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RE: [RC] Horse Fencing Help--A Jumper? - Mike SofenGenerally, horses will not jump fences with a hot wire at the TOP, even of 4 foot fences - most do seem to connect the dots between getting shocked from that vertical area and attempting to jump it. Obviously, some horses are unable to connect ANY dots, so you might still have a jumper, but that's what I'd try first, if at all possible. The cheapest, quickest alternative I can think of would be to get the long yellow plastic hot wire standoffs. They're about 6" long and instead of nailing them in their normal horizontal position (parallel to the ground), nail them to the top of the post (pointing up into the air). You'll gain at about 6" of height that way and could be all that's needed...unless your horse is simply walking out the gate... Mike -----Original Message----- My horse is boarded and is apparently getting through her pasture fence into the forbidden pasture...which is a pasture that has been reseeded and that we don't want to use until it is well re-established. There's good lush green grass there but not well enough established for regular grazing...although my horse is trying to keep in trimmed down <eg>. There is no broken fence line. The fence posts are about 4 ft high with a double strand of electric tape and is situated along the bottom of some hills. We are guessing she is jumping over but haven't found where she's doing that yet as she is not doing this consistently. Is there an inexpensive way of extending the posts higher without having to buy new taller posts? I kinda doubt it but the ingenuity of this group one never knows without asking. Any other ideas appreciated, Val + Sania (loving that sweet green lush grass) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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