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| This summer I'm planning on hitting a bunch of overnight rodeos. What do you use, panels, electric tape, or just tying? Also what do you do when it's cold and rainy or storming? Have you ever had to put a horse inside the trailer overnight in bad weather? Also what brands of panels/fence tape? TIA | |
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Location: Somewhere around here | IowaCanChaser - 2017-04-29 6:53 PM
This summer I'm planning on hitting a bunch of overnight rodeos. What do you use, panels, electric tape, or just tying? Also what do you do when it's cold and rainy or storming? Have you ever had to put a horse inside the trailer overnight in bad weather? Also what brands of panels/fence tape? TIA
When I was in college I went to a few overnight rodeos and if you can rent a stall if they're available, the extra money is worth it. My second opinion would be panels, then electric tape, and then tying up. I think tying up could do a lot of damage, physically and mentally, if you're not able to walk them around every hour.
If it's cold and/or rainy I'd just put a light blanket on them just so they stay dry and clean, makes for less time brushing them and cleaning them up if your short on time. Storming, maybe have them in the trailer but I haven't had much experience with that, sorry. | |
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| We tie ours. SO has tied his ever since he started rodeoing as a teenager.
My next choice is panels, I'm keeping my eye out for a good deal on some or will eventually make my own as it would make me feel better if I was hauling just my horse as he's a social butterfly who likes to untie himself and go visiting.
I have a friend who uses electric tape, we know ours don't respect electric fence so that's not an option for us. | |
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Location: Kansas | I usually tie mine. My whole herd is veteran horses so they're used to being tied to the trailer and I can tie them a little longer than normally, which allows them to lay down if they want. Heck, last night it was raining and cold at my boyfriend's place, and since we can't mix our herds of horses, I tied all of mine up to the fence under his lean to. We put his in their stalls (no extra stalls), and all 4 of my horses were totally OK in the morning. I'm pretty sure Streak laid down and Chance may have too.
Chance is 100% disrespectful of boundaries so I am afraid to use panels and electric fence would be a joke with him. If it's raining, I try to block some of the rain with my trailer, park near trees, or if all else fails, I'll put nylon sheets on them or as a last resort load them back up. I have a stock combo trailer so it's not a terrible deal for horses to be in there for a little extra time. If I have to load them up, I'll stay awake while it rains and when the worst is over, I'll get the horses back out. | |
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| I've used just some string electric fence before and I've tied them up before too. I don't think tying is that bad, I always made sure to give my horses plenty of hay and water and usually would wake up (on my own, never had an alarm set, just would wake up) in the middle of the night to check on them. I would tie my horses a little longer too, so they could hang their heads and move around a little.
I see a lot of other people using panels and I would love to get some but they are so expensive. | |
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Location: Eastern OH but my heart is in WV | My daughter HS rodeos and the rodeos are all 1 or 2 nights long. I will always pay the extra money when stalls are available. It is worth spending the extra money for the peace of mind, knowing they are secured. On the rare occasion stalls are not available, we use panels. My husband made some out PCP pipe, they are light weight, easy to set up and fits nicely in the first stall of the trailer. We have tied overnight but I get very little sleep that way and my daughter's barrel horse is super grumpy the next day. | |
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Location: Phoenix | We usually would tie. If we could find a good spot to park and make good use of the panels we would do that but it wasn't that often. Plus, once they're done grazing all they do is stand there anyways. We'd make sure they had a chance to roll and I did tie mine a little longer.. If it was concrete then we'd try and find stalls or better yet--stay with friends in the area. But I recall mostly driving through the night until we reached the next rodeo and tying from there.
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Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | Prairie Rouge - 2017-04-30 4:20 PM I've used just some string electric fence before and I've tied them up before too. I don't think tying is that bad, I always made sure to give my horses plenty of hay and water and usually would wake up (on my own, never had an alarm set, just would wake up) in the middle of the night to check on them. I would tie my horses a little longer too, so they could hang their heads and move around a little. I see a lot of other people using panels and I would love to get some but they are so expensive.
I also hang water buckets for each horse, put out twice the hay a normal person would feed, and wake up automatically when mine are standing tied overnight. LOL.
My boyfriend has panels that I could probably talk him into letting me use if I had space in the trailer and a horse that would respect them. Since his got out the one time we used panels, I'm pretty sure using them with my gray is a BAD IDEA. I'll also add that I feel better about tying longer since I do it at home and have seen how my horses react to stepping over a lead rope or wrapping one around an ankle. They are all really good about just standing there until someone comes to rescue them, and I certainly don't tie super long overnight. It is very helpful that I haul with a stock combo trailer so the tie hooks are down lower than on traditional horse trailers. When we've overnighted in Matt's Exiss with LQ, my horses have had to be tied higher and I don't think they've rested as well as they do at my trailer where they can lay down. | |
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| I use the thick white electric tape, it's easy for them to see their boundaries and you can make a pen as big or as little as you like. its nice to be able to make a mini pasture quick for horses that have been on the road all Weekend. | |
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| rodeowithjoker - 2017-04-30 10:46 PM
Prairie Rouge - 2017-04-30 4:20 PM I've used just some string electric fence before and I've tied them up before too. I don't think tying is that bad, I always made sure to give my horses plenty of hay and water and usually would wake up (on my own, never had an alarm set, just would wake up) in the middle of the night to check on them. I would tie my horses a little longer too, so they could hang their heads and move around a little. I see a lot of other people using panels and I would love to get some but they are so expensive.
I also hang water buckets for each horse, put out twice the hay a normal person would feed, and wake up automatically when mine are standing tied overnight. LOL.
My boyfriend has panels that I could probably talk him into letting me use if I had space in the trailer and a horse that would respect them. Since his got out the one time we used panels, I'm pretty sure using them with my gray is a BAD IDEA. I'll also add that I feel better about tying longer since I do it at home and have seen how my horses react to stepping over a lead rope or wrapping one around an ankle. They are all really good about just standing there until someone comes to rescue them, and I certainly don't tie super long overnight. It is very helpful that I haul with a stock combo trailer so the tie hooks are down lower than on traditional horse trailers. When we've overnighted in Matt's Exiss with LQ, my horses have had to be tied higher and I don't think they've rested as well as they do at my trailer where they can lay down.
If I trusted my horse a little more I would tie longer so that she could lay down too, I'm sure she would be fine but I'm just SO paranoid about it! But I for sure agree, if you trust your horse and have seen how they react when getting the lead tied around their foot, then tie longer so they can lay down! My horse has been calm when stuck in her lead too, but I can't tie lower on my trailer or else I would probably tie longer to let her lie down!
Also, my current horse used to paw all the time at the trailer, tied her up one night at a rodeo, woke up and she had clearly pawed some of the night. BUT, she never pawed once the rest of the day and has never pawed since either. Definitely helped her trailer etiquette, just some food for thought :) | |
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| gunner07 - 2017-05-01 8:34 AM
I use the thick white electric tape, it's easy for them to see their boundaries and you can make a pen as big or as little as you like. its nice to be able to make a mini pasture quick for horses that have been on the road all Weekend.
What brand of electric tape do you use? | |
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Location: MN | I also use the thick white electric tape. I dont even have to make it hot because 1.) he's tested it enough in the past to where he knows not to touch it and 2.) He is scared to death of the color white. It it very convenient and easy for me to set up by myself. | |
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| IowaCanChaser - 2017-05-01 8:56 AM
gunner07 - 2017-05-01 8:34 AM
I use the thick white electric tape, it's easy for them to see their boundaries and you can make a pen as big or as little as you like. its nice to be able to make a mini pasture quick for horses that have been on the road all Weekend.
What brand of electric tape do you use?
Not sure of the brand, we just got the thickest one tractor supply had, | |
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Location: Kansas | Prairie Rouge - 2017-05-01 8:41 AM rodeowithjoker - 2017-04-30 10:46 PM Prairie Rouge - 2017-04-30 4:20 PM I've used just some string electric fence before and I've tied them up before too. I don't think tying is that bad, I always made sure to give my horses plenty of hay and water and usually would wake up (on my own, never had an alarm set, just would wake up) in the middle of the night to check on them. I would tie my horses a little longer too, so they could hang their heads and move around a little. I see a lot of other people using panels and I would love to get some but they are so expensive. I also hang water buckets for each horse, put out twice the hay a normal person would feed, and wake up automatically when mine are standing tied overnight. LOL.
My boyfriend has panels that I could probably talk him into letting me use if I had space in the trailer and a horse that would respect them. Since his got out the one time we used panels, I'm pretty sure using them with my gray is a BAD IDEA. I'll also add that I feel better about tying longer since I do it at home and have seen how my horses react to stepping over a lead rope or wrapping one around an ankle. They are all really good about just standing there until someone comes to rescue them, and I certainly don't tie super long overnight. It is very helpful that I haul with a stock combo trailer so the tie hooks are down lower than on traditional horse trailers. When we've overnighted in Matt's Exiss with LQ, my horses have had to be tied higher and I don't think they've rested as well as they do at my trailer where they can lay down. If I trusted my horse a little more I would tie longer so that she could lay down too, I'm sure she would be fine but I'm just SO paranoid about it! But I for sure agree, if you trust your horse and have seen how they react when getting the lead tied around their foot, then tie longer so they can lay down! My horse has been calm when stuck in her lead too, but I can't tie lower on my trailer or else I would probably tie longer to let her lie down! Also, my current horse used to paw all the time at the trailer, tied her up one night at a rodeo, woke up and she had clearly pawed some of the night. BUT, she never pawed once the rest of the day and has never pawed since either. Definitely helped her trailer etiquette, just some food for thought : )
Several years ago, I "mowed" part of my parents' old garden by parking my trailer out there, tying horses to it and moving it forward every 40 minutes or so for a couple hours, then moving it to one side or the other the next day until they had grazed off a pretty good chunk. The big bonus was that I could hang out in a lawn chair, read a book and watch how they all reacted to being tied longer. Even the ones that occasionally go stupid in the arena have shown me that they have a brain and will use it if they get tangled up in a lead rope. | |
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| rodeowithjoker - 2017-05-01 6:28 PM
Prairie Rouge - 2017-05-01 8:41 AM rodeowithjoker - 2017-04-30 10:46 PM Prairie Rouge - 2017-04-30 4:20 PM I've used just some string electric fence before and I've tied them up before too. I don't think tying is that bad, I always made sure to give my horses plenty of hay and water and usually would wake up (on my own, never had an alarm set, just would wake up) in the middle of the night to check on them. I would tie my horses a little longer too, so they could hang their heads and move around a little. I see a lot of other people using panels and I would love to get some but they are so expensive. I also hang water buckets for each horse, put out twice the hay a normal person would feed, and wake up automatically when mine are standing tied overnight. LOL.
My boyfriend has panels that I could probably talk him into letting me use if I had space in the trailer and a horse that would respect them. Since his got out the one time we used panels, I'm pretty sure using them with my gray is a BAD IDEA. I'll also add that I feel better about tying longer since I do it at home and have seen how my horses react to stepping over a lead rope or wrapping one around an ankle. They are all really good about just standing there until someone comes to rescue them, and I certainly don't tie super long overnight. It is very helpful that I haul with a stock combo trailer so the tie hooks are down lower than on traditional horse trailers. When we've overnighted in Matt's Exiss with LQ, my horses have had to be tied higher and I don't think they've rested as well as they do at my trailer where they can lay down. If I trusted my horse a little more I would tie longer so that she could lay down too, I'm sure she would be fine but I'm just SO paranoid about it! But I for sure agree, if you trust your horse and have seen how they react when getting the lead tied around their foot, then tie longer so they can lay down! My horse has been calm when stuck in her lead too, but I can't tie lower on my trailer or else I would probably tie longer to let her lie down! Also, my current horse used to paw all the time at the trailer, tied her up one night at a rodeo, woke up and she had clearly pawed some of the night. BUT, she never pawed once the rest of the day and has never pawed since either. Definitely helped her trailer etiquette, just some food for thought : )
Wow that's an awesome idea!! I might actually try that, there's some areas in my yard that a mower has a tough time getting to!  | |
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Location: Texas | My granddaughter tied her barrel horse to the trailer with the other horses after an all night youth rodeo. They were going to get a couple of hours sleep before heading home. They tied a water bucket by him and when they got ready to pull out he had a flap the size of your hand in the middle of his neck. Guessing he hung up on the bucket. Emergency trip to vet, sewed up, another trip to get skin flap cut off, cold water wash twice a day, Vetrycin, Vetrycin, Vetrycin. It was ugly and took several weeks before he could be ridden. Not a fun experience. | |
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| We usually tie out or make a hot fence pen with the 1" wide electrical tape. If we turn the pony in it, we make a top and bottom strand. Vegas loves her shavings so she always gets a bag to lay down in. If it storms bad and it's just Vegas and her pony, we just open the dividers and put them in the trailer. | |
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Location: North Dakota | I don't stay overnight very often at places but when I do, I just use the push-in posts with the wide white electrical tape. My horses respect electric fence very well. (Honestly, I wouldn't even have to turn it on.) | |
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| When we go over night, we stall or use our panels. My gelding doesn't tie, so that isn't an option. The panels are used on every trip, every time anyways. But Stalls for us are just more of a peace of mind because my gelding gets bored.
They are expensive and can be found online at Tmagproducts.com online shop. SUPER light weight and tall for those naughty horses. lol
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| I like the white electric tape, but have tied out several times on a longer lead and with plenty of hay to eat/bed down in. Horses have also spent nights in livestock stalls/pens when nothing else was an option out on the road. | |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | In my current sport...we camp...a lot. Electric pens can be very dangerous. They are not allowed in NATRC for that reason. Not necessarily your horse causing the trouble. If another horse gets loose and runs through your tape...it creates a train wreck. 3 horses lost their lives recently at an endurance ride due to a chain reaction wreck that began with a horse running through the electric tape. So I won't use electric pens myself any longer.
What we prefer is called a Hi-Tie. They are easily installed, not terribly expensive...and can be used just about anywhere. the horses are comfortable...can move around a lot...almost as if in a small round pen. They lay down to sleep etc. You can move them to a new trailer easily.
https://www.thedistancedepot.com/Hi_Tie_Trailer_Tie_System_s/84.htm
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