Time to bring in the dogs Lincolnshire complex needs help with menacing geese.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April, 2001 | by Grusich, Kate

Byline: Kate Grusich Daily Herald Staff Writer Fed up with geese attacking people and droppings littering the ground, an office park complex in Lincolnshire has turned to dog patrols. Protecting the campuses of Hewitt Associate and Van Vlissningen & Co. for the past week, dogs such as Rain, a 3 1/2-year-old border collie, have scampered after geese, "persuading" them to find another location.

"She never harms them," said Bob Knox, one of the company's owners, on Friday. "But she threatens them. Geese aren't threatened by people, but they are threatened by dogs. So, once she chases them off, they're unlikely to come back." Knox said the corporate park is a prime location for the geese to nest and find homes, providing delicately manicured lawns, plenty...