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A updated blog from the past: How to keep gueese off a dock!

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How to keep gueese off a dock!

 

I posted this blog several years ago and today I was looking through my archives and read it.  I thought it was worthy of another look so here it is the updated version of that blog:

 

If you or anyone you know owns a dock in the Williamsburg Virginia area, there may have been a problem with gueese using the dock as their personal bathroon.

 

I tried chasing them off, waving my arms or a small branch at them and shouting like a crazy person!  I'm sure it was quite a sight.  One of them stuck out it's tongue and hissed at me; the very idea!

 

I heard putting fishing line across the entrance to the dock would keep gueese off the dock.  I tried it and now the dock doesn't have to be constantly cleaned.

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Sybil Campbell, REALTOR®, ABR, SFR, SRES

Long and Foster, REALTORS®

(757) 876-0140

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Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400
The Top Team @ Charles Rutenberg Realty 255 Executive Dr, Plainview NY 11803 - Plainview, NY
Long Island Condo and Home Specialists

They can be a problem. We have had to skip around some sidewalks when showing homes because of the geese invasion...

Oct 27, 2014 02:24 AM
Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

Larry & Sheila, I know they can really be obnoxious can't they?

Oct 27, 2014 02:41 AM
Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert
Richmond, TX

Sybil,

 Pretty smart we have ducks in Grand Lakes and the mess and stink they leave yuck! I am glad I do not live by some of the lakes as it is just plain yucky!

Oct 27, 2014 09:46 AM
Bette Gottwald
UNITED REAL ESTATE | Central PA - Mechanicsburg, PA
"Bet"on Central PA Real Estate!

When my in-laws had a home on the bay in NJ, they had issues with goose pate.  They remedied the situation by installing a motion sensitive sprinkler system.  Good luck Sybil Campbell.

Oct 27, 2014 11:26 AM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Sybil, I have heard of geese being mean and chasing people but not sticking out their tongues. Quite funny.

Oct 27, 2014 11:37 AM
Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

Debbie, I may be the only person this has happened to, who knows?

Oct 27, 2014 12:28 PM
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

You should show us a picture. I can image it, but this begs for a picture. 

Oct 27, 2014 02:54 PM
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Good tip Sybil, I am sure many people have been waiting to hear this advice.

I would add that for the safety of humans, hang a few colorful ribbons from the fishing line so that it can be easily seen.

Oct 27, 2014 03:10 PM
Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

Debbie,  I guess you mean a picture of the dock, I don't live there now.

Bob, Good idea about the ribbons.

Oct 27, 2014 03:43 PM
Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Good morning Sybil. Now that is an opportunity for someone to invent a solution to this problem. We don't need to photo, but imagination works just fine.

Oct 27, 2014 08:33 PM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Sybil

Don't have geese and I love this post.  I am sure someone will ask and I will have the answer for them.  A

Oct 28, 2014 07:38 AM
Lisa Von Domek
Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX
....Experience Isn't Expensive.... It's Priceless!

Hello Sybil,

A hissing goose...that's just not right...bad goose!

Oct 28, 2014 09:01 AM
Potranco Realty
Potranco Realty - San Antonio, TX
"Sold with Potranco Realty"

Sybil, luckily for me we don't have these pest, but it's good to know what works, I bet the cleaning off the deck gets old very fast.

Oct 28, 2014 10:26 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

We have a few geese near the "lakes" we have, but they are not large.   

Oct 28, 2014 11:17 AM
Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

Joe, that is true it was ugly.

Ron & Alexandra, I don't know what your answer is, anxious to hear it.

Lisa, I know right!

Oct 28, 2014 11:37 AM
Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

Bob, it realy did especialy since I had to drag a hose over 350 feet to the dock.

Joan, They may not be big but their poop is!

Oct 28, 2014 11:39 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Sybil, a local golf course hired my neighbor's dog to chase the geese.  It worked, and the dog loved it!

Oct 28, 2014 11:40 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

I wouldn't have guessed that simple of a solution would work.  Great advice!

Oct 29, 2014 04:13 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Sybil

A Flash Back Thursday Post . . . . sounds like a weekly post to me.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Oct 30, 2014 12:28 PM
Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

Lou, that wounew like a great idea.

Oct 30, 2014 10:44 PM
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