Can I install electric fencing along three sides of my horse pasture?

Do I need to have a complete circuit with the wire running continuously around all four sides of the pasture, or is there a way I can run it along just three sides? Or is it possible to run just one straight row of electric fencing? If so, how is it done?|||yes, you can run it along just 3 sides if you wish. One wire will come from the positive or "hot" terminal of your charger and will go to the fence. The other wire the negative will either go to a grounding stake or depending on your soil and ground types to a ground stake and one of the wires of your fence.





I've run 1, 2 and 3 wire systems. 1 and 2 wires are usually to the positive terminal. Best for normal soil or loamy earth near woods.





3 wires are best for sandy, or icy/snowy areas. The top and bottom wires are hot and the middle wire is connected to the negative terminal and the ground spike. It makes sure the animals get the proper jolt from the system.





As for your 3 sided fence, you can simply stop and tie off the ends where you wish the fence to stop. make sure the ends are touching nothing besides the insulator. Or.. if you wanted to make sure the animals left your roses alone, run the fence along that side as well, but use12 fence extenders. They will hold the wires a foot away from your fence and will keep the bushes from touching.





either way make sure your chargers has a "weed clipper" or "bulldozer" circuit It will allow the charger to "burn" off weeds and vines that climb on it to some extent.|||Yes you can. I'm not sure how they work but I have seen them along just one fence. But you've got me wondering, what is going to stop the horse walking out of the fourth side?





This site might help.





http://www.sureguard.com.au/electric_fen鈥?/a>|||yes, go to a farm store and they will explain how to you|||I have installed a dog-voltage electric fence along just two of 4 sides of our yard---one of them likes to climb or jump, to go visiting! You need to ground it, but it doesn't need to 'complete a circuit'. You have to be able to connect adapter/holders to the existing fence---ours is chain link, %26amp; affixed to the fence poles or top pole...





I'm curious: What makes you think the horse won't just go ahead %26amp; either eat, or, rub out your roses???





Anyway, we have a grapevine along part of the fence, %26amp; we put some pieces of old rubber hose over the parts that the grapevine might touch... You'll have to check if there are attachments for the kind of fence you have, though. http://watchtower.org/e/20040222a/articl鈥?/a>|||Yes it is possible but I wouldn't recommend electric fencing. Its expensive, can cause injuries to you and the horse, what happens if your not there and it rains while the fence is on? Its also requires your horse to go through a bit of training to get used to the fence. It would be a much better idea to get wooden fences because they are cheaper, the horses can see them better and you can put one strand of electric wire on the top to prevent your horse(s) from chewing on the fence! It is a much better idea!