"Doug" wrote ...

Following several attacks by foxes and invasions by the dog next door,
I have erected an electric fence around my pond. Visits from foxes
seemed to have ceased with the onset of winter. I don't know what
urban foxes do in the winter but the dog from next door is still a
nuisance and seems able to scrabble over even a very high fence.

I don't know yet if the fence will be effective but cats approach the
fence and seem able to sense the electrification. Anyone know if this
is so, can animals sense it?


Two things, cats have very sensitive whiskers so might well be able to sense
the magnetic field around a wire. Dogs are an animal that the law says is
controllable, unlike cats, so it is your neighbours problem, or should be,
as they should be controlling their animal.
If you were a farmer you could legally shoot it if it worried your
livestock. I remember a farmer relative doing that to one that constantly
chased his sheep and the "townie" owner who had ignored warnings tried
creating a stink without any success.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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