of residential Canada geese in the Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky area. Unfortunately, this dramatic increase in population has resulted in some negative consequences.  The available habitat for geese nesting locations is quickly over crowed and with increased depredation of their  nests by coyote, fox and even humans the geese have adapted to nesting on roof tops.  Large numbers of geese are found nesting on the roof tops of commercial, and industrial buildings throughout Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky.  Airborne Geese have specialty trained goose dogs that can work in all types of terrain to include flat commercial and industrial roof tops. 

 Canada geese are a modern success story for wildlife management agencies.  Goose populations are now on the rise and estimated to be near 5,600,600 with approximately 3.2 million becoming permanent residents of a specific area. That is approximately 67% of the Canada goose population being non-migratory or resident geese. In other words, Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky city parks, playgrounds and lakes attract large numbers of these resident geese. If large numbers of geese congregate, there will be a health risk related to the feces left on grassy areas, sidewalks and in the water. Research has shown that the excrement of geese contains a wide variety of pathogens capable of infecting humans.  Our highly trained goose dogs are gentle, social animals and can work safely in any environment or terrain.  This makes them ideal for goose control in parks and playgrounds where they are exposed to the general public.