Brambles/barbed wire injury. Where do I stand?

marmalade76 said:
OMG, haven't I been lucky!?! All the horses I've had and all the others that have been kept at the same place as mine all survived the barber wire, must be pure luck alone :rolleyes:
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I've more than once seen horses with feet caught in sheep wire too. Yes, you've been lucky. I hope that you continue to be. Most problems seem to occur when there is a bully in the field who pushes other horses into the wire, or when the wire is on a boundary shared by two fields both with horses in. The other problem with it is that people seldom make a regular, frequent check of field boundaries, and if a piece of barbed wire gets loose and a horse puts a leg in it, it curls round and they fight to get free, injuring themselves badly. Another friend at another farm learned that one with a severed tendon.
 
caramel said:
So, went for walk round field tonight, found lots of overgrown brambles at water trough, so probably gets scratched every time he goes for a drink, overgrown (very sharp) brambles along hedgeline,
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Sorry, but IF anyone thinks their horse is being cut to ribbons by brambles, then surely owner could utilise a little common sense and in the first instance get a pair of loppers/clippers and remove said brambles PDQ to avoid recurrence???

Second, owner would be perfectly at liberty & possibly best to find herself another yard IMO.
 
We have barbed wire pulled tight, the injuries/rug damage are very few and far between, they learn to respect the fencing. The worst injury that we have ever had was with the one bit of post and rail without a strand of wire across- horse leant over the rail to graze on the other side, rail snapped and some how managed to get entangled in the belly strap of the rug, horse panicked and galloped off, rail hit the floor and impaled itself into the horses stomach- it was dead in seconds.
 
charlie76 said:
rail hit the floor and impaled itself into the horses stomach- it was dead in seconds.
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Yes, very similar to the accident I witnessed - except the the post went through the arm pit - missed the heart by inches, and miraculously the horse survived.

But we can all cite terrible accidents in relations to fencing, I suppose. The important thing is to ensure that whatever your fencing of choice is - it is in the best possible order. That way our horses will be as safe as they can be.
 
cptrayes said:
I've more than once seen horses with feet caught in sheep wire too. Yes, you've been lucky. I hope that you continue to be. Most problems seem to occur when there is a bully in the field who pushes other horses into the wire, or when the wire is on a boundary shared by two fields both with horses in. The other problem with it is that people seldom make a regular, frequent check of field boundaries, and if a piece of barbed wire gets loose and a horse puts a leg in it, it curls round and they fight to get free, injuring themselves badly.
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Yes, they have put their feet through the sheep wire, one, an ex-racehorse, used to do it quite regularly, but funnily enough, they've all waited to be untangled. Another of my horses got his foreleg hooked right over the top of a wire fence, but again, waited to be rescued. Yes, I probably have been lucky *touches wood*

But, thoughout my life, right since my first pony when I was a toddler, my horses/ponies, owned or loaned, have always been kept on farms and therefore have always been in fields with at least some barbed wire, yet we've never had a serious field injury in 30 years. Bullying has not been a problem either as most have only been turned out in pairs, certainly never in large groups.
 
Tinsel Trouble said:
I think the issue here is more to do with the attitude of the OP, rather than the injury sustained. If the OP had phrased her comments slightly less dramatically and not apportioned blame, but asked what we would do in that situation she may have had less backlash! At the moment she comes across as a stroppy, uncooperative, teenager!
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Harsh! :rolleyes:
 
KatieLovesJames said:
As a yard owner, if my liveries inform me that the fence is stretching or broken or have any concerns about the safety of their horse I fix it straight away. I guess everyone has different standards though so I expect my liveries to insorct and be happy with the facilities before they bring their horses to live with us!
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Agree with this :)

Any yo is providing a service even if its just use of the field and secure fencing. IMO it should be safely fenced if theyre charging money for people to keep horses in it. That said i can see that some have the opinion if the field is securely fenced, it doesnt matter if its barbed wire, its then up to the individual if they choose to accept this,and thats a fair point, but personally i wouldnt touch a field with barb wire anywhere in it or around it with a barge pole having seen a horse with horrendous injuries that ended up like a patchwork quilt with stitches having been injured by it
 
I don't think any type of fencing is absolutely safe for horses. They will find ways of injuring themselves despite all our efforts to keep them from harm. But I would never, in my wildest dreams, even consider turning horses out where there is barbed wire. I am with Cptrayes on this one.
 
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