Does anybody else have an escape artist?!

[PonyFeet10]

My mares are brilliant and stay put when told, but my 2 1/2yo colt.. Not a chance!!!

He generally likes to find new ways of escaping from his stable, and then I get the blame for leaving the door unlocked, which I didn't!

Also I get the blame for not tying him up properly, which I do!

He can undo door bolts when and as he feels like, unless the door is VERY heavy and weighs down onto the bolt, or the bolts handle is facing up rather than down. (He hasn't quite figured this one out yet!)

He knows EXACTLY how to snap string, turn sideways, head to chest and PULL!

Also he chews my leadropes, knowing eventually it will snap!!

And finally if his headcollar isn't done up tight, when he's tied up he will put his head down, loop the leadrope behind his ears / headcollar and pull back.. Pulling his headcollar clean off!!

Every time he 'breaks free' he just stands there looking at me as if to say.. "Look mum, look what I did!! I'm sooo clever "

I think he's a bit too clever for his own good, don't you?

 

[stroppy]

Yes my 18yo is a pain in the arse, if I leave him loose anywhere the second he gets bored he jump out, if he doesn't have the clips on his door he lets himself out and goes for wonder, if any horse calls to him when he is out he will open their door too!! and he unties himself when in the lorry!! bloody pony but at least life with him is never boring!

 

[king_of_diamonds]

We have a couple. The most memorable being Whisper!

She's like, well, she refuses to be kept in one paddock behind white tape, she found out she can go under it!

She once tried to escape the stable during a skip out, got as far as IN the wheel barrel...That was the first and last time that happened!

Then, we have a hedge on the roadside of our paddock, a wee gap, about 4 inches, 6 feet off the ground? Well she went through the hedge like the terminator!

Then OH's other pony, Billy. He used to escape when she worked at a yard. The lunch room being his favourite place!

 

[somethingorother]

He's learning young, you'l have no chance by the time he's 10!

My share is a pain too, he lets himself out of the stable all the time, and just comes and stands behind me like 'hi'

He also lets himself and the others out of the field into the yard so we've just put an out of reach bolt on which is doing the job so far. Little monkey.

 

[Brontie]

We have a horse, who when bridled will scratch his poll on a fence, and pull the bridle and head collar clean off on the fence post. He's now kept in a stable 24/7.

 

[SpruceRI]

Can we see some video?

Now that would be an amusing viewing!!

 

[sami4971]

We have two. The 'original' being our homebred, first escaping by rolling under a fence at a few weeks old After that followed escaping underneath electric fencing, no matter how low the last strand was. He seems to have grown out of it now, thank god!

The second being our welsh section A colt. He had a habit of going through electric fencing, barbed wire, and over stiles! He was rarely in the field we left him in until we got a field suitable to be mains electric fenced, and ever since he got a belt off of that, he has stayed put. He was due to be cut this autumn so that he couldn't cause any hassle but now he is being a good boy he can keep them a little while longer.