Dear God...

Dear God..

Can I tell you how much I love electric fences??? I know it's probably not something that most people talk to you about often, if at all, but I did want to write and say a big thank you.

You probably already know why I love electric fences, I mean, you are omniscient and all but I'll say it out loud anyway so I can feel doubly thankful.

When we first put electric fencing up for the goats I fell instantaneous in love. I know you know I cannot stand to see animals suffer so it's not the fact they are getting zapped, per say, that makes my love affair with electric fencing so intoxicating. It's the fact that with one little wire animals stay away and you can string it up like Christmas lights and with one charger and a solar panel you have electricity where normally there wouldn't be any. I love that concept!

You see, Jeremiah and I installed new 5 foot tall field fencing for the neighbor. Her goats kept getting out of the old broken down fencing they used to have. You know those younger goats jumped right over that new 5 foot high fencing? I mean, right over without a running start! Can you believe that? Of course you can, that was a silly question. Anyway, our poor neighbor was at a loss for what to do about her darned goats. I don't know if it was her or Jeremiah that mentioned electric fencing, not that it matters much, but she thought the whole fence would be electrified. That would be amazing but probably more dangerous than anything else. Although they do make that "New Zealand" portable fencing that is all electrified but that's a whole other topic there.

Anyway so Jeremiah and I, as you know, went up there yesterday and while I burned disbudded baby goats, he installed the wire and can I tell you how amazing it was? Instantaneously as soon as we flipped the switch on that wire they touched it their first and last time! The cows even got it too and every time a new animal would come and get zapped I'd smile, the neighbor would laugh hysterically. I hope that's not cruel. I know it doesn't hurt because as you well know I've gotten my fair share of zaps but thankfully I don't think those goats will be jumping the fence any longer.

We were chasing another neighbor's Emu on Saturday. I don't want to chase goats all over the countryside!

I hate cows by the way. Her Dexter cow charged me not once but twice! The neighbor says they are docile. Yeah, whatever! I told that cow I'd put her on a plate if she wasn't careful. In my opinion that's the best place for a cow. Truth me told I am now afraid of cows. The kids were playing in the pasture where that cow was while I was disbudding goats and I was afraid for them and yelled at them to go find their Daddy. I felt bad for yelling at them but I envisioned a raging cow scratching the dirt and snorting smoke from its nose. And while those are bulls that normally do that, this cow may as well have been a bull in my opinion!

Anyway, thanks for electricity!

Love,
Amanda