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> With the problems associated with them and the expense and time to set up why 
> do people use pens? when hi tie teathers can be rigged up safely and for 
> about $10?  and when allowed to slide give horses as much move around room as 
> a pen?  even without trees, alot of camps have teather poles and there's 
> always trailer to trailer.  and when you have to trailer tieing is not that 
> big a deal.  most horses get plenty of movement that all they want to do at 
> night is lay down and sleep?  So, with fuel prices and entry fees to pay why 
> waste money on these expensive pens?  What's the big deal?  

Unlike electric fences, solid panels also tend to keep marauding horses
OUT, as well as keeping the intended horse in.

And actually, with our hexagonal arrangement using five 12' livestock
panels and a side of the trailer, they do have considerably more room
than they do on a hi-tie.  I tied to the trailer for years, and we
still do sometimes, depending on the social skills of the horses we
bring.  But I do like the "privacy" that our horses get from a pen.

Heidi


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