Help! Advice needed on new horse jumping fences!!!!

[ali87uk]

Hi
I have recently bought a 14.3hh, 6 and half y/o Haflinger mare. She was for sale as owner couldn't ride her any more due to unrelated injury.
She is very good in all respects except she started off living in a field with 2 ponies (original) next to her, with electric fencing separating them. She lived out for the 1st few days but kept barging the fence and so we are bringing her in at night. She still barged the fence to get to the other 2 ponies (I think) as she is very sociable and lived with other horses out on grass livery. She had a rug on and the voltage on the fence was quite low (in my opinion! I got zapped a few times and it didn't hurt hardly!)
On the weekend we decided to let her in the main field with the other ponies as they now get on well. However today she managed to get over the fence into the adjacent field. This fence has barbed wire but she'd pushed the fence post down and jumped over the wire. She only grazed when over the fence and when the other 2 ponies were brought in she popped over the fence back to come in too.
We are going to put some electric fence in front of barbed wire fence on a higher voltage and try her without a rug so she feels it when she gets zapped. The barbed wire will be replaced soon as the owner of the adjacent field has recently moved (I obv don't agree with barbed wire fencing!!!)
Any more ideas on what to do? We are going to up her feed a bit too (she is on 1/2 scoop pony nuts with chaff as this is what she was on with old owner as didn't do much work but I am riding her a lot more than when she was there).
I'm worried if she keeps on jumping/barging fences will have to move her somewhere else which I don't want to!!!!
Please help!!!!!

 

[CheekyCob]

Hmm.. most definently put up electric tape. I find 5000V works nicely you could just put in the white plasticy posts or get the wooden ones and tape it properly. but if thats not an option then stick with plastic ones. So firstly she wanted out to be with other horses? Now she's with them she wants out for grass? In which case she is just hungry. Like you said, increase hay. not mix or energy food. Could bulk out her feed a bit with things like just grass or high fibre alfalfa which has little energy, just fills them up.
I think she just needs to get some respect for fences againxD One good smack from a tape and she'll leave well alone.
hope i've helped and not told you what you already know!

 

[checkmate1]

High fence posts with electric fencing, Attached to a car energiser with car battery, two batteries if you feel that the electricity is not flowing all the way round the wire. Sew some electric tape into her rug so 30 cms is next to her fur and one or two 30cms tassles are outside, therefore if she tries to lean or barge over the fence she gets a shock whether she is rugged or not!! (I feel like an expert after trying so much to stop my younsgter escaping!). Good Luck!

 

[canteron]

Just to say I found both my new and old horse in the wrong field this morning - so I know how you feel. I have spent all morning refencing with higher posts and recharged the electric fence battery! Oh horses .....

 

[SouthWestWhippet]

Def up the voltage and take rug off. Haffies are notoriously tough as old boots. we have one that just walks through electric tape all the time. She is extremely destructive, pushes down wooden posts scratching on them and can be very bargy.

Good luck, I've just bought a Haffie as well, they can be super ponies.

 

[T_K]

Haflingers are naturally nosey and sociable...but she must be finding her new friends a bit boring!

I would try making the fence higher and definitely getting a higher voltage battery....my Haffie has got wise to the fence though and uses her forelock as insulation in order to get grass from under it! I hope she doesn't do the same with the rug I've just put on her!!