Thunder, a border collie who keeps geese off Tonawanda golf courses, is ready for retirement

Tonawanda, N.Y. – As a cool breeze blew through the Sheridan Park Golf Course in the Town of Tonawanda, golfers were out on the green, but the geese were not.

That is because Thunder, a border collie, had already done his job for the day: chasing those pesky geese away … in a golf cart.

Thunder is the Town of Tonawanda Youth and Parks Recreation Department’s third guard dog. He is unofficially retired, says his handler Scott Boivin, but still goes to the golf course to do the job he’s done for 11 years: keep the course free of goose poop.

Thunder is 13 years old, and his legs don’t work like they used to.

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