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gently caress dude, just gently caress. My wife would be devastated.
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i think all involved are devastated. Goondolences man. You did the right thing though.
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Jun 27, 2016 14:59
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Sorry to hear it man. Its one of the poo poo parts of having livestock 
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Jun 27, 2016 15:21
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I'm so sorry man. I'm re-living my youth on my grandparents cattle farm though this thread. This part was always the hardest, and those were cows. I cant imagine how hard it is with a beloved horse.
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Jun 27, 2016 16:27
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drat dude, that really blows It sounds like overall your problems are related to fencing right now.
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Jun 27, 2016 16:42
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That's horrible, condolences.
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Jun 27, 2016 18:16
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kastein posted:It sounds like overall your problems are related to fencing right now. I would highly suggest that he reach out to Connecticut's ag extension, which I think is UConn up there? Here in PA extension, as well as county conservation districts and NRCS have a great amount of technical assistance, and are a potential funding source as well. Fencing and good heavy-use/sacrifice areas are key, and they seem to be two big concerns for the OP.
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Jun 28, 2016 02:07
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The fencing is fine. The issue was a rope gate that has now been replaced.
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Jun 28, 2016 08:58
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What the hell is a rope gate Edit: was it electrified
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A Yolo Wizard posted:What the hell is a rope gate Electrified or not doesn't matter, what matters is that it was just a single line across the top of the fence which works in 99% of all cases. But horses are kinda dopey. If he was dusting (you know, rolling around in the dirt....they loving love to do this right after you wash them) by the gate it's entirely probably that he simply rolld over and stood up on the wrong side of the fence. This used to happen to me with foals all the time. They would roll right under the bottom rail of the split rail and stand up. Fortunately foals and mares won't separate at that age so you just had mom one the inside of the fence and baby standing right outside until someone found them and let the foal back in a gate.
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Jun 29, 2016 04:38
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Exactly what Motronic said. Horses for the most part are happy to be enclosed by anything they perceive as a barrier visually. We had solid fencing in the pasture except for one gate which was several ropes stretching across the gate. This had worked for us for 6 months and for many years with the previous owners. This should work 99.9% of the time. Unfortunately, something happened where she wound up either rolling under the gate, lifting it up and walking underneath (unlikely) or something of that matter. It's been immediately replaced with electrified ribbon fencing. Trust me, we learned a serious lesson here. I'm still having nightmares and flashbacks for having to put a shotgun to my horses head, a family member, and pulling the trigger.
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Jun 30, 2016 13:35
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Noise Complaint posted:
It will get easier with time, I promise. It's okay to be upset, that's a very hard spot to be in.
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Well I certainly hope this thread will continue, in spite of the loss. Rope gate or 6' 5 board wood fence, livestock are unfortunately unaware of their best interests and can and will get out. I hesitated to say this earlier, but I know from unfortunate firsthand experience (my wife's best friend), that if the driver of the vehicle is relatively unhurt, count your loving blessings. When we first moved to this property, that...situation was still fresh on my mind and I drat near had a nervous breakdown worrying about the lovely fencing that was here before we replaced it all and expanded (3000' and counting, all done by me and my wife). And yet we've still had escapes (wife's prized thoroughbred got away while attempting to trailer load, and got all the way to the road but didn't cross) and last weekend while away on vacation our two geldings got fighting across the fence and tore it up pretty good. Some scars for them, too. And unrelated to that, we had our buck goat up and die, still not exactly sure to what, the breeder thinks a snake bite but we remain unconvinced. There's a reason old horse people are gray or whiteheaded I think. I'm definitely working on mine.
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Jul 10, 2016 17:02
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This thread can't die... the farm is too loving awesome!
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Just read the thread and would love an update 
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