Ridecamp: RE: [RC] electric fences

let me just add that you can't tie our horse to the trailer.  We have a
number of destroyed halters, leadlines and bent trailer parts to prove it.

We do tie him during tacking etc, but he regularly gets loose during these
periods of time unless he is tied inside the corral.

its really quite funny.  He is a old app with almost 5000 miles, mostly CTR.
He is a real lazy horse.  He will stand, tied to the trailer, kinda snoozing
away, then all of a sudden he will come up tight on the lead.  Either he has
slowly lowered his head or something made him turn, or something like that.
Its seems a complete surprise to him that he is tied.  He sets back and
pulls for all he is worth.  If you can get to him in time, he will relax and
let off the pull and go back to snoozing, but if you aren't close and the
trailer won't go along with him, he's leaving.

this is a 15.3 App gelding that is prety solid for a 23-25 yr old.

Once he gets loose and realizes the trailer has let go of him he just stands
around.

He doesn't take that free spree through camp.  he has gotten out of his
corrals, before the glow sticks, and is always found within 10 feet of the
pen, on better grazing.

Like alomost anything, this is a choice issue.  I do agree with the problems
of one or two loose horses freeing a lot of others.  I have been involved in
to many rescues not to be concerned.  I have also rescued tied horsed from a
lot of problems too.

Roy Drinnan



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