Need to keep my dogs out of the newly established flower beds.

Does any body have a circuit diagram for a small electric fence?

Not a good plan. Dogs are very sensitive to electric shock and can be killed by normal farm type fences.

they won't get into the flower beds though

depends on your priorities i suppose
tom

Mother Earth News
D-I-Y Electric Fence powered by a 12volt battery with parts list
http://289ewww.motherearthnews.com/library/1982_July_August/Mother_s_Electric_Fence_Charger
(NOTE to PETA no animals were harmed in creating this link)

PDF file talking about electric fence generalities
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/resmgmt/publist/300series/307300-1.pdf
(Warning PDF file )

Electric Fence effects on animals
http://www.egr.msu.edu/age/extension_outreach/ASAE983007.htm

List of Googled Sites ("Electric Fence" "Circuit Diagram"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Electric+Fence%22++%22Circuit+Diagram%22&btnG=Search

Anyway hope this helps....becareful!

What about the chemical stuff that keeps them off (smells really bad to animals).

First relevant google hit I got is here (for an idea of what you can get - doubt they ship to SA )
http://www.pet-dog-cat-supply-store.com/shop/repellants.php

I used it years ago to keep next doors dog out of our garden (neighbour was plod so I couldn't use more 'imaginative' techniques).

I have neighborhood dogs that come into my yard and tear up the lawn and crap in my yard. They are my next door neighbors and nice people but they have/take no contriol over their animals (so catching them in the action and throwing the dogs bloodied corpses over the fense is not an option).

I have ben toying with the idea of building a motion sensing self targeting water gun water hose that is motion sensitive....
Hack-A-day link...
http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000427059760/
Full article...
http://cs-people.bu.edu/aaron/turret/turret.htm
Also birds are eating my grass seed SQUIRT
Dogs digging and crapping in my yard SQUIRT
People Tresspassing through my yard SQUIRT

People too?!!!? Yes people too!!!
My daughter is 2 years old and the foot traffic through my yard makes my wife nervous/scared. If it was just that I would be ok...but someone ditched a jacket in the lot next to my house....cool jacket I'll take a look at it....looks like it would fit....good for the garage and bumming around in, until I found a glass pipe in the pocket. I dropped it there and their it still lays a year later...

I never told my wife about it, it would only make her more nervous, but I watch the foot traffic closely and suspiously since.

A robotic self aiming water gun sounds like it could have many benifits.....

I am I crazy? Maybe, crazy about my family...

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Motion activated squirter link

Us fish keepers have the answer
We use these
Heron scarer

I would have thought that keeping the pups out of your yard would be the bigger problem living in PE. Used to work for expanda.co.za and you could use the pool panels to keep the hounds out the garden.
as a more local soloution to your problem.

cheers hope that helps

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THANKS GUYS!!! Awesome links!!!!

Using the Electric Fence AND the Heron Sprayer/Scarecrow will be a formidiable WEAPON against all who oppose me!!!! BUUHAhahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahaha

All I need now is sharks with frigging laser beams...

(all a joke except the thanks)



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Used the pool fence - They dug through underneath.

Ussed the smelly stuff - They S..T on it.

Weimeraners - Very cleaver dogs.

They will only be shocked once and then I can leave only the wire there and pack away the electrics.

THANKS

if i had a dog i wouldnt want to give it electric shocks....

might be the RSPCA would see that the same way......

lekky fences are probably for thick skinned animals, not highly conductive wet nosed dogs, having shocks into the brain.

atb

steve

I'm not sure that Port Elizabeth is in the RSPCA’s jurisdiction.

I like dogs, but frustration has lead me to dream about building a giant Trebuchet and putting dog biscuits on the launch pad.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Trebuchet&spell=1

The image is classic.



Sorry, I have an odd sense of humor....I would not recommend that with your dogs Kango.




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