Matthew Jonas, Longmont Times-Call
Katie, a 5-year-old golden retriever, runs back to her owner after scaring geese from the fairway at Twin Peaks Golf Course in Longmont on Friday. Katie is part of a geese hazing program that uses dogs to keep geese from congregating on golf courses in Longmont. Getting your player ready...
Katie, a 5-year-old golden retriever, strained against her leash Friday evening, eager to chase away some Canada geese from Longmontap valuable golf course grass.
Emma Massey, 11, let Katie off her leash and the dog straightened out into a blond arrow aiming straight for a smattering of the geese on Twin Peaks Golf Course.
Katie’s one of 30 dogs enrolled in a special Longmont geese-hazing program. And Larry Mills, Longmont golf operations manager, would like to have more like her.
“Itap only effective if there’s constant hazing. In other words if a dog chases them once in awhile, the geese get aware of it,” Mills said. “Itap somewhat effective but we’re not getting the constant geese hazing we’re after.”
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