RE: electric fencing

["Maryanne Stroud Gabbani" <maryanne@ratbusters.net>]

While we have a very dry climate, the area being considered for the paddock
is actually in what used to be the flood plain of the Nile. This area is
farmed by flood irrigation and almost never really dries out. It is
criss-crossed by ditches of various sizes (lots of fun for jumping!) and you
only need to go down to 16 metres for a well for clean (as opposed to Nile)
water. Most of the local farmers grow between 4 and 6 crops a year on their
land, alternating plants and sometimes having two at once. Actually, I think
that my horses would be shocked silly at having so much room to move in.

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo, Egypt
maryanne@ratbusters.net
www.ratbusters.net

-----Original Message-----
From: TddWil@aol.com [mailto:TddWil@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 12:01 AM
To: maryanne@ratbusters.net; ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: electric fencing


 I was reading some of the posts about dry climates and grounding problems.
I
think if the ground is really dry, the horse won't get shocked even if your
fence ground is good because the horse is not "grounded". I think you can
alternate the fence strands + and - so the horse gets shocked if he touches
2
wires. I remember reading this but don't remember the details - dry is not
an
issue here.

                           Shelly in DE