After a *whole lot* of work, I have completed and released the overhaul to the AI pathfinding and AI/Blocking update. Animals now stop due to placed objects that block their path (fences and houses)!
PLEASE NOTE! In order for your existing fences to calculate as "AI blocking" objects, you must pick it up and Place/Drop the item into the world again. All newly created fences/houses will automatically be active of course. (I may automate this process for older objects in a later update).
That's right! You can now "wall off" your village from hostile animals, OR try to catch some in a fenced in area and keep them as your pets! And in new houses, animals should no longer walk through them anymore!
Also soon, I hope to make an animal for you that you can find in the world, pick up, and place them into a little corral to keep as your pets :) More on that hopefully soon!
This is also the first huge step to beginning to make an Animal Husbandry profession! Something I have wanting to do for a very long time! Now that you can keep animals confined within areas, this is now a possibility!
As of now, only new fences (and old ones that were picked up and placed into the world again), and newly created houses will have the wall blocking ability. I will explain this more in the patch notes here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/342910/discussions/0/3274689286970903628/
Enjoy!
