[HairOfTheDog]

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.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I agree that Rocky's fence line needs more wire. I've been holding off because we are still trying to decide how we want to do it. Mack was talking about getting some more panels to finish off across the front, so that both sides of the gate match.

I also want to get some of this new stuff that a neighbor of Charlies used. It's hot, but it looks like thick white cord. The description in the book says it won't get brittle like the flat tape does. But before I put that up, I want more fence posts down the back from the back of the barn to the back parimeter fence. I'm just trying to keep what I have working till winter when I'll have Mack to help me drive posts. That is the trick around here when fencing, is driving the posts.

Becky

[tuffydoodle]

Trailriding on 4 wheels instead of 4 legs. That's my brother looking back, in Cabo on vacation.

[Rose of Sharn]

Could you please give me the name of the new charger you have? we have 3 that have been around for ever when Deaconjim had cattle and goats....this new one sounds like something I would like to get! : )