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Blue Owl

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34. Talk about a job done right...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 10:54 PM

Mar 2015

A perfect task for a well-trained dog!

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Park service considers dogs to chase geese from feces-ridden National Mall [View all] Eugene Mar 2015 OP

My cousin owns a business called "Geese Management" that does this. whathehell Mar 2015 #1

They will need to replace the goose droppings with something more apropos to D.C., like horse shit villager Mar 2015 #2

Plenty of both on hand down there. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2015 #33

They should sell $10 permits to hunt them. Vincardog Mar 2015 #3

What happens to the shit from the dogs? NightWatcher Mar 2015 #4

It would be far easier to clean up than the massive amounts of goose poop... friendly_iconoclast Mar 2015 #5

We can hire the homeless to clean up after the dogs, pay them well. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #7

Sounds like a plan. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #9

I LIKE that plan. bvar22 Mar 2015 #10

Border Collies are extremely intelligent jberryhill Mar 2015 #15

Yeah, but Border Collies have standards... Fumesucker Mar 2015 #19

Mine still shit Major Nikon Mar 2015 #22

In the house? jberryhill Mar 2015 #24

If they are outside they pretty much shit when they want Major Nikon Mar 2015 #26

They must be a handful jberryhill Mar 2015 #28

They definitely need a "job" Major Nikon Mar 2015 #29

Way better than goose shit. Codeine Mar 2015 #36

The geese were here first tabasco Mar 2015 #6

Some Canadian Geese have NOT been here first. bvar22 Mar 2015 #16

Geese were in the Chesapeake Basin before we were tabasco Mar 2015 #41

They have. :) Chan790 Mar 2015 #47

In this case, they weren't. Chan790 Mar 2015 #18

I agree, the geese need to be culled. There are hundreds year round on our local lake. kwassa Mar 2015 #25

Yum. bvar22 Mar 2015 #43

You could catch one here every day. Not just for Christmas anymore. kwassa Mar 2015 #44

Geese were in the Chesapeake Basin before humans tabasco Mar 2015 #42

With Old Bay seasoning. That's how we deal. kwassa Mar 2015 #45

Well...where else would ya keep them, for crying out loud? A HERETIC I AM Mar 2015 #8

I've got no problem with this. hunter Mar 2015 #11

My company has dog walkers JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #12

This is a very common proactice around here IDemo Mar 2015 #13

WHY CAN'T CANADA CONTROL THEIR FREAKING GEESE Skittles Mar 2015 #14

Can't trust those Canadians. bvar22 Mar 2015 #17

They have wings like cantaloupes Fumesucker Mar 2015 #21

I once had a girlfriend who worked at the Wal-Mart. bvar22 Mar 2015 #23

Take off Hosers, eh.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #20

It's payback... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #35

They should do something about the rats while they are at it. Glimmer of Hope Mar 2015 #27

Feces is life, in a natural environment bhikkhu Mar 2015 #30

Clearly this is the first volley in the Canadian-American Wildlife Pooping Wars! Rex Mar 2015 #31

We live in a Twin Cities suburb and the Jenoch Mar 2015 #32

Talk about a job done right... Blue Owl Mar 2015 #34

Ha! This article, posted on a local Fox affiliate, prompted me to post this >>>> Roland99 Mar 2015 #37

My border collie had ZERO interest in the Canada geese on my lawn. grasswire Mar 2015 #38

GOD, I hate geese. Marr Mar 2015 #39

Get rid of the Tim Hortons and they'll leave... Inkfreak Mar 2015 #40

Border Collies would be ideal -- and they'd have a ball Hekate Mar 2015 #46