I became one of the State's few professional geese herders. I, now, know as much or more about geese herding and the seasonal biology of geese as any one in the state. It is great work and working with Molly is just a blast. I snow shoe with her in the winter and kayak with her during the spring, summer and fall. I am in the best shape of my life.

Alan and Molly at work at Lyman Orchards Golf
Club in Middlefield. Just another day at work. Molly holds the AKC Certified Canine Citizenship Certification.
This means that she is field tested around people and other dogs. She also several advanced obedience degree. And she he can flat work geese!!

Just about 6 years ago I landed a long term consulting contract at Northwestern Louisiana State University. It was my job to bring small to medium sized manufacturing companies together to form training collaboratives.

I was working just one week a month; I would fly down to Louisiana on Monday and return on Friday night. Not a bad 3 years capping off a long career working in or consulting for Fortune 500 Companies and Universities.

One day, my wife suggested that I was getting bored just hanging around the house the rest of the time. She suggested that maybe I could do some volunteering. That suggestion stung a bit since I wasn't bored at all.

That same late winter day I was walking my 9 month old Kerry Blue Terrier on Tradition Golf Course in Wallingford, Ct. I was obedience- training her off lead. We crested a hill and she saw a flock of geese and left my side, flushing them to the sky. I went home and told my wife that I was going to get contracts on golf courses to herd geese.

During the next few months I taught Molly some very specific behaviors, and worked with the geese population at Tradition. I continue to do the geese control work there. I subsequently got agreements to do the geese control work at Lyman Orchards Golf Club and Pine Valley Golf Course.