[HairOfTheDog]

That looks like a plenty big paddock for them, and not overly muddy for already having had a horse on it. I'd like to see a little more wire on the fence, but then I tend to like overkill on fencing. :~)

[MissTargets]

I was never very keen on one strand electric fence either. They stayed clear of it, after getting a good zap. Sable went back so fast, she fell on her hunches. You feel bad, but it was rather funny. The new owner would not even look, after my daughter turned the fence on for her. Sable was leaning way over to the grass on the other side, the current came through and bam!

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

One strand of fence works just fine as long as it is always on...you just can't leave it off for long periods, and you have to stay on top of making sure it's not down someplace.

We had one strand of hot wire for years just nailed to trees. It wasn't till I got lazy about keeping it hot that we got into trouble. One horse figured out he could go thru it and then even when it was hot we couldn't keep him in. That's when we got good fencing around the perimeter. I still just use one strand to divide the property inside the perimeter.

Becky