On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:02:44 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:25:52 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:

Robert Allison wrote:


Perhaps you did not know that horses avoid things that they
associate with pain. Therefore by slapping the horse across
the rump, he is training the horse to avoid cords in the
future. Although the horse obviously did not know that the
cord was dangerous, it may now avoid contact with them from
now on. Or would you prefer this horse to be electrocuted?

For that to work, the horse would have to see its ass being whipped. How do
you assure that?



For the record, horses CAN see their own butt, and I did NOT whip the
pony, I do not abuse my animals. But she got to see the cord wrapped
up in my hand, and then got the bundle smacked across her butt. The
noise bothers them more than the hit. I think she knew what she did,
and I think she learned when she first chewed it. GFI or not, there
had to be a few sparks in her mouth, and she got all nervous when I
was removing the cord, and was backing away from it. Horses are not
stupid.

Mark

Probably never felt a thing. I was replacing a light fixture in a half
bath for a tenant. The switch was outside the door. I had the door
open and had a hold of the hot wire. She walked by and says,"You don't
have to work in the dark." Yep, flipped the switch. Luckily the light
was on the outlet circuit. The GFI tripped and I felt nothing. With
the wire hanging out of the ceiling, I was the only thing that
completed the circuit.