cabbagepatch88
Active Member
I'm looking for some advice please!
My horse lives out in a field with natural shelter on his own. This suits him.down to the ground as he has to live out due to suffering with hock spavin and he is riggy and horrendous with other horses and just enjoys his own company.
He is a serial fence breaker and at my last yard he was constantly breaking through post and rail and electric tape.
When I moved him to the new field I was blessed in that the grazing with fab. It's about 1.5 acres and in an L shape so I split the field in 2 so I can rest part of the field.
In the last week or so the decent grass has disappeared and despite ne feeding hay he's on the rampage.
Last night I got a call to say he had escaped into next doors field, he'd leapt a fence and a 6 foot ditch to get over.
Today I've put him in the grassier half and to separate the fields I'm using the tall posts with 3 layers of thick white tape which is electrified.
Despite him getting through a bale of hay today he's prowling the fence line like an angry lion at the zoo.
Any ideas? Should I try adlib haying? Will he explode if I do that? He's a 550kg cob.
No where to tie haynets
Any ideas much appreciated
My horse lives out in a field with natural shelter on his own. This suits him.down to the ground as he has to live out due to suffering with hock spavin and he is riggy and horrendous with other horses and just enjoys his own company.
He is a serial fence breaker and at my last yard he was constantly breaking through post and rail and electric tape.
When I moved him to the new field I was blessed in that the grazing with fab. It's about 1.5 acres and in an L shape so I split the field in 2 so I can rest part of the field.
In the last week or so the decent grass has disappeared and despite ne feeding hay he's on the rampage.
Last night I got a call to say he had escaped into next doors field, he'd leapt a fence and a 6 foot ditch to get over.
Today I've put him in the grassier half and to separate the fields I'm using the tall posts with 3 layers of thick white tape which is electrified.
Despite him getting through a bale of hay today he's prowling the fence line like an angry lion at the zoo.
Any ideas? Should I try adlib haying? Will he explode if I do that? He's a 550kg cob.
No where to tie haynets
Any ideas much appreciated