All Horses | February 28, 2008
This may be one instance where the barbed wire is actually HELPING this fence to be 1% safer, but this is still an accident waiting to happen.
If the openings in a fence are large enough to allow a hoof to pass through, even the laziest horse can become stuck by a stray kick at a [...]
All Horses | February 18, 2008
One of the safest types of horse fence, poly/vinyl rails are sturdy when erected properly and provide a great visual deterrent.
Be sure the fence is high enough to keep horses from thinking they might jump over.
One pitfall of this type of fence is if a tree falls on it or something else happens to shatter [...]
All Horses | February 9, 2008
Hard to see in this photo, but there are at least four strands of loosely hung barbed wire keeping this very pregnant mare contained.
I hope she was moved before she gave birth. Foals cannot be expected to be born respecting fence.
All Horses | February 8, 2008
Triple whammy here.
Stock fence = no-no.
Barbed wire = BIG no-no.
Loose fence, too low = DANGEROUS for any type of fence!
All Horses | February 4, 2008
The ALL HORSES Squidoo group is still looking for “experts” to write about specific topics.
I’m in the process of writing a very detailed “how-to” guide for first-time Squidoo users. Check the progress here:
http://howtosquid.blogspot.com/
Make sure to start with the FIRST entry, and move down the list of posts in order!
There is a link to the ALL [...]
