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A comment on Too Clever by Half (2018).

Re:Too Clever by Half (2018) by bpchaps on Thursday March 07, 2019 @07:18PM (#19333992)
The coyotes know exactly* where the invisible fence begins and ends, without the benefit of ever wearing a shock collar. How do I know? Because they intentionally leave their scat on their side of the invisible fence, creating a demilitarized zone as precise and as well-observed as anything on the Korean peninsula.*

Hmm.. couldn't this be just a result of the dogs not having marked the territory where the invisible fence is? As in, it's just territory essentially open for the taking?

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Re:Too Clever by Half (2018) by raldi on Thursday March 07, 2019 @08:39PM (#19334423)
Indeed. It's kind of like, "The grass grows right up to the invisible fence, but won't cross it. Grass is so clever!"

No, it's just not growing where there's dog pee.

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Re:Too Clever by Half (2018) by compiler-guy on Thursday March 07, 2019 @07:27PM (#19334038)
That's exactly the point.
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Re:Too Clever by Half (2018) by bpchaps on Thursday March 07, 2019 @07:30PM (#19334047)
What I'm saying is - it doesn't seem to be cleverness in action - just plain ol' animal instinct.
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Re:Too Clever by Half (2018) by rdiddly on Thursday March 07, 2019 @07:52PM (#19334186)
It's kind of like the domesticated dogs are dumbly telling them where the fence is.
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Re:Too Clever by Half (2018) by User23 on Thursday March 07, 2019 @09:45PM (#19334682)
Most domesticated dogs really are pretty stupid. Many of the smarter breeds, like the German or Belgian Shepherd dogs have fairly recent wolf admixture.
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