What are the safest fencing materials?
Wood is the most commonly used fencing material, but is it the safest? Well, some people think that if it is a natural product, then it must be okay. This makes some sense, for horses have existed in the wild forever surrounded by wood, rock, vegetation, etc. So its not the material that may be unsafe, but what man has shaped it into. A sharp wooden corner is still a sharp corner. Whether you decide on wood, metal, vinyl, hot tape, etc., care must be taken upon installation to minimize potential hazards to a horse that may run into it, get caught up in it, or just plain brush up against it. The one material that, in our opinion, should never be used is barbed wire. This type of fencing was designed to contain tough skinned, slow moving cattle. It can kill a horse that gets tangled up in it. Any fencing material is potentially hazardous, but as of yet, a proven way of making barbed wire safe around horses does not exist. With that in mind, what are the pros and cons of other fencing typ
