How did you "train" them other than just enticing them to touch the fence? Did you use a metal chain around the neck to "enhance" the shock effect?
Training means to just introduce them to it in a more controlled environment. I think it works best if you have electric fence set up in a smaller area where they are more apt to try touching it--and not when they're scared or running around. They need to be able to figure out that "when I touch the wire it hurts and is scary" instead of being panicked and running into it and it doesn't even register because their brains are already taken over with the fact that they're being chased/scared, etc. The advantage of using a small area is that more of them will touch the wire simply by chance or because they're investigating. If enough of them get zapped then the rest sort of learn to stay away.
I tried another trick with the lambs that had already "learned" to ignore the fence. A couple of people said to hang strips of aluminum foil spread with peanut butter or molasses on the fence. So I tried that with the bad group. Didn't work. They have already learned to put their heads down and just charge under. That group, however, won't touch the wire that is protecting the other fences or go through my fences that are 6 strands of smooth electrified wire--they just go under the polywire that separates my pasture into different paddocks. I sure hope that they've either forgotten by next spring or that having less wool will help. Robin
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