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f0rtytw0 t1_jed2wph wrote

Can dogs have dream jobs?

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Username7239 t1_jed5dh1 wrote

Ask the labs that retrieve the bats mlb players drop when they hit the ball and run to first base.

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riverhawk02 t1_jededfk wrote

That's a thing?

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RAiD78 t1_jef7ptw wrote

Yeah, i've seen them on tiktok. Might be the same dog not sure, but they retrieve bats in minor leagues and the kickoff tee in college football.

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BuckyWunderlick007 t1_jed1brb wrote

Great idea. Pretty much the only thing that works. DCR should do it for around the Charles River Basin. The goose shit on the bike path is brutal. You don’t wannna drink out of your water bottle after riding there.

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czyivn t1_jee5ash wrote

It won't work for long. Chasing them with dogs in Watertown will just move them to newton and Cambridge. These non migratory shitbirds are still reproducing. The dog isn't going to stop that. They need to cull them or shoot them with dart guns containing bird contraceptives or something.

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tacotacotaco14 t1_jeenosk wrote

Or people could just learn to live alongside birds. Such a crazy mentality to think the whole world belongs to us and we can kill anything that is even a slight inconvenience. Let the birds hang out in the field, they're not that bad, it's just a dumb meme that they're actually scary

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iBarber111 t1_jeeqf94 wrote

Europe & New Zealand consider Canadian geese an invasive species. I'd love to see MA do the same. Their population growth is not "normal" & is in fact fueled by humans.

It'd be completely reasonable to engage in some population control, like we do with several other species. As the other poster said, their poop makes huge areas of parks basically unusable. They also can't be around airports for fear of another Sully incident. Terrible & invasive bird.

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eiviitsi t1_jefw6vw wrote

It's probably more likely for Canada geese to be considered a "nuisance" species, rather than "invasive," since they actually are native to MA. "Invasive" is usually reserved for species that are non-native.

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737900ER t1_jegv1bb wrote

The canada geese involved in the Cactus 1549 incident were actually migratory. It is the resident ones that are problematic.

> The Smithsonian Institution also performed a stable-hydrogen isotope analysis of the feather material collected from the airplane engines and compared the results with feather samples collected from resident geese in the New York region. The results indicated that the feathers from the airplane engines were similar to samples of known migratory geese and were significantly different from year-round resident populations from the New York region.

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czyivn t1_jeeottn wrote

They render sports fields virtually unusable. Have you ever played on a field covered in goose shit? It's both nasty and treacherous. They are so populous because humans scare all their other predators away.

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tacotacotaco14 t1_jeepwl4 wrote

"virtually unusable"... Come on, get real. I grew up running through goose poop playing soccer and baseball. It doesn't even stick to shoes like dog poop. It's a total non-issue unless you're a massive diva.

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czyivn t1_jef28h8 wrote

Jogging through it is nothing. Playing football and getting knocked down in it is fucking disgusting. It's also extremely slippery when wet if you aren't wearing cleats.

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YooHoooo_Ray t1_jefjfvj wrote

Have you ever been to the fields by the Chestnuthill reservoir? I’ve seen like thousands of goose poops there at times and everyone avoids it like the plague. It’s disgusting and for some reason it’s like candy to dogs 🤢

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DragonPup t1_jef19xi wrote

Then Newton and Cambridge should get dogs and all three town dogs can play together.

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metrowestern t1_jeczjij wrote

They get the job done. My folks CC did this to keep the seagulls of the giant boat docks/slips.

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eaglessoar t1_jee85fv wrote

Meanwhile mass port doesn't allow dogs in piers Park and hires people to run around and shoo them away.

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tbootsbrewing t1_jee9yp2 wrote

As a Watertown resident, we'll need a whole pack of these pooches.

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ForwardBound t1_jefgjij wrote

Shoulda hired my dog. He'd chase the birds and then eat any poop left behind.

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jkncrew t1_jeh13x7 wrote

That’s a dog’s life. I bet he eats your cat’s throw up too -if you have one. Win win

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hce692 t1_jef3mbg wrote

Okay… great so they’re not there anymore but they’ve got another field to go poop on that people don’t like?? This weird little game of whack a mole doesn’t seem to solve anything

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oogaboogaaa2 t1_jef8ph2 wrote

My dog would like to do this for free please

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jimmycrackas t1_jefmro4 wrote

i stopped taking my son to Arsenal Park because of all the poo poo. each trip would result in us having to either clean or change our shoes, bike tires, etc. it was everywherrrreeee :/

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BatterMyHeart t1_jeeee36 wrote

Havent we fucked up the habitats of wild birds enough?

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iBarber111 t1_jeeqlvc wrote

Nothing about the population growth of Canadian geese in urban areas is natural

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BatterMyHeart t1_jef52e5 wrote

Hmm almost like they depend on green spaces like this one that we are wasting town resources trying to deny them.

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iBarber111 t1_jefb8i0 wrote

*they rely on green spaces with a lack of natural predators & artificially trimmed grass.

Stop acting like they're native to the esplanade lmao

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BatterMyHeart t1_jeflny1 wrote

Yeah they were definitely here before the Europeans so idk what you mean. And yes they benefit from a green space, why not try tolerance instead of purging an animal that isn't dangerous at all.

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iBarber111 t1_jefsred wrote

I suppose we should also just let pigeons run the Porter Sq T station too then

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kdmccormick t1_jeekx8l wrote

I would argue that people avoiding public green spaces because they're gross is bad for the environment in a long-term way. If nobody uses the park, then one day it'll become a parking lot or office building.

This is about the most environmentally friendly way to solve the problem.

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BatterMyHeart t1_jef65rk wrote

Or it teaches the opposite of coexistence. Played on fields with geese shit all my fuckin life, these people can't even go outside for fear of a little bit? Not to mention that dog is going to be shitting outside and stepping in dog shit even once is more likely to ruin your shoes than walking through a whole field of geese since they are carnivores.

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dbath t1_jeg34k9 wrote

I highly doubt a working dog specifically trained for goose control will be pooping in the fields willy nilly, and that the Department of Public Works and Parks supervisor won't clean up after their dog.

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