Nofence has a simple and effective training system to train the herd quicker improving welfare to livestock and reducing learning pains for producers and their herd. Your livestock will learn the virtual boundary no matter where you start them. It's just a matter of time and understanding it is more likely livestock can escape if they have not been trained. Training pastures simply make that process clearer and faster by giving you a dedicated space to introduce the system properly, reducing the risk of escape and improving the welfare of your herd.

Before training your herd make sure you have set-up and fitted the collar learn more here

Draw your first training pasture inside an existing fenced paddock. Layer the virtual fence directly over your physical fence or poly wire. This gives your livestock a familiar boundary to fall back on while they learn to respond to the audio cues.

Over time, you'll see your livestock start to respect the virtual boundary. They'll turn back after hearing the audio cue, well before reaching the fence line.

It might seem logical to only collar the dominant members and let herd instinct do the rest. Our research shows this doesn't work the way you'd expect. When a collared dominant member learns the boundary, dominance often shifts to an uncollared member of the herd. The group then follows the uncollared leader, and your virtual fence loses its effect. Collaring the whole herd ensures every member learns the boundary directly. Learn more

No, Once the herd has learnt virtual fencing they seem to be trained. If you introduce more untrained livestock to the herd we recommend training them to reduce any unnecessary learning difficulties and disrupting your already trained herd. If you see a member of the herd that after initial training is testing the virtual boundary too much, consider moving them back into the training pasture if they are disruptive, rarely we find animals may be deaf, although rare this can also reduce the effectiveness of the system.

Commonly not, We find that livestock that is born in a herd tend to learn the virtual fence and how it works by early exposure. As we don't recommend collaring immature livestock until they have developed, we notice that they never stray too far from their mothers and when they do pass the boundary the calls from the mother tend to be associated with the virtual boundary leading to natural training with the herd instinct. Animals will learn the virtual boundary regardless of where you start them. Training pastures give you better results by making the learning process clearer and faster.