[RC] How to Train a Horse to electric paddock for Camping?? - DRG1
Hi All,
Need some help with this. I bought a electric paddock. We
have our own property, & its completely fenced, so I wasn’t worried
about a horse getting out on the road etc, when I was going to test it. Last
yr, I put a 4YO horse in it 1st time. He was fine. By himself he touched
it with his nose 1x, & he knew what it was & didn’t panic ever.
Now, this yr, I put my 5YO mare in it for her 1st
time (not a flighty mare either). She paniced! She backed into it in a corner, shocked
her butt, then tried to turn to the right – hit her shoulder. So she
jumped the fence, disconnected the battery, had 250 ft of tape hanging off her
back end & legs, then jumped another 2 ft decorative fence & ran to the
barn with the white tape still dragging. It was quite a sight, actually.
My husband was the 1 on the ground trying to watch her, I
was riding by when this happened. It is a tribute to the rope horse I was
riding, that he stood there & watched while all this tape & a paniced
horse raced by him!
But, now I really don’t know how to teach them. I just
went by the experience with the 4YO & I thought that was the way to do it…
