Re: Portable Corral-info request

["Desoto Custom Saddlery" <desotosaddle@voyager.net>]

Marilyn Horstmyer
Desoto Custom Saddlery
(231) 775-5612
E-mail  desotosaddle@voyager.net
Web site: http://www.desotosaddle.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Desoto Custom Saddlery <desotosaddle@voyager.net>
To: <TBlue1@aol.com>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: Portable Corral-info request


> Hi Tracy,
>
> I have used my portable corral for about 12 years now. I sell and use the
> Saco Portable corral. It comes in a canvas bag with a zipper on it. You
get
> 16 of the heavy step in fence posts that are 48 in tall. These are not
those
> little round things, they are made by Dare. You get a whole big spool of
> about 660 ft which is more than the length of 2 football fields. It is the
> 1/2 in tape. You also get a little charger that is powered by 2 D cell
> batteries and really packs a punch. The charger is rain proof which many
of
> them are not and they just don't last. You get a copper ground rod and a
> clamp. the whole thing fits in this red duffel bag with a shoulder strap.
I
> sell them for $210.00 plus $12.00 shipping
> I have found that any horse that has ever been in an electric fence of any
> kind will respect it. Many horses I have taken to a ride for the first
time.
> I lead them around inside the corral after I get it set up so they can
touch
> it if they want, to try it out . I have had some that will stick their
noses
> on it, then snort and back up from getting shocked then I have had some
that
> will reach out and smell the tape without touching it. Horses can smell
> electricity the same as cows and hogs etc.if they have been exposed to it
in
> the past. They never forget what electricity smells like once they have
been
> exposed to it.
> The first time I set it up at a ride I make the corral as big as I think I
> will ever need it. I for got to tell you, it also has a separate spool
with
> a hand winder on it to put the section you cut off the big spool for your
> corral on. I decide where I want the entrance and connect the insulated
gate
> handle, by the way comes with the kit too,  I hook the gate handle on the
> slot at the top of one post then just go around the top of all the posts,
> when you get to the last one where your gate will be , just go down that
> post to a lower slot and start back around with your tape. I put two rows
of
> tape on my posts, that way a horse can not reach under because he thinks
the
> grass is greener on the other side. That is usually how horses escape from
> portable paddocks is sticking their heads under that top wire and by the
> time they feel the shock through their mane, up goes the head and under
goes
> the body and out goes the horse.
>
>
> Marilyn Horstmyer
> Desoto Custom Saddlery
> (231) 775-5612
> E-mail  desotosaddle@voyager.net
> Web site: http://www.desotosaddle.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TBlue1@aol.com>
> To: <RideCamp@endurance.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 12:47 PM
> Subject: RC: Portable Corral-info request
>
>
> > Am debating between the panels and the portable electric.
> >
> > I'm leaning toward the portable electric, as I think it's more versatile
> and,
> > well,
> > portable.  My horses fuss a bit when one or the other leaves, but so far
> have
> > only been vocal when tied to a picket line or to the trailer.
> >
> > Thought I could practice with the portable electric at home to get them
> > comfortable with it.
> > Does anyone have suggestion, stories or reccomendations? What are the
> > best chargers? What kind of tape (how wide) do you use?
> > Thanks in advance!
> > Tracy
> >
> >
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