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After you string wire you will have to make sure they know what it is by ensuring that they actually touch it. It's not enough to energize the fence and say, oh, they'll probably find out it's electric, you'll have to get right up there and guide their nose straight for the wire the first time they go sniffing at it. Yes, they will make terrible noises and you'll feel like the worst kind of person. Yes, it will be worth it. Fences that are only one or two strands of hot wire are like 90% psychological, the animal has to know in their heads that getting too close absolutely will cause pain, because a properly motivated one (like, say, a goat that's figured out how to escape already) will go right through a fence if all they get is a mild shock from just brushing it or something, which is totally possible if they're just blundering around. And for the love of god make sure the fenceline is clear. The whole point is lost if your voltage is going to ground via grass and shrubbery instead of the goat.
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Yeah for sure. Always get the biggest charger you can afford. I've had a fifty mile charger on ten miles of grown in fence and been like "is this thing even on?" when I touch the wire. It's the berry bushes and poo poo that absolutely surround the fence that kills the power.
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