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A lot of horses are frightened of things that flap, especially  
plastic. The best culprits are those plastic grocery store bags,  
because they are light enough to rustle in the wind. Tie a few of  
those to the top of the fence. If you could set up a simple touch  
activated jack-in-the-box thing and get him squarely once, right in  
the kisser with something liquid-filled (water balloon type thing)  
he'll never go back. You could try lying a grate down around the  
perimeter (sections of hog panel?), they have a strong instinct not to  
get their feet tangled up in stuff, but please make sure it's anchored  
lest he get stuck in it and really hurt himself. Last but not least,  
give him something else to eat. Or send him to me. I like a horse with  
a sense of humour.




> On Apr 6, 2008, at 10:09 PM, Roy Morgan wrote:
>
> > Friends of mine who live in suburbia have lost LOTS of plants to
> > deer.  He now uses the $25 electric fence chargers and strings up the
> > most economical of fences: "step-in" fiberglass posts and conductive
> > plastic fence line.
>
> Electric won't work for this small operation. I won't be here to
> monitor it. If I were here, I wouldn't need any protection beyond
> Benny and my arsenal.