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Old 06-07-2010, 01:40 PM
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Re: Intellegent animals

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Originally Posted by mrsp View Post
I use electric fencing in my field and my pony goes over and listens to the ticker box...if it ticks he goes away,if it isn't ticking then he pushes the fence over to get to the new grass. No tick means no battery which means no shock from the fence,it only took him a few week to suss that one out!
I've got the same thing here, mrsp, and I find the ponies are as you say, but the bigger horses, inc cobs, once they have had a tickle of the electric, are verrry wary of white tape, even if it's laid along the ground, not connected to anything...won't go near it, and won't try to step or jump over it either.....
But the little tinkers are clever...

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