Looking for advice

[Scruff1318]

Our landlord has put an electric fence up, which is not an issue. Although, this is where I would like some advice please?
The fence it has been attached too is the fence between our garden and the landlords field. So still only one fence between the field and our garden. Firstly, there are no warning signs on it. But secondly are they allowed to do this? I thought that there should be a fence and then another for the electric fence.
I'm now unable to let my children out due to worry of them touching the fence. The landlord is far from approachable and will make it my fault even if they are in the wrong.
Can someone point t me to some evidence of how this should be please?

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

put up you own sign for your kids,
they will only get zapped a couple of times and learn to stay away

 

[Sharpy]

Its quite common to put an electrified wire up on an existing fence, it stops stock leaning over to eat stuff on the other side and breaking the existing fence. He may be trying to protect your garden! If it bothers you get some signs and put them on yourself, also your children will only touch it once. (Assuming they ignore your warning/ instructions not to touch it.)

 

[Scruff1318]

Oh ok. So no need for 2 fences. Saves an argument at least. Thank you

 

[Tarw Coch]

I don’t think it’s particularly good form to put an electric fence to a boundary of another property where young kids could reach it. He could have used a bit of bale string to attach it to the fence, keeping the electric fence out of reach or looked for a way of putting up the fence without being in such close proximity to household boundary.
I’m in a similar position being a farmer and landlord of a bungalow at the edge of one field where young kids live and I certainly wouldn’t attach an electric fence to the boundary in easy reach of kids.

That said I’ve touched an electric fence a few times as a kid, a bloody nasty shock but you learn the hard way and no long term damage.?

 

[ewald]

How old are the kids? It won't harm them even if they do touch it, and it will stop them eating the hedge......

 

[Exfarmer]

the answer if you dont want them to touch it, is to do as we country boys as kids did to our urban friends.
persuade them to pee on it, I can promise you they will never do it again.
it will do no harm

 

[robs1]

Our landlord has put an electric fence up, which is not an issue. Although, this is where I would like some advice please?
The fence it has been attached too is the fence between our garden and the landlords field. So still only one fence between the field and our garden. Firstly, there are no warning signs on it. But secondly are they allowed to do this? I thought that there should be a fence and then another for the electric fence.
I'm now unable to let my children out due to worry of them touching the fence. The landlord is far from approachable and will make it my fault even if they are in the wrong.
Can someone point t me to some evidence of how this should be please?

How old are your kids ? I assume if they are old enough to be out in the garden unsupervised they are old enough to understand the words " dont touch that wire it will bite"
My youngest grandson was just over one when he learnt to walk and I showed him the log burner was hot and would hurt him if he touched it by pretending to myself and then saying ouch and hot, took him a few minutes to grasp.
Be a parent and teach your kids to do as you tell them not expect someone else to look after your kids welfare, bet you would soon complain if his stock got in your garden.

 

[Tarw Coch]

I know most of us have touched an electric fence at some time, say it won’t do em any harm and they’ll soon learn but none the less I still think it’s bad form to have an electric fence within reach of someone’s private property, whilst we know no serious harm will be done, we also know that an electric fence can give one heck of a shock, most of us wouldn’t touch one voluntarily so it’s easy to see how any parent who knows nowt about electric fences would be most concerned if their kids got a shock off one within reach of their property and would be on the warpath, and I can’t say I blame them.
Farming gets more than its fair share of stick from those who don’t understand, this is relatively easily avoided.

 

[kiwi pom]

I don’t think it’s particularly good form to put an electric fence to a boundary of another property where young kids could reach it. He could have used a bit of bale string to attach it to the fence, keeping the electric fence out of reach or looked for a way of putting up the fence without being in such close proximity to household boundary.
I’m in a similar position being a farmer and landlord of a bungalow at the edge of one field where young kids live and I certainly wouldn’t attach an electric fence to the boundary in easy reach of kids.

That said I’ve touched an electric fence a few times as a kid, a bloody nasty shock but you learn the hard way and no long term damage.?

I agree. Would take all of a minute and a couple of posts for him to keep it a foot the other side of a boundary fence.
We don't know how he's powering it either, if its a mains fencer, they can bloody hurt.

On the other side, he might have put the electric on top of the fence to stop the OP throwing lawn clippings and other rubbish into the paddock. If that's the case, I have no problem with it.

 

[Thick Farmer]

Our landlord has put an electric fence up, which is not an issue. Although, this is where I would like some advice please?
The fence it has been attached too is the fence between our garden and the landlords field. So still only one fence between the field and our garden. Firstly, there are no warning signs on it. But secondly are they allowed to do this? I thought that there should be a fence and then another for the electric fence.
I'm now unable to let my children out due to worry of them touching the fence. The landlord is far from approachable and will make it my fault even if they are in the wrong.
Can someone point t me to some evidence of how this should be please?

Man up.

 

[Tarw Coch]

I agree. Would take all of a minute and a couple of posts for him to keep it a foot the other side of a boundary fence.
We don't know how he's powering it either, if its a mains fencer, they can bloody hurt.

On the other side, he might have put the electric on top of the fence to stop the OP throwing lawn clippings and other rubbish into the paddock. If that's the case, I have no problem with it.

Couple of posts, sod that, I just use a piece of bale string tied between fence and electric fence, simples, ?

 

[average farmer]

I think my kids would love it 5,3 and 1

 

[Al R]

My lad (4) spent every weekend in the winter out moving electric fences with me but they were always off but he always asked. 1 day this spring he finally asked me if it hurt and I said touch it, he had a big shock and started crying so I had to touch it to make him laugh 5.8Joules very well earthed and touched it less than a metre from the fencer
I soon remembered why I’ve turned them off, managed to do 14 years without a shock until that point.

 

[Farmer Roy]

When I was living in town, I had an electric tape running around the inside of my garden fence, about 200 mm off the ground as I was worried about my dogs digging under the fence & getting out, especially with unsupervised town dogs wandering freely up & down the street.
A neighbours dog then started jumping the boundary fence, to play with our dogs. Wanting to stop this, I ran a bit of tape above this fence, which worked really well
I had no signs & didn’t tell anyone, but the white tape, insulators & extended posts were very obvious.
However, one of the neighbours kids got hit by the fence.
Her fathers comment ( a few days later when I saw him & he told me about it ) was that she should have known better & wont do it again.
He was also sick of their dogs getting out . . .

It probably helped that he was an agronomist & they were “country” people

 

[robs1]

Some of my friends from young farmers formed a walking group and arrange walks a round a 25 mile radius once they came to us and we walked over the river to our neighbours ground who has a very powerful fence, I decided as I had shorts on I would go under the fence just as one of the others who wasnt watching put his foot on the fence for the ladies to step over, I got the shock right on the back of my neck, it made what sounded like a huge bang inside my head the rest found it very funny ?

 

[teslacoils]

In our misspent teens, we used to have parties in my friends parents fields which had electric round the outside. We used to play the "who dares hold on to it the longest" game. We were bloody idiots!

 

[Paddington]

Had a neighbour who when visiting us would insist our electric fences were not working. He would point out that our livestock had touched the fence and had not jumped away. My view of an electric fence is if the livestock are keeping to the correct side of the fence, then it is working. The neighbour would then grasp the fence and exclaim"look, it's not on..oh sh*t !". He did this every time.

 

[davidroberts30]

my neighbour would grab it and tell you its not working...when i was a young kid i didnt realise his arm was twitching.....

 

[Lazy Sod]

I had a cowman who would pick up both ends of a broken live electric fence and rejoin them. You could see his hands jump with every pulse, but it didn't bother him. It was easier than walking back to the fencer to turn it off.