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Electric Fences (was: Deer ate my tomatoes)
On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 04:19:07 GMT, "Alternate Personality"
wrote: Maybe fence chargers are safer now than they used to be, but I used one in the early 80s (bought at Sears) when I was renting a house with a 4-foot fence that my two large dogs could easily get out of. #1 problem: It packed a heck of a wallop. Yes, the dogs learned to stay away from the fence, but the learning process was terrible. I touched it a couple of times myself and immediately understood why. #2 problem: It killed a squirrel, no doubt in a pretty awful way. I came home from school one day (was going to UT) and there it was, stuck in the wire and totally fried. Anyway, unless it was for some reason a matter of dire necessity, I would never use a fence charger again. I think they are both dangerous and cruel. My $0.02. alternate If you buy a fence charger, you need to get one that is either sized to the amount (guage and length) of wire you need to charge or adjustable. If you buy one that is intended to charge 5 or 6 miles of wire on a ranch and is installed on 60- 100 feet of wire around a yard or garden, it packs a wallop. That said, I have never seen an animal wounded or killed by an electric fence in several years of work around them. Generally dogs pick up on the program with 2 or fewer "experiences". People often require 3... (unless they pee on the fence, then once is plenty) |
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Electric Fences (was: Deer ate my tomatoes)
Maybe fence chargers are safer now than they used to be, but I used one in
the early 80s (bought at Sears) when I was renting a house with a 4-foot fence that my two large dogs could easily get out of. #1 problem: It packed a heck of a wallop. Yes, the dogs learned to stay away from the fence, but the learning process was terrible. I touched it a couple of times myself and immediately understood why. #2 problem: It killed a squirrel, no doubt in a pretty awful way. I came home from school one day (was going to UT) and there it was, stuck in the wire and totally fried. Anyway, unless it was for some reason a matter of dire necessity, I would never use a fence charger again. I think they are both dangerous and cruel. My $0.02. alternate B.Server wrote in message news On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 16:19:28 GMT, "Roger\"X\"" wrote: [...] The one thing I have found that works is an electric fence. Hey!!I'm not talking something that will hurt a child, or one of your pets. You can buy a fence charger that is used to keep your pet in your yard. You only need one wire. . .it should be set just a little higher than your largest pet, but where the deer will get against it, while trying to get into your garden. [...] Have a good day. .Roger Both the pets and the kids will learn about an electric fence. Some of them are nearly as educatable as the deer. Unfortunately, there are a lot of cities run by folks who figure either that kids (their's probably) are too dumb to avoid a second zap or that it will warp their little psyche and turn them all into republicans or something. Bottom line is that it is a risky bet inside most city limits. (only slightly less objectionable than my original suggestion; -venison) |
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