how do i stop my horse jumping the stable door?

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i have just bought a 3 year old who as lived out most of his life with previous owners, we however have to stable him until turnout in may, but he keeps jumping over the stable door im scared he is goin to hurt himself, any suggestion what to do please :(
 
Two choices really, if you have no turnout, shut the top door or put a grill up until he gives in.
Better option for a 3 year old, find grass livery where he can keep himself exercised and socialised.
 
get some 4x2 wood and wait outside stable when he goes to jump out hit him as hard as you can across the head i think you will find he wont try it again sounds harsh but works good luck
 
Grill or anti weaving grill are your options, however, a better one would be grass livery. Must be hell for him to have lived out all his life then be stuck in a stable 24/7, think he is maybe making his feelings known
 
I'd definitely be looking for somewhere where he can be out. A 3yo is still such a baby and to have to stay in a stable until May will be a nightmare for him. He needs to be running around whilst he is still growing.
 
With the 4 x 2 make stallion bars much safer than a weave grill etc as they can get caught in the metal and its dangerous etc, wooden stallion bars will break if they manage to get legs etc caught in them stopped my horse doing it.

basically you have two bars across and drop a pin through the holders on each end and can have 1 or 2 so he can still put head out or not al all
 
torres said:
get some 4x2 wood and wait outside stable when he goes to jump out hit him as hard as you can across the head i think you will find he wont try it again sounds harsh but works good luck
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This new member is either a troll - or a moron - possibly both!:rolleyes:
 
horseyladyx said:
i have just bought a 3 year old who as lived out most of his life with previous owners, we however have to stable him until turnout in may, but he keeps jumping over the stable door im scared he is goin to hurt himself, any suggestion what to do please :(
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let the poor horse out in a field - keeping him inside all day and night is cruel
 
hello, he obviously is jumping out for a reason, to be honest if u try to baracade him in, or tell him off for jumping out ur only goin to end of with a neurotic stressed youngster by may, and yes although he may well stay in his stable he will haveno doubt developed another stressed related vice by then, let him be a youngster and have some fun and develop social skills with other youngsters if poss,
 
torres said:
get some 4x2 wood and wait outside stable when he goes to jump out hit him as hard as you can across the head i think you will find he wont try it again sounds harsh but works good luck
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the horse surely will never trust a human being again!

Use stallion or wearver grills! should keep him in

Always look on the bright side...

he will make a good jumper!
 
torres said:
get some 4x2 wood and wait outside stable when he goes to jump out hit him as hard as you can across the head i think you will find he wont try it again sounds harsh but works good luck
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PMSL My horse's head is that hard he'd shatter the plank!

Seriously though, I agree with turning him out. I have one that jumps out and if you shut top door or put a grill up he gets really stressed and box walks etc. It cant be nice for them.
 
Ditto the advice given (apart from hitting him over the head with wood:confused:!!) Turn him out if that's were he's happy. Stabling him in will potentially lead to vices or future problems. Socialising and exercise is the best thing for a horse of his age :)

If he doesn't like being stabled maybe introduce it gradually with another horse stabled nearby that he can see, lots of praise, so he associates it with a good thing.
 
OP, are you serious that you have a young horse and he is to be stabled until MAY fgs? That's at least 4 months away!!!! Listen to the advice you have been given on this Forum. He needs as much turnout, in company, as possible in order to develop into a well balanced and nice natured horse. Of course he keeps jumping out. He's trying to tell you something and he's SHOUTING his misery to you. You have a duty to listen. Change yards. I wouldn't keep a flippin hamster caged without "turnout" for 4 months. And that's what the stable is to your youngster, a cage. Have some compassion for goodness sake and help him by finding him a horse-friendly yard.
 
ok so mine did this twice - not sure how i just put weave grills up so she cant do it anymore!! agree with turning them out but also they must learn to stay in if they have to be so unless you want him out 24/7 his whole life then he needs to learn to stay in ....
 
Agreed, but going from living out as a youngster to being stabled is really hard. Also how does a 3 year old then get exercise?

How about looking at some studs who will have other babies your horse could go out for. Apart from anything else - you will be saving a lot of money by moving him onto grass livery!
 
do not use a weaving grill this will not stop a determined one, my 13.2 pony jumped through the weaving grill, if I had not been standing near his stable at the time, I would not believe it possible, also with the full grill up he just went mad rearing and throwing himself against it.

has your horse got plenty to eat in his stable so he is not standing around for hours with nothing to do or eat.

if you plan to keep him in 24/7 then he will need to come out of his stable at least twice a day for some exercise and free time, otherwise it could be miserable for him.

I would suggest if you can you introduce him to stabling in a more gentle way so he comes in just for his tea and then build up the time gradually.

in end i moved yards so my pony could live out all year and his stabling at the new yard is much improved although he lives out he does have a stable and he can come in and have hay and rest for nearly a whole day without making a fuss or trying to jump out now. he does have a much bigger stable though and I built up the amount of time he spent in there bit by bit always with lots of yummy hay.
 
My 6 year old jumped the door and got his back leg stuck. We stuck a weave grill up, with the middle part in so he couldn't get through, but he took it off the door by rearing up at it. He no longer rears at the door, I think he's learnt he can't get over it.

His problem was a lack of confidence I think, too many owners in a short space of time.

We tied the grill with electric fencing wire to stop him taking it off :)
 
torres said:
get some 4x2 wood and wait outside stable when he goes to jump out hit him as hard as you can across the head i think you will find he wont try it again sounds harsh but works good luck
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Are you serious!

You simply can't take a youngster from 24/7 turnout and cage him up for 24/7 without creating serious behavioural and physical problems (as you are finding out). It's simply cruel.

Is there no chance you can turn him out elsewhere until May, although if it is yard policy to have no turnout in winter I would change yards.
 
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OP, are you serious that you have a young horse and he is to be stabled until MAY fgs? That's at least 4 months away!!!! Listen to the advice you have been given on this Forum. He needs as much turnout, in company, as possible in order to develop into a well balanced and nice natured horse. Of course he keeps jumping out. He's trying to tell you something and he's SHOUTING his misery to you. You have a duty to listen. Change yards. I wouldn't keep a flippin hamster caged without "turnout" for 4 months. And that's what the stable is to your youngster, a cage. Have some compassion for goodness sake and help him by finding him a horse-friendly yard.
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Well said!!!!
 
TURN IT OUT!!!!

Im appalled that some here feel its acceptable to barricade this horse in. Can you imagine how this horse is feeling, he is going to go stark raving mad. And people wonder why there are so many horses with problems out there.....
 
Sorry, but you cannot be serious. Are you really going to keep a 3 year old in 24/7 until next May?

Without wishing to sound rude, I am inclined to think you're either a troll or you need your head examining.
 
Agree with everyone except Torres! You horse needs to be out as much as is possible - stable at night if you must but he needs to be out during the day so he can play and be a baby horse.

Stable him 24/7 and you will h ave a totally neurotic horse on your hands.
 
If your horse is not able to be ridden I'd be thinking of moving to somewhere with turnout its not fair to keep it locked up 24/7.

You need to sort this asap as I know of a horse that tried to jump the stable door and got stuck, damaged his spleen amongst other things which made him go blind, not sure if he's still alive. And that was through stupidity and not thinking (not saying you are stupid). She'd moved yards and kept the horse in, it was the only horse in, she had another she could have kept in alongside him for company but didn't, as he was used to a busy yard he probably thought why am I stuck in here on my own ? Beautiful horse andalusian grey, such a shame as it could have been avoided.
 
Zero turnout until May is a big ask for any horse, but for a 3 year old it's inhumane. He's used to being out, he needs to be out and keeping him stabled 24/7 will damage him mentally and physically.
 
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