Keeping the devil fenced in

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velvet2005

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Having posted a week or so ago about my retired pony being diagnosed with lami and cushings I am back for more advice! She is currently on half a tablet a day and restricted grazing, looks amazing and is obviously feeling well as she has taken to jumping in and out of her restricted grazing paddock! Whacked the current up to full blast and she just cleared it neater. Added and extra foot and a half, fence is now just under 5 feet. Cleared that too. Added an extra foot and she went through it, but doesn't seem to mind the shock. She will jump out and take the fencing with her, and then when you call her in for tea, she'll take another bit down on her way in! Any advice on something that will make her think twice?
 
Is she a new forest by any chance as they seem to be the worst offenders. Have you tried a double fence too wide to jump in one go but not enough to bounce although she could still run through, my nf pony is pretty much impossible to keep in a small area once he has had a taste of freedom so I found it best to move it to a new spot and start again until he went AWOL then move once more. Would she be easier muzzled on better grass that way at least you don't have to keep doing the fencing, you can at least be pleased she is feeling well even if it is driving you mad!
 
I was going to ask if she was NF too! Mine is awful, but the trick is keeping him muzzled (so even if he does escape, damage to his weight loss plan is minimal!), always having the battery fully charged, highest fence as possible with 3/4 strands. I'm putting up a second fence at the weekend, like what be positive said - too wide to jump but close enough that he can't pick his way through.

Mine will also take the fence down on the way out, came down before work on Monday to find the tape snapped and every post snapped. Safe to say he wasn't given breakfast!

Also second moving the fence once they get out. A fresh patch placates him for a bit, then he gets restless and ventures off to find his next spot!
 
She is a Welsh cross something, so quite possibly! Thank you! Very pleased she is on top form again, can start exercising her again soon and hope I can tire her out if I lead her from the tb's! The wide fencing sounds great, as does moving the fencing as she is jumping from the same point where the land lies and creates a kind of "run way" which she obviously can't resist! I'm not surprised she is jumping over, but the going through is very unlike her, she's not thuggish in any way, quite a snob and aloof, and would usually avoid touching things like the plague! I have seen her limbo under fencing too so she's a regular Houdini! A muzzle might make life easier all round, though I'm not sure how impressed she'll be it may be the lesser of two evils! Thanks again, will reset fencing and take bets on how long until she is out!
 
Can you run the electric fencing off the mains? Mine is a nightmare to keep in when he's on restricted grazing (we have good grass and he's a good doer), just tears through the fence if he feels like it. Two lines of fence, both with tape running across the top and a middle section, both attached to the main yard electric fencing (therefore the mains electric) seems to work...
 
6 foot chain link :D otherwise agree with the above and get an electric unit that runs off the mains and 3 or 4 strands of tape so she gets a good zap if she touches it
 
I have two escape artists who manage to open gates, demolish electric fencing or jump out of the field, so I feel your frustration, my gates are now padlocked shut, awaiting new energiser and have approached landlord re raising fencing
 
Thank you for all then advice! It's nice knowing I'm not the only one with a mini satan hell bent on escaping EVERYWHERE. She continued to escape over, under and through a tall fence, a small fence, two tall fences, a small and a tall fence and every other combination we could imagine. We have just used a 24v tractor battery, put it at full charge. She came up, sniffed, dropped her head to go under the fence, and received full zap through her ears! She is now suitably wary! Woo! Will have to see how long this lasts but in the mean time she is safe from over indulging! Thanks again!
 
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