Barbed Wire: the Bad, The Worse, and the Deadly/Update for Blog

Todays post is about Barbed Wire. Why would you ever use it? Even if you have lots of acres of it, at least redo a section for your horses. trust me. And never,ever keep a foal in it. I lost a filly to that in August of 09. Not a pretty thing. Here is a memorial vid that I made for her that explains it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9RKLgccyTY

Anyway, all barbed wire is not good to keep horses in, no matter the condition it is in or if all strands are barbed or just one strand is. Most big ranches keep their horses in it, but it is all mostly very well kept. Strong,high, and the horses stay with the herd and the food. 3 feet old spindly barbed wire is worse. Off course, this looks better:
than this(I have seen horses in this kind of fence):


GRAPHIC(this could be your horse, except injured and bleeding):


Of course, if you have a horse that you know won't ever try to get over the fence, yoi are better off, but a young horse, i think, is more prone to getting hurt*eye roll* than an older horses.

Thanks! Comment and spread the word about the She Who Runs with Horses blog! Also, thanks to Google Images for the pictures. We have a new thing that will happen every week! Its called Quote of The Week! Quotes will not always be by me, and I will post multiple quotes at times. This Weeks Quote of the week is:

Common Sense ain't so common anymore!
-shewhoruns

My boyfriend says if I spend one more weekend away riding that he'll leave me.....
Darn. I'm gonna miss him.
-unknown

and one more for this week(about a badly conformed and bred colored stud):
He would make a wonderful gelding, and if he was a sorrel or aby, that's exactly what he would be.
-unknown