Post by nhg on May 22, 2014 15:07:21 GMT
The place where we board our horses is a lovely place. They run a large equipment and landscaping business so it's beautiful and they keep it meticulous. They don't know a lot about horses, though, even though they've always had them so sometimes their ideas aren't what I'd like. For example, they have a cattle style hay feeder and the horses have all rubbed half their manes out on the pieces across the top.
Their latest idea is to have texas gates for the entrances to the field where the horses will be going. They've already put them in and they're only about three feet across. Texas gates scare the crap out of me. I saw a picture once of a horse that had got it's leg down into one and had then fallen over. It was still alive and the leg had snapped right off. Our horses aren't familiar with texas gates and I know my horse could jump across that easily. Am I right to be concerned? The whole place is gated so even if they got out they'd be confined but they're located right beside a major highway. I'm mostly concerned about the horses not respecting the texas gate or trying to walk over it.
Their latest idea is to have texas gates for the entrances to the field where the horses will be going. They've already put them in and they're only about three feet across. Texas gates scare the crap out of me. I saw a picture once of a horse that had got it's leg down into one and had then fallen over. It was still alive and the leg had snapped right off. Our horses aren't familiar with texas gates and I know my horse could jump across that easily. Am I right to be concerned? The whole place is gated so even if they got out they'd be confined but they're located right beside a major highway. I'm mostly concerned about the horses not respecting the texas gate or trying to walk over it.
