Ryan Patrick

Thanks everyone. To clarify, yes, the dog plays both inside and outside the fence from time to time.

Artie Scott wrote:Hi Ryan,

Dogs learn to respect an electric fence pretty quick - why would you have to turn it off when the dog is outside?  

Hi Artie,

Thanks for the reply. To be totally honest with you, that never even occurred to me lol. I suppose, without consciously thinking about it, I had a mental image of a 1 joule electric bear fence cooking my dog to death..obviously that's not the case.

I suppose this thread is one-and-done lol. That's that. He'll get shocked once, it'll be awful, and that'll be it.

Thanks Artie!

Hello all. I am planting several fruit trees/keeping bees in an area loaded with black bear. Therefore an electric fence is absolutely necessary.

I am in the planning stages. I am considered the immediate backyard of my house for the trees/bees because:

A) It's one of the few places that gets good sun on my property.
B) It would be easy to run AC power for the electric fence because it is so close to my house.
C) It would be easier to water the plants if they are close by.
D) I already have a chainlink fence, so installing the electric "outside" of the chainlink would therefore be easier.
E) I already have chickens in the backyard, so the electric fence provides them with an extra layer of security as well.

The problem is, the backyard is where my dog plays. I would have to turn off the AC fence power source 10+ times a day when I play with the dog.

My questions:

- Will shutting off the AC power to the fence 10+ times a day dramatically decrease the life of the AC energizer/fence?
- Broadly, is this just a dumb idea for reasons I may not be considering?

Thank you.

Hello all. I have a few acres in the mountainous Appalachians. The land is sloped, covered with black bear/coyote, and has little forage.

Everyone I have ever met that has done pigs has tons of forage and flat land. There isn't much to eat at all in the natural environment; it's just pine trees for the most part.

I assume I would require about an acre of single strain electric fencing at minimum, plus I would have to supply close to 100 percent of the food.

Is attempting a few pigs in this situation a losing battle?

Thank you.

I have been re-reading this immensely helpful thread for several days now and somehow I forgot to pop in and say thanks.

So, thanks! Happy New Year!

I've decided to take this project on myself

R Scott wrote:How big of area? How big of budget?

Mesh keeps smaller things in/out.  Like raccoons out of the garden, kids inside away from the electric fence, etc.

Gonna guess quarter of an acre total (in a square surrounding my house).

Budget, I'd like to stay under 4k.

Thank you.

Not sure if this is relevant but I have outdoor electrical outlets on the exterior of my home that is protected from the elements, so I would like to get with AC power.

Hello. I have asked a fence installer to come out to my property this weekend to get started building an electric fence. This fence is primarily to stop bear intrusions.

My question is that since I currently have *zero* fencing on my property, should exactly should I ask the installer to install?

Wooden posts only, then a 14 gauge wire fence?

I notice a lot of folk have a mesh fence layer, then electrified wire outside of said mesh fence. What is the tangible benefit of this?

Thank you.