Barbed wire or electric - Page 2

SaddleSore · 06-14-08, 09:34 PM

For an animal as large as a horse, and for the amount of current that an electric fence carries I cannot see it really doing anything more than causing some discomfort. But smaller animals I can see potentially being hurt.

Barbed wire however will hurt anything that comes up against it.

Sheraton · 06-15-08, 01:57 PM

That's a good point SaddleSore. I don't know specifically how the current in an electric fence differs for a horse and for a smaller animal, say a dog. It seems like a somewhat "mean" alternative for a dog, but if that same amount is applied to a horse I can see it being less serious. Does that make it any less effective though?

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SaddleSore Member Join Date: 10-12-07 Posts: 233	For an animal as large as a horse, and for the amount of current that an electric fence carries I cannot see it really doing anything more than causing some discomfort. But smaller animals I can see potentially being hurt. Barbed wire however will hurt anything that comes up against it.

06-15-08, 01:57 PM	#17 (permalink)
Sheraton Member Join Date: 06-12-08 Posts: 25	That's a good point SaddleSore. I don't know specifically how the current in an electric fence differs for a horse and for a smaller animal, say a dog. It seems like a somewhat "mean" alternative for a dog, but if that same amount is applied to a horse I can see it being less serious. Does that make it any less effective though?