This message is from: "Claudia" <cava...@bloomer.net>
"....The lids require a human with opposable things to get off--no way a horse could do it.............." We were en route back to Wisconsin from the National Drive a couple years ago, and stopped overnight at a boarding farm. They put Vergel in a paddock by himself with a Nelson waterer. They asked if he knew how to use it, or if I wanted him to have water buckets. I said, We have one at home, so he knows. He'll be fine." In the morning, the top was off. Sitting sideways in the waterer. This is the same Vergel that jumped over the hood of the car. If I get tired of him, I can sell him to the government as a weapon. I didn't know a short in the fence could make the Nelson waterer give shocks. Can that happen with other brands, too? I can hear little snaps on my fence line quite often...very faint. I don't usually pay much attention unless I can see something has fallen on the fence, like a branch or something. My electric fence is just on the small pasture and paddock, and I can see it all from one spot, so it's easy to check. The horses never seem reluctant to drink, and I see them using the waterer all the time. I do have one rubber mat in front of it, but their hind legs would still be on the ground. Our ground here is very rocky. Does that make a difference? Claudia in Wisconsin Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l
