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| Was about to pay alot of money for some portable panels but thought id ask what everyone prefers first. The electric fence is cheaper but im sure its a pain to find a place to plug it in. I need something that will definitely keep my horses contained. They can be a bit wild at times. Dont want them pushing through or jumping over a fence. Are Panels the best choice? |
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Location: Idahome | You can get the electric fencers that run on solar power. They don't tend to have as much of a shock, but if your horses are good with electric fencing it should be enough for weekend use. I would definitely test them at home first to make sure the will respect it. You can make it hot and offer some hay or grain on the other side of the fence so that the actually hit it to know it is there.
If you know your horses can be a little wild though, they may be better of with panels. It really just depends on the horse. |
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Location: ND | For travel we use pannels. They are a pain to take with as they limit us to hauling 2 horses instead of 3 since they take up one of the dividers in the trailer. But they are SAFE and that's our number 1 concern. We travel to quite a few mounted shootings & most people do use electric fences & almost every shoot someones horses get out. The worst being at a shoot that sets off fireworks the first night of their county fair.......about 5 pens of horses went through their electric fences, ran through fields, across the railroad tracks and across the highway. It was a miracle nobody got hurt that night....my horses where standing in their pannels with horses running past them! |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I've always used electric fence with solar charger. I can make as big of pens as needed and put up seperate pens when I'm hauling studs, mares & geldings. I don't have room in my trailer for panels, won't put them on the side like some people do, electric has been easier for me. |
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Location: WI | I use an electric fence with battery powered fencer. They each have their pros and cons. Panels are a pain to haul and expensive, but they can be more secure. Electric are easier to pack, you can make larger pens, and cheaper. My horse respects the electic fence, never had a problem. I was at a race last fall, and the girl I was hauling with had her horse escape her pen made with panels. So, it can happen with either. |
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Location: Colorado plains standing on a goat head! | My wife prefers her electric fence and it runs off of 8 D cell batteries and it is plenty hot. It stores in a bag and works well. Sometimes the ground is very hard to get posts in, so she carries a hammer and a big spike to kind of pre drill holes. We have two sets of portable corrals and they only get hauled a couple of times a year.
Here are a couple of samples of bag o' fence: http://www.redstonesupply.com/category/portable-fencing/catId=4374983
Home Depot has an interesting one too:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Zareba-Portable-Corral-Fence-System-EZEE/203415810?cm_mmc=shopping-_-bingpa-_-22-_-203415810&ci_src=328768002&ci_sku=203415810&ci_src=328768002&ci_sku=203415810
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| I use panels. I can almost guarantee that my boy would somehow find a way to get through a cute little electric fence. The panels guarantee a large barrier between him and the outside world! |
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Location: Randolph, Utah | I would think electric fence would be easier to pack and take up less space. We use electric fence at home and my horses and the cows respect it.
You can buy a solar charger so you don't have to worry about finding a power source. |
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| Panels, they work great till someone opens them up and let's your horse out, but that is another story.
I have seen too many horses go through electric fence and get hit and killed by vehicles.
Last year seen/heard horses get caught up in the fence ran with the fence still attached to them, the fence hit my trailer, the horses bounced off of my panels, and the owners found the horses about 1/2 mile away. All I can say is I am glad I had my panels
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | JcNhEmI - 2014-02-25 11:16 AM I would think electric fence would be easier to pack and take up less space. We use electric fence at home and my horses and the cows respect it. You can buy a solar charger so you don't have to worry about finding a power source.
That's all I have at home is electric so my horses have a lot of respect for it. Especially since one day they watched Mommy accidently grab the wire while standing in morning grass covered in dew. Mommy saw Jesus. |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | i have the hi hog travel panels and i really like them...i wont have electric fence as i have houdini horses.........there are a few places up here that wont allow electric fence (panels only)
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Location: North Dakota | catie93 - 2014-02-25 9:59 AM Was about to pay alot of money for some portable panels but thought id ask what everyone prefers first. The electric fence is cheaper but im sure its a pain to find a place to plug it in. I need something that will definitely keep my horses contained. They can be a bit wild at times. Dont want them pushing through or jumping over a fence. Are Panels the best choice?
I prefer electric fence because it takes up less room in the trailer (than panels) and is cheaper.
I have a charger that operates on batteries.
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Location: Mi | I had the eletric fence with a solar power charger and the battery power charger and used that for years, had hores get out of it 2x and that was enough for me. I found my good horse 2 miles from where she started at a golf course, had to call the police and everything to find her in the middle of the night. She wasn't a horse that gets scared or gets out but something sent her through it that night. That was enough for me! The panels do take up more room, they do cost more, but I feel like they are so much safter in them. I purchased 2 sets this past spring and they are light enough if I'm hauling 4 horses they can go right up in my hay rack and if I don't have 4 with me I can put them in my front stall. They go up faster, and come down faster then the electric fence too. |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | Keep in mind there is another option as well. We use Hi-Ties. They are mounted on the trailer and swing out. The horse has the ability to walk around in the space of what most portable panel pens provide and they can lay down etc. Very safe and can be used just about anywhere. Easy peasy.
They are made by Easy Care https://www.easycareinc.com/Other_Products/hitie.aspx
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | TrailGirl - 2018-02-08 12:32 PM
Keep in mind there is another option as well. We use Hi-Ties. They are mounted on the trailer and swing out. The horse has the ability to walk around in the space of what most portable panel pens provide and they can lay down etc. Very safe and can be used just about anywhere. Easy peasy. They are made by Easy Care https://www.easycareinc.com/Other_Products/hitie.aspx
I have these.... the few times I’ve used them, nobody in the trailer sleeps. The horses legit pull and rock the trailer the entire night long. The. Entire. Night. Long. Which makes for grumpy, tired people at an all day barrel race. 
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | ~BINGO~ - 2018-02-08 3:02 PM
TrailGirl - 2018-02-08 12:32 PM
Keep in mind there is another option as well. We use Hi-Ties. They are mounted on the trailer and swing out. The horse has the ability to walk around in the space of what most portable panel pens provide and they can lay down etc. Very safe and can be used just about anywhere. Easy peasy. They are made by Easy Care https://www.easycareinc.com/Other_Products/hitie.aspx
I have these.... the few times I’ve used them, nobody in the trailer sleeps. The horses legit pull and rock the trailer the entire night long. The. Entire. Night. Long. Which makes for grumpy, tired people at an all day barrel race.
A little grumpy are a lot of grumpy, lol.. I like the looks of those but it would be my luck someone would get a leg over the rope..  |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | If you set the length of the line correctly...they won't get a leg over. I can send links to the method and type of tie we use on our hi ties.
With hay and water our boys don't move the trailer or make noise. We sleep great. And so do they. :-)
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Location: Arkansas | We have 5 horses in about 30 acres of electric fencing at home. And when we travel they are in the same thing. They have respect for that fence. Our charger went down about a week ago and we were just able to get a new one tonight---we still have the same number of horses in that fence that we did the day it went down, and no one has decided to test the theory of "on or off". . . I will say we have exceptional horses (in my humble opinion!!!), so I know not all folks would have the same experience. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | CYA Ranch - 2014-02-25 1:02 PM JcNhEmI - 2014-02-25 11:16 AM I would think electric fence would be easier to pack and take up less space. We use electric fence at home and my horses and the cows respect it. You can buy a solar charger so you don't have to worry about finding a power source. That's all I have at home is electric so my horses have a lot of respect for it. Especially since one day they watched Mommy accidently grab the wire while standing in morning grass covered in dew. Mommy saw Jesus.
Oh no, been there done that and its not a pleasent feeling..  |
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| Chandler's Mom - 2018-02-08 9:54 PM
We have 5 horses in about 30 acres of electric fencing at home. And when we travel they are in the same thing. They have respect for that fence. Our charger went down about a week ago and we were just able to get a new one tonight---we still have the same number of horses in that fence that we did the day it went down, and no one has decided to test the theory of "on or off". . . I will say we have exceptional horses (in my humble opinion!!!), so I know not all folks would have the same experience.
Mine must not be exceptional - they know the INSTANT the fence isn't working! How? I have no idea, but I had a wire problem last week and they were LEANING into the wire tape - turds! I still prefer electric over panels ANY day. When I had panels, they were always getting a foot/leg through them, leaning over them, kicking through them - you name it. Horses can screw up a crow bar in a sand pile! |
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Location: Ohio girl moved to PA | electric fence is always my go to. Much cheaper, takes up less room, and i can make the pen as big or small as needed depending on how many horses i take. I have one that just connects right to my trailer battery. Half the time i dont even need to make it hot since my horses respect the fence so much. They know its hot lol They dont even try to reach around it and they have plenty of room to lay down at night. We had a train go buy in the middle of the night at the show and my boys stayed in just fine, the neighbors plowed right through there panels. it was a mess. |
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| Right now we just tie them a little longer and far apart enough th y can’t cross over each other. Both the ones we’re hauling will lay down etc. admittedly when my husband is with me I sleep fine, when I’m alone and they’re tied out i notice every little tug on the trailer.
I’ve seen too many electric pens get knocked over, plowed through, etc. I’d never sleep. I borrowed some panels from a friend for a show last year that stalls sold out at, I loved them. We plan to build some of our own at some point. |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | With the portable electric tape corrals it is not only YOUR horses that you need to consider. Yours may respect it 100%...but if another horse gets loose and runs through your set up it can be a disaster. That being said...keeping it to 1 horse per pen (you can run a figure 8 making 2 pens), and remembering that blankets can insulate them from a zap will help keep it safer.
At an endurance ride in Texas this past year where they allow folks to use electric pens. One competitor had a few horses in one large electric tape pen. They aren't sure what started it...but either one horse bumped into the fence accidentally or was bullied into it. Got zapped and panicked. Next thing they knew...terrified horses were bolting through camp dragging electric tape and posts and running through other people's camps...running through other electric pens, and it was absolute chaos. One horse slammed into a parked car so hard it suffered a fractured skull and had to be put down. others ran through barb wire fences at the edge of the camp/parking area and or crashed into the ditch and suffered broken legs. All in all several horses either had to be put down or had career ending injuries.
That's worst case scenario I realize...and no containment method is fool proof...but there are places and organizations that do not allow electric tape corrals or have restrictions on number of horses allowed per pen. etc. |
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| I use an electric fence and love it. I hauled a stud for 10 years along with mares, and geldings and never had an issue. I have one that I hooks up to a battery. I usually use a car or lawnmower battery. I even hooked it up directly to the pickup battery when my other one was dead. |
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My Heart Be Happy
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Location: Arkansas | Griz - 2018-02-09 5:49 AM
Chandler's Mom - 2018-02-08 9:54 PM
We have 5 horses in about 30 acres of electric fencing at home. And when we travel they are in the same thing. They have respect for that fence. Our charger went down about a week ago and we were just able to get a new one tonight---we still have the same number of horses in that fence that we did the day it went down, and no one has decided to test the theory of "on or off". . . I will say we have exceptional horses (in my humble opinion!!!), so I know not all folks would have the same experience.
Mine must not be exceptional - they know the INSTANT the fence isn't working! How? I have no idea, but I had a wire problem last week and they were LEANING into the wire tape - turds! I still prefer electric over panels ANY day. When I had panels, they were always getting a foot/leg through them, leaning over them, kicking through them - you name it. Horses can screw up a crow bar in a sand pile!
This made me laugh! Since I said how special mine are, they'll probably all walk thru the fence in the morning  |
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Location: Arkansas | TrailGirl - 2018-02-09 7:37 AM
With the portable electric tape corrals it is not only YOUR horses that you need to consider. Yours may respect it 100%...but if another horse gets loose and runs through your set up it can be a disaster. That being said...keeping it to 1 horse per pen (you can run a figure 8 making 2 pens), and remembering that blankets can insulate them from a zap will help keep it safer.
At an endurance ride in Texas this past year where they allow folks to use electric pens. One competitor had a few horses in one large electric tape pen. They aren't sure what started it...but either one horse bumped into the fence accidentally or was bullied into it. Got zapped and panicked. Next thing they knew...terrified horses were bolting through camp dragging electric tape and posts and running through other people's camps...running through other electric pens, and it was absolute chaos. One horse slammed into a parked car so hard it suffered a fractured skull and had to be put down. others ran through barb wire fences at the edge of the camp/parking area and or crashed into the ditch and suffered broken legs. All in all several horses either had to be put down or had career ending injuries.
That's worst case scenario I realize...and no containment method is fool proof...but there are places and organizations that do not allow electric tape corrals or have restrictions on number of horses allowed per pen. etc.
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| I used to use an electric fence UNTIL something spooked my horses and I had a huge wreck on my hands.
I now have steel panels. Love them! You can get different sizes and ones that fit great in box of truck. |
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| catie93 - 2014-02-25 7:59 AM Was about to pay alot of money for some portable panels but thought id ask what everyone prefers first. The electric fence is cheaper but im sure its a pain to find a place to plug it in. I need something that will definitely keep my horses contained. They can be a bit wild at times. Dont want them pushing through or jumping over a fence. Are Panels the best choice?
http://www.roflexsfencing.com/premimum-145-electric-set.html |
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