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Eric Johnson, owner-handler, has worked with Border Collies for 10 years. He has managed farm programs in Open Air Museums for 20 years, and lives on a small farm in eastern New York with his family and assorted poultry, including this male domestic duck, named "Trouble."

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Amazing Facts
about Herding and Goose Control Border Collies
Faith and Will plunge into the water to harass a goose into taking flight.

• Border Collies have great endurance. This is due to their breeding. In their native Great Britain they were used to herd and keep track of sheep all hours of the day, and have been bred to be hardy, untiring herders.Wild Goose Chase border collies can make numerous visits per day to our numerous clients.

• For the Wild Goose Chase border collies, goose control work is an adaptation of their herding skills. The collies can actually keep track of geese as they fly overhead and will run under or after the flying geese until the geese leave an area.

• Border Collies can herd or "move" animals and birds, large and small, without harming, or even touching them. This is due to the Border Collies strong, commanding presence, use of their "eye," and intense determination. Border Collies can herd cattle and even pigs! Wild Goose Chase border collies have chased off up to 400 wild geese from heavily infested properties.

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