Comments on: Wire or Wood and Why? http://equus.thomases.org/2008/07/02/wire-or-wood-and-why/ Equine related education and vocations around the world. 92 Vocations discussed so far. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:05:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Transylvanianhorseman http://equus.thomases.org/2008/07/02/wire-or-wood-and-why/#comment-779 Transylvanianhorseman Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:45:10 +0000 http://equus.thomases.org/2008/07/02/wire-or-wood-and-why/#comment-779 If one has a big budget and time, hedges with electric fence on both sides can form an attractive and useful landscape feature. Two parallel fences around 10 feet apart can stop horses in different paddocks touching, avoiding that situation where one strikes out and gets a leg through a fence. One fence may be simply electric tape on posts, so long as the horses respect it. A line of electric fence at the appropriate height also discourages horses from scratching their bottoms on the fence. If one has a big budget and time, hedges with electric fence on both sides can form an attractive and useful landscape feature.

Two parallel fences around 10 feet apart can stop horses in different paddocks touching, avoiding that situation where one strikes out and gets a leg through a fence. One fence may be simply electric tape on posts, so long as the horses respect it.

A line of electric fence at the appropriate height also discourages horses from scratching their bottoms on the fence.

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