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[RC] MY MP/loose horses - Rides 2 FarLisa, You gave examples of the following 3 times your electric fence failed you..(even though the horses didn't always leave) 1. Anyway, Sunday morning a guy is shaking our tent and yelling, "Your horses are loose!". 2. . I woke up to find the fence all on the ground. It was still working and not one of the horses stepped over the wire. 3.So now, instead of taking the fence down, he just takes a running start and tries to jump it! The last time I took him camping, I had to park my truck in front of the fence so he wouldn't try to jump it. Although he could have. snip< Does this not give you the impression that you may not be a good candidate for an electric fence? I have used the following: Tie to trailer, PVC corral, metal corral, high line, and only when unavoidable an electric corral. All have their plusses & minuses but the electric seems to contribute to the most panic runaways. In 15 years of competition I've can only remember having 2 loose horses. One when the PVC corral broke (which I soon retired, though the horse was standing 3 ft. away grazing) and the second when I was already saddled and leading my horse away from camp and he spooked & twisted my knee. A bull snap or a loop ended lead keeps snaps from coming loose when the horse swings his head "around the world". Knot eliminators set back from the tree will keep the horse from rubbing his halter off on the tree. The high mesh corrals look like a good solution. I know having a loose horse can happen to me and probably will sooner or later, but I'm going to do my darndest to avoid it. I've been told the Georgia Horse Council gives an automatic one million dollar liability policy to your horse when you join. For people who are *determined* to set up flimsy corrals, not turn on the electricity, blanket their horses, put dominent horses in the same corral with another they can attack, etc. I highly recommend it. Remember, it's not usually the injured party who sues, it's their insurance company and they don't care if you're the injured party's best friend. I'll bet Joe's Dr. bills from his electric fence induced trampling are well over $100,000... and if he'd chosen to sue for the permanent disabilities .... well... corral failure doesn't seem quite so amusing does it? Angie ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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