Debi they sometimes come up much closer to the fence not necessarily here but up on the busy street that fronts the property. It seems though if I am in the area and could take a photo they are way back in the field.
What about the invisible dog fences Kristin? Inhumane?
On my father's side I am first generation raised off the farm, so my grandfather (and some of my uncles) were farming when I was a kid. I touched the electric fence at Grandpa's farm. I think the OSU Ag School allowing these cows wander onto State Route 161, would be even more inhumane. I have no idea if cows need electric fences to stop them, possibly since I grew visiting farms that had electric fences, I just assume the farmers know best how to run their farm. In this case the university.
Hi Maureen, I grew up on a 'gentleman's farm'. My Dad, a real workaholic raised just about anything you can name, from 1/2 acre of asparagus, 1 acre of raspberries (put several of us kids through private school) to just about every exotic vegtable & fruit that you can think of. We had a few head of cattle. It's actually a kindness to use an electric fence around their pasture. Why? It keeps the cattle safely in their lush grass & alfalfa pastures. Would you prefer a wood fence? The cattle & horses would chew on & ingest the wood. Not very healthy nor safe. Out west it wascommon to use barbed wire fences. Barbs are very sharp, twisted metal hooks to keep the animals off the fences. The electric fence is a smarter invention and is perfectly safe for animals. In fact often just one horse touches it the rest of the critters take notice & stay away. I often just turn my electric fence on for a few days out of the year. The local equestrian vet calls my farm The Horse Hilton where everything is done for the benefit and happiness of the horses. As a child I accidentally touched an electric fence. It didn't hurt, 'tho it was a surprising/shocking experience. You can imagine that I was careful to never touch it again! And yes, invisible dog fence uses the same principle.
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I wish they would have come up to the fence and posed for the photo...the dots way off in the field are cows.