jumping out of the stable

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hiya,
was just wanting to ask peoples general opinions on the matter of a pony jumping out of the stable.
We have an 18 year old 12.2hh show pony who sadly get's very fat very quickly and is lamatentic. he;s the fine build of pony and has no other real vices and is used for general hacking with a 6 year iold boy whom he appears to adore. The problem is now that he desperatly needs to be bought in to control his wieght as even a muzzle will now not do the trick and restricted grazing has been unsuccessful as he just charges through the tape.
However, bringing him in has not been easy as he simply jumps the stable door, we have 10 victorian farmyard style boxes here and we have tried him in the larger stable with a higher door which he jumped but got stuck halfway, then we tried one he could look out of itn an attempt to calm him but he leapt it, then we put him in an internal stable which he tried to leap out of aswell. It doesn't matter wether his freinds are in or not he just doesn't want to be there. The vet reccomended that we try anti weave bars or a something substantial- as a simple bar accross has been tried and jumped. I have heard so many bad things about anti weave bars though that i am not sure, are there any other similar less dangerous solutions or are anti weave bars not that bad really? HELP!
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i think anti weave bars are fine. there's no way he can jump through that and if hes having a bad day, you can close the gap.
 
do you have a barn or some bigger building (still grass free!)that you could shut him in (with big solid doors!) where he could move around more and maybe have a friend in with him - like a cattle barn or something?

How high can he jump? Quite impressive for a pony with sore feet!
 
Mine has come through an anti weave grill before and he is 17.2, he just bent it and so we had a full grill made which stopped the problem. x
 
I had the same problem with my 14.2...randomly 1 day after coming in from the field and leaving her friend she lept through and over the....luckily she didnt hurt herself and god knows how she cleared it...anyway, i put an anti-weave grill up with a removable section, what you can fill the V shape in with....she never attempted it after, and i found that it was perfectly safe. Hope this helps
 
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