Good morning.
Several things to report on:)
I had a good ride on Harley yesterday with the new cushion. It worked fine, no soreness that I could detect.
So this morning I returned Debbies pad and saw Rusty and had a report. He is living the good life:). He has been rode all of 3 times since he was bought. She tried putting him in the pasture with some geldings but he got beat up on, so he is running with mares:). Beings as he will stay around the barn too, he gets t get out out and wonder free sometimes. Debbie said she can tell he is a trail horse because a ditch that runs across her property doesn't bother him at all, he walks right thru it. I guess her other horses have troubles with that.
I am also having trouble, again, with my hot wire not being hot. I just got done working on it and am waiting to see what Rocky does. This morning I turned him out of his run and watched to see what he would do. He ran straight to the back walked slowly to the wire and gently pressed against it, when it didn't shock him he just pressed till it broke and ran into Harleys run. Harley was not in it.
I'm not sure what the problem is, I've walked the fence line and made some adjustments, I have it hot now but am not sure if he will still bust it so I'm keeping an eye on him to see if it's hot enough to back him off. He hasn't gone to the back yet since I moved him back to his side.
Thank goodness he doesn't, but I don't know why he doesnt do this with the hot wire around his run.
Becky
Good news on Harley... I really hope you've got something that works now. Looking at Bay's white spots when his blanket is off has zapped my confidence in my padding arrangement, even when I try to tell myself it was just from that one day. I want to haul him in to the saddle fitter while the spots are still there (assuming/hoping they will shed out in the spring) so the saddle guy can see them when he's considering fit.
Only suggestion I have for Rocky is more fencing! Heavy gauge wire and tight! I subscribe the the idea that more wire is good. They won't push on something with their face, but if they can get their head through it without getting shocked, or lean over it, so they are pushing with their chest, they will power through anything if they want to... Especially if you've got an escape artist who tests it.
Ours has lots of wires, no more than a foot apart, and even closer on the paddock fence, which I built to be especially secure. It's tall, over Bay's head. My method is to keep the wires close enough together that they can't get their head through it, or over it.
Pasture and perimeter look like this:
Paddock, which I built to be my super secure area... looks like this:
I've also been happy with the latest charger I have. Better than the original type, it's a "low impedance" charger, which means it doesn't short out if something touches it. It will power through "wet, overgrown fencing" according to the advertising. And I've seen this to be true. I still keep the grass cut off of it, because I'm sure it sucks power out of it, but it doesn't short out as easily as the old kind did.