Electrode separator for deer repellent device

A method of repelling and training target animals comprising the steps of:

• (a) deploying a shock-producing, animal repelling and training device comprising a field unit with a protective housing and having support means to position said device In a protected area and to support a plurality of crisscrossing, bare electrodes arranged so that a target animal touching said electrodes will complete the circuit between said electrodes and so receive an electric shock, and with said device having a means to maintain a predetermined voltage across said electrodes,
• with the improvement comprising said shock-producing, animal repelling and training device having an electrode separator to hold said crisscrossing electrodes in place while preventing contact between said electrodes, while allowing full exposure of said electrodes to said target animal;
• whereby said animal repelling and training device functions as a portable, wireless, shock-producing, animal repelling and training device to deter said target animal from said protected area with said device having said crisscrossing electrodes being held in position by said electrode separator while being insulated from each other, and
• (b) maintaining said animal repelling and training devices having said electrode separator in said protected area to provide a scarecrow effect and so train said animals to continue to avoid said area.