Last month, I finally took the plunge and started using Premiere1’s electric netting with my herd of sheep and goats. I had been considering it for a few years now, but I finally decided to give it a try because of my time constraints with my full-time job.
To help protect my animals, I added a livestock guardian dog named Cooper to my herd. However, as friendly and gentle-hearted as Cooper is, he would bring home strays and neighbor’s dogs that would scare my herd and cause them to run back to their pen. But with the electric netting, I was able to contain my herd and train them effectively.
Living in a dry climate in Northeastern Arizona made finding a suitable multi-strand electric netting quite challenging. But Premiere1 came to my rescue with their pos/neg electric netting that works wonders in dry environments. I have been moving the netting twice a day- in the morning and evening- and it has proven to be an incredibly efficient and effective solution for my herd management needs.
Setting up the electric netting was super easy. I kept my herd penned up and set up the electric netting in the pen to train them. I did this for a week and when the herd understood what the netting is, I tested the electric netting by taking one side of the pen down and moving the netting the following day. Since then, I have been moving the netting twice a day, and it has saved me a lot of time and effort.
Overall, using electric netting has revolutionized my herd management practices, allowing me to focus on other important tasks without worrying about my animals’ safety. I’m excited to see how it will continue to benefit me and my animals in the future!
A New Method for ME. Indeed.
Below is what I wrote. What you read above was updated by AI. It is crazy how AI is evolving and how helpful it could be.
Last month I started using Premiere1’s electric netting with my herd of sheep and goats. I have considered using electric netting with my herd for the pass few years now. I decided to just start because of my time constraint with my full time job. I have added a livestock guardian dog (LGD), a Great Pyrenees named Cooper to protect our herd but he is super friendly and gentle hearted. He would bring home strays and the neighbor’s dogs. These dogs would frighten the herd and the herd would come running back to the pen. This happened a few times and I just went in with the electric netting. I wanted to use a multi-strand but I could not find a solution for a dry climate. I am in Northeastern Arizona where our land is dry about 90% of the year. Premiere1 offers a pos/neg electric netting that can be used in a dry environment. So far, it has proven itself amazingly wonderful. I kept my herd penned up and set up the electric netting in the pen to train them. I did this for a week and when the herd understood what the netting is I tested the electric netting by taking one side of the pen down and moving the netting the following day. Since then, I have been moving the netting twice a day, in the morning and in the evening.