ItsJzo
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I was given a black Welsh Section D a couple of weeks ago and so far she has come on pretty well, we had a professional out too ride her and give us her opinion on Kiyah and she said she doesn't need taking back to basics, and that the behaviour she displays when bought in from field is purely naughtiness and generally testing the boundries with a new owner, this is what I originally thought, because she had not been out of work when I got her and was ridden reguarly up until I got her! Once she is in the school she really focuses on her work, it's like she completely forgets how to be naughty! My sharer and I were told that there was a 110% chance that she would rear with a new rider, as she always has due to a previous accident, but with me taking my time in getting her to allow me under saddle, she has not reared and is riding beautifully. However the instructor did say that she doesn't understand her aids very well, but that will come with time.
So in a nutshell thats Kiyah, but the problem I am having is not her general behaviour now, its her field behaviour.....
She has a huge habit of breaking loose, and in the last week I have had 2 phonecalls to say she has broken the fencing and is running lose down the track. I was quite lucky really because there is a main road there and if she had walked through the cut throughs, she could have gone anywhere, and not too mention my little 2 year old cob follows her everywhere so that would have been 2 of the running lose!!
We have tried EVERYTHING to stop her escaping, we tried stabling, moving fields altogether, buying taller posts to try and deter her, and even putting her back in with my cob gelding. But I am not comfortable with keeping her in the same field as him because everytime she breaks the fencing or pulls it all down, he is following. He also needs restricted grazing because he lives on thin air, but because Kiyah keeps pulling the fencing down, they are getting onto long grass where he pigs out for a day.
We are at a loose end because it's not just as if she jumps the fencing and misses, she also (as witnessed a few times), has started kicking out at other horses that are on other side of the electric fence, and yesterday when she did this, she ended up with half her body in one field and half on the other, thus causing her too spook, run forward, and pull the entire lot down.
Being in with another horse makes absolutely no difference (as I suspected!)
We have tried mains electric & battery electric, and she will still break/jump/kick through it, and the mains is quite a zap!
She has also taken too not being caught, which causes a problem because if cornering her in an attempt to catch her for farrier etc, she will jump the nearest fence to get away.
We do have 1 last option and that is to try moving yards, but this is a nightmare because where we are is literally round the corner from both our houses, it's cheap and quiet and being a farm (but a very clean one), there is no bitchyness or trouble. There is also added bonuses of having only 3 people per locked tack room so less chance of stuff going missing..
Anyone else have an escape artist? And if so, what did you do to try and prevent it from happening?
Have also considered proper wooden fencing with 2 layers of tape or rope, but witnessing the way she charges through the fencing I really don't think that will make any difference and would be more worried about her ending up impaling herself!
I would speak to the yard owner about moving fields or putting her back down in the summer grazing where the mains is and putting the taller posts in there aswell, but he unfortunately passed away last week, and his brother has taken over and been thrown in at the deep end, as not a horsey person, so don't want to pester him with my troublesome horse!
So in a nutshell thats Kiyah, but the problem I am having is not her general behaviour now, its her field behaviour.....
She has a huge habit of breaking loose, and in the last week I have had 2 phonecalls to say she has broken the fencing and is running lose down the track. I was quite lucky really because there is a main road there and if she had walked through the cut throughs, she could have gone anywhere, and not too mention my little 2 year old cob follows her everywhere so that would have been 2 of the running lose!!
We have tried EVERYTHING to stop her escaping, we tried stabling, moving fields altogether, buying taller posts to try and deter her, and even putting her back in with my cob gelding. But I am not comfortable with keeping her in the same field as him because everytime she breaks the fencing or pulls it all down, he is following. He also needs restricted grazing because he lives on thin air, but because Kiyah keeps pulling the fencing down, they are getting onto long grass where he pigs out for a day.
We are at a loose end because it's not just as if she jumps the fencing and misses, she also (as witnessed a few times), has started kicking out at other horses that are on other side of the electric fence, and yesterday when she did this, she ended up with half her body in one field and half on the other, thus causing her too spook, run forward, and pull the entire lot down.
Being in with another horse makes absolutely no difference (as I suspected!)
We have tried mains electric & battery electric, and she will still break/jump/kick through it, and the mains is quite a zap!
She has also taken too not being caught, which causes a problem because if cornering her in an attempt to catch her for farrier etc, she will jump the nearest fence to get away.
We do have 1 last option and that is to try moving yards, but this is a nightmare because where we are is literally round the corner from both our houses, it's cheap and quiet and being a farm (but a very clean one), there is no bitchyness or trouble. There is also added bonuses of having only 3 people per locked tack room so less chance of stuff going missing..
Anyone else have an escape artist? And if so, what did you do to try and prevent it from happening?
Have also considered proper wooden fencing with 2 layers of tape or rope, but witnessing the way she charges through the fencing I really don't think that will make any difference and would be more worried about her ending up impaling herself!
I would speak to the yard owner about moving fields or putting her back down in the summer grazing where the mains is and putting the taller posts in there aswell, but he unfortunately passed away last week, and his brother has taken over and been thrown in at the deep end, as not a horsey person, so don't want to pester him with my troublesome horse!