Horse wont come out of his stable

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ester said:
You put up a photo of another forum member from their Facebook to be deliberately provocative don’t you dare suggest you’ve forgotten that little incident in a few days
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I am not going to comment as someone will have great satisfaction in reporting me no doubt. And you shouldn't either as the post was closed down so shouldn't warrant more discussion.
 
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ester said:
Don’t let that happen too many times though, once they start testing boundaries…..
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Oh I'll just run the legs off him to teach him some bloody manners (ask him to please come on a hack with us on Sunday after the rugby because my pony is scared of sheep and he is her security blankey)
 
Trickywooo said:
I manage to keep them perfectly safe in their fields and exercise them without the need to electrocute them/cause them pain..

If others chose to use walkers with electric prods and electric fencers then that is up to them but don't dress it up to be anything other than what it is. Deliberately causing your horse pain so it does what you want it do to do.
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if your horse has either laminitis/EMS and the vet tells you that you must restrict your grazing to a small pen and then you can weekly enlarge it slightly what would you do if not use electric fencing?
I am genuinely curious. Do you erect post and rail fencing and move it a couple of yards weekly or what?
 
paddy555 said:
if your horse has either laminitis/EMS and the vet tells you that you must restrict your grazing to a small pen and then you can weekly enlarge it slightly what would you do if not use electric fencing?
I am genuinely curious. Do you erect post and rail fencing and move it a couple of yards weekly or what?
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People do use Heras or round pen panels but electric more easily obtained quickly.
 
paddy555 said:
if your horse has either laminitis/EMS and the vet tells you that you must restrict your grazing to a small pen and then you can weekly enlarge it slightly what would you do if not use electric fencing?
I am genuinely curious. Do you erect post and rail fencing and move it a couple of yards weekly or what?
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This. I’d rather Polly get a quick zap from a fence but be able to live a normal life out in the field than risk an attack of laminitis and months of pain and box rest, or have to stable her 24/7 because I cant risk her escaping into a rested field.
 
webble said:
I'm another that has never used a walker and is horrified at the electrification but one thing I have always wondered: do they all go round in the same direction all the time or is there the option to 'change the rein'
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Electrification. It sounds like the chair at Sing Sing. 😀

No some you can stop and change direction with them on if they are extra wide. Ours you have to get off and reload. Or if they are small ponies they can turn around themselves.

The zapper is a switch you can hold down for a split second when they lean on the partition and the engine starts labouring or when the horse stops the walker.

I take it you don't use electric fencing then for your horse. You get more of a zap off that. I've had both and I know.
 
scats said:
This. I’d rather Polly get a quick zap from a fence but be able to live a normal life out in the field than risk an attack of laminitis and months of pain and box rest, or have to stable her 24/7 because I cant risk her escaping into a rested field.
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Why does it have to be two extremes? Other types of fencing is available....

ester said:
People do use Heras or round pen panels but electric more easily obtained quickly.
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Trickywooo said:
Why does it have to be two extremes? Other types of fencing is available....
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Have you seen the price of heras fencing? And the nightmare of trying to rotate it a few feet when the ground becomes churned up. It needs two or three people to move it. And due to its design there is a risk a horse can roll and get a foot/leg under as was the case with the fencing my friend used which cost her hundreds.
 
Birker2020 said:
Have you seen the price of heras fencing? And the nightmare of trying to rotate it a few feet when the ground becomes churned up. It needs two or three people to move it. And due to its design there is a risk a horse fan roll and get a foot/leg under as was the case with the fencing my friend used which cost her hundreds.
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plus I certainly wouldn't feel confident with 600kg of grass restricted horse on one side and a grassy field on the other.
 
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