There was a time when livestock owners follow a general mandate: sheep and cattle are enclosed using electric wires while horses are left enclosed in wooden fences. The excuse was that horses’ eyes have poor vision, hence, it is not suitable to use thin electric wire horse fence. Horse fencing needs to be blunt or the horses would get caught in the wires. Nowadays, new varieties of electric horse fences are available. The new horse fence, horse fencing wires, and cables are designed with larger braids, bands or ribbons for greater equine visibility. The newly-developed electric fencing quickly became the choice of the increasing horse-owning population who have proven that the old thinking that electric fences are unsafe is an outdated and obsolete idea. As safety is the most primary concern, electric fencing expert Jennifer Corkery assures users that as long as precautions and proper maintenance are observed, there is no need to worry about electric fences injuring your horses or escaping.
Corkery suggests the following steps in putting up electric fences. Put grounding rods and poles in constantly damp ground or ground with high moisture content. Ninety five...