It's Late But I Need a Rant!

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I have just got in from my yard having heard a lot of whinnying and going out to investigate what was going on, to find the mare I took on at livery, with her companion, 2 weeks ago as a favour had gone through 3 lots of electric fencing and running amok.:(

I spent ages today putting a double run with posts about 5 foot apart inside a permanent post and electric fence to stop her, or so I hoped, getting through and pestering my geldings on the other side, did it work, NO :( she got through both lots then out of the geldings field and was running around stirring up all the others, going round screaming to her buddy who she has left behind. He is stressed and panicking at being left so I got him into a stable, he's a good boy and came in nice and quietly, left him and took a bucket and set out to get the MARE:(, eventually she came over and I caught her, she is now shut in for the night and all is quiet.

So now I wont sleep, trying to work out where to put this MARE:(, you may have guessed by now I don't really do MARES:), there are 16 horses here at the moment, 14 geldings, nice peaceful easy going boys and 2 MARES, my sec A is easy and not hormonal but this one is something else, to make matters worse I don't really do gypsy cobs either and yes she is a gypsy cob, shils would be with me on this:)
So tomorrow I will have to do fencing again:( and find somewhere this GYPSY COB MARE can go without causing more mayhem.

End of rant, feels better now, at least it's all gone nice and quiet:)
 
xxMozlarxx said:
Why the CAPITALS :confused:
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Because it was better than shouting at her;)

Well the stable's still standing this morning:rolleyes:, her water is all over the floor so that will be lovely to muck out:eek:

Apart from 2 wooden posts she has demolished all the other fences are still up, I would like to know how something her size can limbo under tape 18 inches off the ground:confused:
 
Plug it it in to the mains!!! ;)

ok maybe a bit extreme but maybe a stronger zap is needed some horses can be quite numb and dont respect electric fencing. If she is going under make sure the bottom wire is electrified
 
The joys of electris fencing!

Does she have a rug on? if so they stick their neck under and it stretches enough to slip over their backs!

You might need to put in extra posts, get a fence tester and make sure she has a good zap. If she has a fly rug or sheet on...tie some tape to the front and slip some inside her chest....then if she even touches the tape with her chect she will get zapped.

I have to go back to having this! dreading it. Hope you have a better day!:)
 
I would ask them to leave to be honest. I don't "do" horses that don't respect fencing. You could end up liable if it gets out and causes an accident.
 
I probably will but it is going to hospital for an operation on Wednesday and the companion is here so it has company while she is away, the plan was that she then came back for a month after as her owner is going on holiday and it saves them being moved around. I will offer to go to see to them at home while they are on holiday, more running around but probably less hassle.

I think I have worked out why she is being so difficult, she was bought as a 2 year old having been tethered, then lived in the same place for 10 years with just the one other horse, moving to live with others around has just set off her instincts to be in a group and have more of a life, its not really her fault its a bit like a kid thats never played with others going to playgroup and letting rip:D
 
be positive said:
Because it was better than shouting at her;)

Well the stable's still standing this morning:rolleyes:, her water is all over the floor so that will be lovely to muck out:eek:

Apart from 2 wooden posts she has demolished all the other fences are still up, I would like to know how something her size can limbo under tape 18 inches off the ground:confused:
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The gypsy cob here can limbo under practically anything. To make matters worse, he is dangerous to other horses and has to be on his own and in restricted grazing because he is too fat. I have found I need to make the bottom strand around nine inches from the ground to keep him in and he also needs an extra strand in the middle as he can duck under the top one and step over the bottom one. :rolleyes:

In my experience I have had no trouble at all from mares, but geldings are a right pain. There is another gelding here that has to be off the grass for most of the 24 hours, so I made him a tiny pen inside his paddock and gave him haylage. But despite many strands of tape he just pushes through, even though the fence is on. :mad: Now I have to bring him up to the sand turnout every day.
 
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