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Barb Wire Fence
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Looks more like slick wire than barbed.
Mule
Looks like the horse had practice doing that before. Probably always heard the grass is always greener on the other side so went to check it out. Bob
Hot wire will cure that
I think the horse just uses it for a back scratcher.
Joe
Horse has seen his handler do it.
That wire needs to be tightened up a bit....
That ain't no bob wahr.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Agree it is not barb wire ! Hang a few strands of high tensile with new Zealand charger and the horse will not try that again
Friend of mine had a horse that learned to grab the plastic handle and open the gap in an electric fence.
I recently saw a video of a angus cow doing that.
I have snaps and chains on my gates to keep the mules from opening them. They don’t mess with hot wire when in pastures where I utilize it though.
Mule
Seen several horses through the years that would slow nose up to a wire to check if it was hot.
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"Friend of mine had a horse that learned to grab the plastic handle and open the gap in an electric fence."
Yeah, I've heard about that. A few wraps of wire around the handle will cure that, too.
We had an old horse in a pasture with a single hot wire around it. In one corner the electric fence would snap across the insulater. Sometimes we would shut the charger off because it caused the house radio to click. That horse would stand in the corner and when it quit snapping out he would go.
Another time we had a shed full of ear corn. The windows were just what they called isenglass, a plastic with mesh imbedded in it. The same horse broke in one of the windows and ate about a bushel of corm. We had to have the vet out to treat the horse. My Dad covered that window with hail screen on insulaters and hooked it to the fence charger. He then took the largest ear of corn he could find, wrapped it with copper wire and hung it on that hail screen. The horse immediately wrapped his mouth around that ear of corn. I never heard a sound like that come out of a horse. He reared back, farted and sat on his rear. He spent most of the day creeping up on that ear of corn then backing away.
we had an Angus bull who would nose up to the weed chopper wire. only problem the copper ring in his nose sometimes hit before his whiskers. it wasn't a pretty sight seeing his bowels violently evacuating, his bladder emptying, and his vocal cords reaching a painful crescendo
I undersstand horses about as much a womans.... WTF? How? Why? An hour ago you were fine!
Had a loader and a fall protection strap under her lower neck.... She spun 90 degrees as I lifted and climbed out... Then it was like "hey, you got any oats?"