Arrrghh help,electric fencing won't keep pony in

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AnnieD

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My 14.2 has developed a hilarious new trick and escapes out of every paddock we put him in, much to the annoyance of YO. She is charging me for broken fencing and it's going to be rather costly.

THis afternoon I tried turning him out withoiut his rugs on, hoping he'd get a good shock and it would put him off, but i watched him run underneath 2 fences without a care in the world and a big grin on his face.

The fences have 2 strips and 4000 volts going through them! How can I keep the little bugger in?

THere's no decent fencing anywhere on the yard, electric is the only thing she uses.

HELP!
 
I have a hairy houdini too! It sounds like you need to add a 3rd electric line to the fence between the strand he getting through and the ground but make sure that they can't get their feet tangled(obv!) I take it that you have electric fencing running through permanent wooden posts. Can you add temporary plastic posts so that the gaps don't look so attractive. Good luck keeping your bugger in - mine suprises me each time in the clever and agile ways she can get to where she wants to be.
 
You could try running another strip a few feet inside the fence so it looks more daunting as he then needs to tackle 2 fences. Not too far apart as you don't want him stuck intetween the two fences though.
 
Last Summer when I made a little "Paddock Paradise" for my 13.3hh pony, I used only 2 strips at first and he didn't take any notice of it (with high electric as well..)
I then put 3...same thing happened, he got out!
Then I put 5...and he gave up! (expensive though as I needed 800meters of strips for a small area of field!)
Maybe that could be the answer for yours!
 
I found 3 strips of brand new tape on the higher height posts did the trick for me. My naughty mare had found the weakest points on the original fence and would break through there. Also using these tall "stallion" posts I reduced the gaps between fence posts, that also made the fence stronger and less attractive to her. I think we now have 4 foot gaps between each post, wood or plastic.
 
We have a section A that is a complete houdini, doesn't matter what fencing he could get through, over or under it to get at any grass that might be longer than where he was supposed to be. I built a paddock for him and the other boys but with him in mind, mains electric running at 10000v, 4 strand electric rope (although the top strand is probably obsolete in reality) with wooden posts every 3m or so. He has never been out of it despite there being no grass in the paddock and them having to wait for hay if they finish it before we get back. If your YO is wanting to fence with electric then she needs to get a decent energiser in place plus adequate rope strands, two strands would not be enough to keep many ponies in as they quickly learn to run under it at an angle and be through before it pulses. Another of ours was never in his electric paddock as a youngster, thought the rest of the field was his personal grazing that his field mates were not allowed on, even he is kept under control in this new paddock after his first attempt to break out resulted in a nasty shock.
 
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