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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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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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My Heart Be Happy
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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.
Are you talking specifically about the electric tape? |
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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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