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When I raised cows all I had to do was yell "FOOOOOOD!" across the pasture and they came running.
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The claim here is that the device can actually induce a specific behavior in a cow. A fence can't do that.
Huh? An electric fence can't induce a cow to stay within a boundary? The collars here are basically the same training collars they make for dogs. They require constant recharging (at least once a week) and have other downsides like range, etc.
I'd love to work on this for health monitoring and locating cows. But the application the writeup describes--moving the cows to the barn--is a solved problem, at least at feeding time. When I raised cows all I had to do was yell "FOOOOOOD!" across the pasture and they came running.
I'd love to work on this for health monitoring and locating cows. But the application the writeup describes--moving the cows to the barn--is a solved problem, at least at feeding time. When I raised cows all I had to do was yell "FOOOOOOD!" across the pasture and they came running.
I kept thinking this too. Cow movement seems to be a very thoroughly solved problem. Would love to hear if other ranchers think otherwise.
I don't mean to be a pessimist but I believe the cows will get the collars hung on whatever they can and either tear them off, or if they're not strong enough; be stuck until they are found or die. Edit, I suppose it could work on a dairy where a human works with the animal every day. I would be curious to know how often these things break.
Cows are pretty smart and self-aware animals (e.g. they are ashamed if they are seen by their peers during milk extraction). I'm not sure that they'll take an aggressive stance against the collars if it's not used abusively. On the contrary, they might be more content if they are both being able to roam outside and be warned of the limits without being irritated so much. AFAIK, cows are not aggressive animals unless…
Reminds me of a tale here in South Africa. An ostrich farmer contracted an electronics company to develop a product to determine which of his ostriches were sick. The company realised that a sick ostrich do not eat, and as such developed a neck band with a tilt sensor, to detect which ostriches were not eating. Great, problem solved. Except now you have to seperate the sick ostriches from the healthy ones. And the fa…
I don't mean to be a pessimist but I believe the cows will get the collars hung on whatever they can and either tear them off, or if they're not strong enough; be stuck until they are found or die. Edit, I suppose it could work on a dairy where a human works with the animal every day. I would be curious to know how often these things break.
Cows are pretty smart and self-aware animals (e.g. they are ashamed if they are seen by their peers during milk extraction). I'm not sure that they'll take an aggressive stance against the collars if it's not used abusively. On the contrary, they might be more content if they are both being able to roam outside and be warned of the limits without being irritated so much. AFAIK, cows are not aggressive animals unless…
Do you have a link discussing this? I find it hilarious and fascinating and I'd like to learn more. Thanks!