how do i stop my horse jumping out of his field?

[spacefaer]

He jumps out with a friend in his field, over (so far) 4'6 uphill post and rail, 7 bar metal gate and 4' electric tape.

|If he's out by himself - he brings himself in, if he's with a friend, he jumps into a field with a different horse.

He has plenty of grass and lpenty of exercise....

any ideas? (short of prison wire, watch towers and machine guns!)

 

[cupcakelaura]

try puttin the red and white stripped tape u can buy to like corner things off ad just tie random peices to the fence so they flap in the wind might scare him away from the fence

 

[spacefaer]

cool - thanks will try that. If it doesn't work, might sell him as the boldest jumper ever!

 

[cupcakelaura]

haha ace =] my horse used to do the same so we did that and it worked =]

 

[GT_02]

Is he happy with the horse that he's turned out with? I feel for you - mine did this as a youngster and it was a constant worry. Thankfully mine grew out of it, but he would jump out if he felt remotely threatened by something he was turned out with so I had to be very selective with the company he kept

 

[charliesarmy]

Haha my first pony would always put herself whereva she wanted to be unfortunatly nothing stopped her

she never saw the point in staying in a muddy winter fiel when there were other fields to be in....she actually got us evicted off our yard

moved somewhere else and had no problems...sold her as a BSJA pony though

never forget the farmers face telling me I was welcome back anytime but the pony wasnt