Ok folks whose horses are trepassing ?

The cheapest effective deterrent is to borrow a lungeing or driving whip from a local riding school or horse owner. The next time that the horse comes wandering in, sprint down the garden whooping, hollering and cracking that whip (in the air, I hasten to add!) for all you are worth. I can guarantee that he'll exit faster than he entered and done two or three times, he'll avoid their place like the plague.

You will have done no damage, caused no injury but horses owned by such ignorant keepers almost always have been abused - even if only mildly - and know full well that popping whips are not to be toyed with.
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Some of the responses from the non horsey are quite funny.
 
Dunno, I liked this one:

"Shame you aren't a horse rider OP, I'd have invited the horse in and seen if it was rideable. I'm sure if the owner saw his horse being ridden up and down the road by a total stranger he would soon fence his land better!"
 
A couple of fence posts with 3/4 taut strands of wire (not barbed) running across is all you need. It's a rare horse that will demolish / jump / destroy a fence and then there usually has to be a horse-related reason for it.QUOTE

Hmm, they never met Benson then!!!!!
 
That situation actually makes me quite cross! Why doesn't the idiot owner make sure his horses are fenced in better? I feel really sorry for the poor old couple whose garden keeps getting invaded!
Don't we legally have an obligation to make sure our animals are properly fenced in, so surely it would be the owner who is responsible?
 
Sorry my last post was horrendous. I typed one handed with babe in the other. Im sure the post was in new lounge but I cant find it now for toffee. Very big coincidence if its not the same people.

They obviously haven't met my boy either. Hes a buggar for fences. Mind you, just recently Ive been watching him very closely and Ive noticed hes doing it with his derrière. He looks like baloo the bear having a good old itch. On the other hand he does take them out if there stopping him getting to that extra yummy lush blade of grass. Dread to think how much my fence repairs will cost to do in the spring.

With regards to this situation. The owner should ensure their horses are secure at all times. Even if they have to put up extra fencing, if they cannot get the railways to repair their boundary. its our job to make sure our animals are safe.

But then again it is also the home owners responsibility to make sure their property and grounds are secure. So they should have adequate fencing/walls around their property anyway. Would be slightly different if the horse had actually demolished their fence and got in to their garden. which from the look of it, it didnt. It just took advantage of an opening and went to explore.

In this case, IMO its half a dozen of one half a dozen of the other.
 
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