Urban Cows...Columbus

Ouch!

Now if you are wearing boots and grab that fence do you get shocked?

your friend in Charlottesville Virginia!

Ok, Maureen, but it's pretty obvious why they don't come near the fence. They can READ!

Debi

I abhore electric fences...I think they are inhumane...poor cows getting shocked :-(

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.

Hi Maureen... I sure hope that those cows can read the sign on the fence.  That seems like a lesson you would not want to have to learn the hard way!