[karibear]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

Electric fence....?
Is'nt that considered cruelty to animals?
Now, I can see where some women would need it ,
But "a man's best friend"!? That is down right abuse!

It's a lot more cruel, when they wander out on a highway and get hit. It's also expensive to have someone else's vehicle repaired after it hits your cattle.

And since when have cows been man's best friend? I thought they were man's favorite meal.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by karibear

It's a lot more cruel, when they wander out on a highway and get hit. It's also expensive to have someone else's vehicle repaired after it hits your cattle.

And since when have cows been man's best friend? I thought they were man's favorite meal.

I thought you were talking about dogs.

[karibear]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

I thought you were talking about dogs.

I was, Schousse wasn't. She's the one who put up electric fencing to keep the cows in.

[Annemieke Roell]

Originally Posted by karibear

I've been tempted by the thought of one of those electric invisible dog fences, buried about a foot inside the regular fence. If they weren't so spendy, I'd consider it seriously - but then I'd have to have a collar for each dog, which would be even more spendy. Sigh.

If you can swing an electric fence charger, that would be my choice. It only takes them one time to get a (very minor) shock and they are cured for a very long time.

[Annemieke Roell]

Originally Posted by karibear

It's a lot more cruel, when they wander out on a highway and get hit. It's also expensive to have someone else's vehicle repaired after it hits your cattle.

And since when have cows been man's best friend? I thought they were man's favorite meal.

Thank you .... you saved me an answer

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by Schousse

Thank you .... you saved me an answer

Thank God,

[karibear]

Originally Posted by Schousse

If you can swing an electric fence charger, that would be my choice. It only takes them one time to get a (very minor) shock and they are cured for a very long time.

I may think about it some more, especially for the goats. What on earth do you DO with a billy that can't get his lady friend to cooperate, so he starts in on YOU? At least he's friendly [when he's not at the mercy of his hormones] because he was a bottle baby and loves people. But I'm getting tired of having four-footeds making passes at me!

[BornToFly]

Darn! Wish I'd known you needed an underground dog fence before I moved down... I'm sure I could've fit the one we never used for our dog in with my stuff in my car. My dad will never have a dog again, so it's just going to sit there in storage. I could probably get it shipped down here if you could use it, kari.

[Goodpasture]

check the price of the collar batteries.......we got the shock collar to keep the JR's from killing chickens and the collar was $50 and the batteries are $10 each and last about 3 days............

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by karibear

I may think about it some more, especially for the goats. What on earth do you DO with a billy that can't get his lady friend to cooperate, so he starts in on YOU? At least he's friendly [when he's not at the mercy of his hormones] because he was a bottle baby and loves people. But I'm getting tired of having four-footeds making passes at me!

So the truth finally comes to surface.