Hi readers,
Not too much of note today It was going to be our day off and in hindsight we could have/should have made it so. The weather early on the day was fine and sunny. However that's water under the bridge now.
Susan busied herself helping with the kitchen renovation for most of the day.
I tethered the goats in the desired positions close enough to touch the electric fence but unable to burst through it. Ella decided to touch it with her nose. This sent her galloping away at high speed until she reached the end of her rope and went horizontal. I decided to set the controller to the low setting used on bushfire danger days. A short time later Phoebe appeared having broken her tethering rope and exited the Gulag. I returned her and turned the fence up to high again. Ella stayed well away from the fence. Come the end of the day on dusk i took them down to their house and tied them together per usual with servings of their feed. Within 30 minutes Phoebe appeared outside the kitchen. I led her back down in the dark. Ella was waiting respectable distance from the fence and Phoebe i had to drag through the gate as Ella trotted towards me. I don't know how they slipped the tether as nothing was broken. However the conclusion i can now draw is that they are both scared of the wires so it might be close to a win. We will see. It is not overly pleasant watching them get zapped. I drew a parallel to the Iranian woman who couldn't poor acid onto the face of her attacker in a court ordered retribution. Whilst the goats annoy me at times I don't enjoy seeing them getting zapped.
Goodnight from goatville.
cheers Simon
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