The old saying goes, "Good fences make good neighbors". Good fences also make happy, healthy horses.

Unfortunately, many horses are curious and will wander if given half a chance. That is where strong fencing comes into play. If your horse goes wandering and winds up on a road, he could be injured or even killed by an automobile.

Most horses will recognize a fence as a place where their boundary for roaming ends. A few horses will learn to simply jump a fence and go about their way. You can work with your horse to learn this is his boundary or you can take it a step further and increase the height of your fence or electrify the fence to give him a scolding shock if he touches the fence. Nearly all horses can learn their boundaries with repeated lessons over many week period, however there are a token few that will require electric fencing to discourage them from wandering and finding trouble and possibly injury.

You will also need to make sure you keep your fence in good repair. Horses are very clever and a good number of horses over the years have learned how to open pin-hinge gates by watching their owner lift the pin out and put it in again to close and latch the gate. If you know your horse tends to watch and learn rather quickly, watch out he might be letting himself out of the gate if you're not careful!