Hi and Happy Holidays,
My understanding is that the intent of an electrified fence is if the animals get zapped once or twice then they learn to stay away fron it. Correct?
We have a recurring problem with a neighbor's cows breaking through our fence to feast on our plants and drink from our pools. Last March one fell into our pool and was half dead when discovered. The neighbor won't do anything about the problem. The other expats (we live in Costa Rica) adjoining his property have the same problem.
The fence has four strings of barbed wire and a wire mesh. The posts are cut tree limbs that dry out and offer little resistance to an animal the size of a cow. The HOA added an electrified fence about two feet inside the barbed fence. I have no idea why it was done this way instead of electrifying the existing fence (we were absent then).
Unfortunately, the electrified fence was not installed where the cows have broken through because it is close to the pool and there was a concern for liability. We need a means of protecting people from the fence while keeping it effective against the cows. Suggestions? FWIW, I grew up in farm country and in my adventurous youth was zapped by electrified fences more than once. I wouldn't want anyone to experience that on my account.
Thanks, Gary