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Unless the horse is touching the ground, he should not feel any shock. The 
electricity has to make a circuit from wire to horse, to ground to grounding 
rod, and back to the wire again.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonni" <jonnij@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 11:23 AM
Subject: [RC] jumping electric fences


> So, if a horse is only brushing a hot wire as it sails over, and it's feet
> are not touching the ground as it does touch the fence (thus, not
> "grounded") would the horse even feel the electric shock? I am not
> coordinated enough to jump real high off the ground, and in mid air, reach
> out and touch my electric fence to test this theory, but Mike might be
> willing to try.....  ;-)
> Jonni
>
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