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| I have used portable panels for 45 years and just 2 years ago switched to hot wire fencing. Love it so much easier to set up and you can adjust pen size. Have never had a problem with them getting out, but we make them really big so if they do hit it they don't hit again getting away from the one they hit like a ping pong ball. We use the big 2 inch wide white stuff that they can see. Would never go back to panels |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | solar charger and electric fence with push in posts |
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| Whenever I put up a fence, we just use the step-in t-posts with the white fence tape, no charger. (Depends on the horse, too- only the older, open horses get put in that.) |
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Location: Kansas | I envy people who can put up portable pens on the road. My rodeo horse likes to push the boundaries and so I'm terrified to put him in any type of portable pen. He leans on the fences at home, pulls on his lead rope until he finds the end, and I'm afraid he would push on portable panels or wire until it fell down and turned him loose. He has to be tied up or in a permanent pen/stall at all times so he spends a lot of nights tied to the trailer. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | rodeowithjoker - 2014-01-08 7:29 PM I envy people who can put up portable pens on the road. My rodeo horse likes to push the boundaries and so I'm terrified to put him in any type of portable pen. He leans on the fences at home, pulls on his lead rope until he finds the end, and I'm afraid he would push on portable panels or wire until it fell down and turned him loose. He has to be tied up or in a permanent pen/stall at all times so he spends a lot of nights tied to the trailer.
Have you tried a hot fence? Sometimes they need to learn respect. |
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Location: Kansas | CYA Ranch - 2014-01-08 7:31 PM rodeowithjoker - 2014-01-08 7:29 PM I envy people who can put up portable pens on the road. My rodeo horse likes to push the boundaries and so I'm terrified to put him in any type of portable pen. He leans on the fences at home, pulls on his lead rope until he finds the end, and I'm afraid he would push on portable panels or wire until it fell down and turned him loose. He has to be tied up or in a permanent pen/stall at all times so he spends a lot of nights tied to the trailer. Have you tried a hot fence? Sometimes they need to learn respect.
I'm scared to try it because if he gets loose he thinks he is a wild mustang and things get pretty wild.
He honestly does really well tied to the trailer overnight because I can tie him kinda long so he can lay down if he wants, and really I don't stay overnight at rodeos a lot. I've been going back to Matt's as much as possible - I think we spent probably 8 nights all summer with horses tied to the trailer compared to 25 or 30 last year. |
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