I need to restrict a rehabbing horse
To a smaller area of a 1/2 acre paddock.
One side is already permanent fence
The new side will be 100-200 ft.
Needs to be visible at night.
I hate step in posts due to sharp prongs when they get pushed over.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Iâve used Horseguardâs temp paddock setup many times, from rehabbing an injury, to separating a new horse from the rest, to separating a weanling and his buddy from dam and another horse. As long as you have a place to tension, and electricity, youâre good. You can use a variety of poles depending on your ground, I use their fiberglass poles pounded in with a fence pounder. You can choose from green, brown, or white tape, at least the last I looked.
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If you have the budget, panels are safe and reusable. If youâre looking for something cheaper, t posts and no climb with some surveyors tape tied in regular intervals at the top would be visible.
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If any post gets pushed over, there tends to be something sharp, because being pushed over means something happened that was not supposed to.
Lots of questions before a good answer can be given.
Is this your property or are you boarding?
Are you willing to make a permanent type solution? (I know the title says temporary, but how temporary?)
What type of âvisible at nightâ do you mean?
Is your horse respectful of electric fencing?
For truly temporary I have had good luck with the long step in posts.
If you prefer something like T-posts, be sure to cover them.
Electric tape comes in colors. Be sure your fencer is well grounded.
The reason I asked about more permanent and if you own or board is, if you are going to spend the money fencing off this much area, you might as well use something more long term (whatever your fencing of choice is). I doubt you will regret having the space if needed and if it is not needed you can simply leave the gate to this area open to your other turn out space.
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My farm. Very temporary- 4-6 mo. Horse has been fine w/ electric in past.
The only need for this is to restrict horse from parking out in the brutal heat of daily 90âs.
I want to keep her in area of nice shady oak trees.
I agree on the panels, and itâs just so useful to have them around for stuff (or theyâre usually a pretty hot commodity on the resale market if you donât want to keep them!)
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T posts (with caps) and four or five strands of electric (rope or tape) usually does the trick for me. Or you could do the flexible type of large ârailsâ you get in rolls if you canât electrify it.
Thereâs a nifty tool thatâs like $50 that makes pulling out t-posts pretty easy so, can be used as temporary fencing.
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