Canadian geese Control Methods

The most common method that communities are taking to control the Canadian geese populations is humanely scaring. The most effective scaring method is using dogs that are trained to herd geese. Geese-herding should not be done by any dogs. The dogs must be effectively trained to eliminate the geese from the area. A dog that is not trained properly can simply send the geese into the water or may not scare them anytime, which can teach the geese to not be afraid of dogs.

The dogs should be trained not to catch or hurt the geese. Noises of pyrotechnics, propane cannons, or goose distress calls are also effective in scaring geese away. Geese are intelligent creatures; therefore, decoys of threatening animals are not effective deterrents , and they grow accustomed to many frightening noises that are not of pyrotechnics, propane cannons, or goose distress calls.

Making an environment inhospitable to geese will force them to move elsewhere. Reducing the amount of lawn, replacing Kentucky blue grass with other grasses, treating grass with repellents that makes it taste foul to geese, and not feeding geese will reduce the population because they will be unable to eat their favorite food.

Planting thick, tall plants by water, planting taller plants that predators could hide behind, locating sports fields and other grassy places far away from water, and planting trees between water and grass will reduce geese by not providing them with shelter.