What ever you use you need to insure a good ground. My neighbor put in
electrobraid. It's probably a good system - however, one of this horses
was at our barn every morning. Problem was his ground was not
sufficient for the length of fence he was driving.
So if you use electric make sure your ground is adaquate.
Ed & Wendy Hauser wrote:
I have always used electric fence
for my critters. A few years ago I started replacing my wire with
Horseguard wide tape. Their URL is:
They sell in 3 colors. I have used
the brown. My horses respect and see it just like their web
information says. The tape, and connectors are of very high quality.
(It is made in France. Given my feelings about France and things
French, I looked at their stuff hard before sending in my first order.)
The quality and ease of use are much better than the stuff sold at
most farm stores. I have tried that also to save money, the quality
just is not there.
I do not like their switches as much
as the cheaper common one's. The visible on/off is nice, but the wind
seems to turn them off sometimes. I have also used the cheaper steel
cored underground wire, commonly sold at the local farm store. It is
harder to put in, but much cheaper.
I have purchased from them numerous
times, and had nothing but good service. My present place came with
some barb wire fence. I am going to add on strand of Horseguard on
standoffs to increase safety.
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser
2994 Mittower Road
Victor, MT 59875
