Why use Border Collies in a wildlife management program?

Border Collies and their Efficacy in Bird and Wildlife Control

We use border collies for wildlife control for the very simple reason that they work. There are immediate decreases in wildlife numbers and documented long-term effects of the dogs.  The use of trained dogs to manage wildlife problems has been around for a very long time.  As the human population has increased, wildlife habitat has been destroyed or diminished and the incidence of human-wildlife conflicts has risen. In the search for environmentally sensitive ways to prevent damage from wildlife and enforce human-wildlife boundaries, dogs can provide simple, effective, and humane solutions.  Listed below are various benefits of using a Border collie in your nuisance bird and wildlife control program:

u Border collies provide an actual threat as opposed to a perceived threat in the minds of the birds.

u nuisance birds and wildlife cannot habituate to the Border collie as they can to propane cannons, pyrotechnics and predator decoys.

u Border collies put a real predator into your predator-free environment.  They are a predator that you can control, by directing where, when, and what they hunt.

u Border collies are versatile and can control various bird and wildlife populations: our dogs work deer, Canada geese and any other waterfowl, egrets and herons, cormorants, gulls and sand hill cranes to name a few.

u Border collies are silent workers, a trait bred into them hundreds of years ago to prevent them from disturbing the sheep when working.  By moving the birds and wildlife with their “eye”, and not their “bark”, they can be effective in noise-ridden areas.  It allows them to appear stealthy which is a predator behavior and the birds find it very threatening.

u Border collies trained by Flyaway Farm and Kennels for bird and wildlife control are carefully screened for temperament and trainability; only the best of the best make the cut.  The dogs come from some of the top herding lines in the country.  They are raised in a family environment and well socialized to give you a well-rounded working dog.

u Border collies have a high endurance and can work in all types of climate and terrain.

u Border collies are not retrievers by nature.  They do not have to bring the bird to you to feel they have succeeded.   Our dogs are taught that their job is to make the birds leave and they are not done until all the birds are gone.  The only reward they need is lots of praise and more birds to chase!

 

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