Horses that don't respect any fencing...

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Ok I have a problem with my trad yearling filly. She will not stay in her field! I've tried her with other horses and on her own but she always gets out. She will walk straight through electric fencing even though it is powered by the mains. She also walks straights through post and rail - pushes and pushes until the rail comes off. This is brand new very solid post and rail! Somehow she always manages to get the rails down! She has always been tethered before but I have no idea how to do that and don't really want to but the alternative is to keep her in. We have a roundpen we can put in the field in summer but at the moment it is too wet and muddy. Anyone gave suggestions? Oh and there is also mains electric running around the post and rail too!
 
No advice just wanted to sympathise. Have spent the last half hour trying to catch Murphy who was the wrong side of the electric fence ( 4ft poles as we know he jumps it). Put him back in right field and before I'd taken a couple of paces he had dropped to his knees and gone under the lower tape, he is 15.1hh. :eek: He has had a rug back on for the last few days due to the miserable weather and has obviously worked out it protects him from the fence. Little s**t!
 
Hi there-the only fencing my cobs respect is electric fencing with wooden posts. They can push through normal post and rail. Electric tape with plastic posts don't take too much effort for them to walk through. They get a shock but its over quickley as the posts bend or come out. With the wooden posts, there is little give.
I once wanted to extend their field a little so used some plastic posts and by morning they were through that bit.
Its got to be electric fencing and wooden posts for me, I've had no problems since. Hope this helps :)
p.s. I only need one strand and use wire electric fence, with the wooden posts.
 
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Not what you want to hear, but I wouldn't keep a horse that had no respect for fencing. Either that or I would put up the sort of hight tensile wire meant for cattle on the post and rail.....if she gets out and causes an accident you will be in huge amounts of trouble, just not worth it IMO.
 
No advice I'm afraid but want to sympathise. Daughter has a yearling who doesn't respect the electric fencing as he went under it the other day and got out into a 12 acre field :eek: He was very happy in that field and has his tail in the air and moved very nicely too. Took about 20 minutes to catch the little sh*t :mad: Glad we managed to get the connecting gate to the other field shut before the rest of the herd came to investigate :eek: :D

He respects the post and rail fencing though - probably cuz its higher than he is :rolleyes:
 
i can simpathise with you my 2 hairy natives do the same with electric & post & rail.
we currently (& touch wood is working) have post & rail boundry with electric fencing about 3/4 feet inside that so its too close to jump over but far enough away for them not to touch the post/rails on the smaller paddock, i also got one of the magnetic collars for each of them (designed to help joints) but when they get zapped it really notices. i also clipped both chest areas so they felt it as they diddnt through the thick coats they have this winter. It better grow back before the show's start though.

Good luck fence trashers are a nightmare (or labour inducer in some cases)
 
oh dear, sounds a bit of a nightmare. My mare is just the same, I think she does it just because she can, as when she gets through she belts around bucking with glee! Electric fence on stakes is useless for us, as is post and rail. The only thing that works for us is wooden posts and wide electric tape on three strands. Touch wood she hasn't got through it yet!
 
Having the fence high enough to prevent them getting their chests on it has worked for me, also threading a loop of electric tape or thin chain through the front of the rugs to give extra "zap" helps!
 
i would suggest that if she already goes throught the fencing, dont use the wire. our mare went through it, and she's quite quiet in her field, and ended up severing her extensory tendon and had to have it removed.
 
Almost sold WInston last year because of this. However I now use electric rope and wooden posts. I will try and find a pciture to show you the height of them. I also have always joked about a cattle proder not sure if I would tho......

Someone did say to me if he gets really bad set up a cattle energiser which you can get from hotline. As they are stronger. I also swap batterys every two months now so they are always powered up.

And if all fails and you want to get rid of her PM me :D
 
This is before I put the tape on. Which must have had a lot of breaks in coz it was not where near as strong as my electric is now.
And my horse is nowhere near as fat either.
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Thank you everyone for your replies.

The electric fence is definately working - I spent two hours checking and testing every square inch of the field!

It is wooden post and electric tape in most parts, thick rope in others. There are two areas that are plastic post and tape - they are 4ft posts. She isn't going under it or over it, she is literally going through it. She doesn't go very far when she does go through it, normally just the other side, where she stands and gloats to the other horses. I think "getting rid" is a bit drastic - she is fully insured, she would have to go through three more fences to get out of the property. I think perhaps a round pen for the summer is going to be the solution.
 
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