Also--can't completely agree with this one: Merle and Andre don't have that sense, so they have 2 fences between them for safety.
The first time Andre hopped one, he and Merle had nearly massacred each other through the remaining fence by the time I finally listened to one of the dogs telling me to check on them.
However, all of our guys are notably less likely to brawl like that after aging past that 18-month mark.
I really wish they could end fights by rushing to separate parts of our property, not behind fences, but I can't overstate the number of predators here, living 1/2 mile off the road on an undeveloped mountain. We've seen amazing and strange things out our window. A few months ago, we watched a bobcat leap on a wild turkey, and the turkey won. If you've ever watched a bobcat, they're astonishingly efficient hunters. The rabbits they usually go for never have a chance
