Hi,  I would like to use an electric portable corral and I'm wondering about negative issues with it.  I have a horse that is a little high spirited and a bit of a fence crawler.  I understand that I would need to aquaint him with the electric fencing at home.  I intend to use the white tape, step in posts and run 2 lines on the posts.  My question is if my horse goes through it how likely is it that he will become tangled on the poly fencing?  Has anyone had this happen?  Also seems like when we are on a large ride someones horses always escape, but maybe they have dead batteries and just think the horse will respect the fence.  Opinions on whether it's worth the time and money? Potentially dangerous?  Thanks  Joan 

I use this stuff a lot.  We pack into the wilderness and set up the hot string around a meadow or places we want to let our horses graze.  I do high line at night.  Mainly because we have had deer and elk run through the hot wire. They just don't know what it is. I've had to wander throught he trees collecting broken string in the morning after the elk herd ran through the meadow. That's another reason I use the string besides it's cheaper and lighter to pack, it breaks if a wild animal runs through it.

The biggest problem with my horses and the hot wire, is if I make the enclosure too small and have multiple horses.  The alpha horse will push the others around and sooner or later, somebody gets pushed through the wire.  If I make the enclosure big enough for the horses to get away from each other, I don't have any problem. On some pack trips I will take two  1/4 mile rolls of poly string and fence off an entire meadow and turn out 18-19 horses. Many who have not met before the trail ride that day. With  that much room they spread out and do just fine.

You can barely see one of the white fiberglass rods in front of the small spruce on the lower left part of the picture. We usually pack in about 40 fiberglass rod and run a single string of poly string around.  We usually include a few trees for a windbreak, shade, or protection in case a mountain shower blows across. We high line the horses at dark and put them out in the meadow during the daylight hours.

Even the mules respect it.  I would think if you used the tape, and had multiple strands and gave plenty of room, You would be fine. As long as a strange animal didn't run through it in the dark.