Originally posted by andi*pandi:
(I don't think a horse fence has to be that strong, since horses are so highly strung a little zap will scare them off. Our horses never leant on the fence. There is a reason though that they don't use electric fence for cows--they're too stupid/dense to be shocked by it and will plow right thru. Same thing with deer. Stupid deer were always breaking our fence.)
Umm, they
do use electric fences for cows, or did when I was a wee lad in the UP of Michigan.
We country boys used to trick "city slickers" into peeing on the electric fences. Great fun!