Pony sitting on electric fence posts...help!

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My 14.2 has a habit of sitting on the top of electric fence posts and scratching his bum. He doesn't sit right down but reverses and stands with them between his back legs and then has a really good scratch underneath
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Short of getting him a rampant rabbit
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and wiring the electric fence up to the mains what can I do? It costs a fortune when the ground dries in summer and he breaks all the posts, and he did it for a while last year too. If he gets the fence posts over, my welshie escapes (he is laminitic so on reduced grazing) and Dan does it even if he is in the big field and on the outside of the paddock!

I doubt if I put him another fence post in the paddock he'd scratch himself on it, so does anyone have any suggestions?

A very embarrassed vivhewe
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LOL get him a job in a club....he would earn a fortune pole dancing!!!

Can you wrap your electric tape around the length of his favourite pole so its full height has charge going through it.....then again he may enjoy that!

The only thing I can think off is some more sunstantial fence posts.
 
Shilasdair: Pylon - genius
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Spaniel: He doesn't have a preferred post, will try anything
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but possibly higher posts as opposed to more substantial? They are only the 80cm ones, I'm sure you can get them about 150cms too, although they blow over easily
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Oh dear lord, what if he does 'enjoy' it
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My shetland does the same thing with small trees and electric fence posts if they are at a low angle. Likes to scratch his belly and 'bits' - Suppose they get sweaty!

Presumably your electric fence is on?

I've just bought some new bits for my electric fence as it hadn't worked well for ages and Shettie kept escaping: A Leisure battery - works for 6 - 8 weeks per charge and should recharge better than a car battery; a ground stake - was told that depending on your soil and how dry it is, Electric fence will work better if it has an earth upto 1metre into the ground (my Energiser comes with it's own earth stake but only 4" long - apparently not long enough).

Have also bought a fence tester. Was told that you need minimum of 400 volts to shock a critter like a horse, so you can test all areas of your fence with this piece of equipment to check the pulse is strong enough allround.

Have set it all up again, will be used in the next few weeks, watch this space!!

Clip my shetties tum and inside of his legs and wash occasionally to try to stop the itchiness - he has been better.
 
I would test the engergiser, to see if it is working as it should. You may need to double the strength of the volts
 
This post is of no practical use...but might make you feel better.
My 2 year old lifts the electric fence posts out of the ground with her teeth (yes, the tape IS on) neatly lays them flat on the ground then delicately steps through them.
I am sorely tempted to attach the electric fence clips directly to her ears instead.:)
I'll swap her for your boy?
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Or.....there is another solution.....it's called taxidermy.
£800 and they'll stuff them in a lifelike position (even with a fence post up his derriere) or perhaps in piaffe.
You could have your photo taken in piaffe....no one would know.
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Or.....there is another solution.....it's called taxidermy.
£800 and they'll stuff them in a lifelike position (even with a fence post up his derriere) or perhaps in piaffe.
You could have your photo taken in piaffe....no one would know.

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I'm here laughing so much there are tears rolling down my cheeks!
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you can buy metal live posts which are designed for ponies that push them over, basically the current goes through the post as well as the tape/wire right down to the last 15cm at the bottom of the post, should give him a surprise!
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Think carefully before you accept my 2 yo...a few facts....
1. It hasn't yet benefited from the taxidermist's services.
2. It is immune to electricity, pain and threats.
3. It has a tendency to undress men
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4. When it doesn't want its (cloven) hooves trimmed, it lies down and won't get up.
Still keen?
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My 14.2 has a habit of sitting on the top of electric fence posts and scratching his bum. He doesn't sit right down but reverses and stands with them between his back legs and then has a really good scratch underneath
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Short of getting him a rampant rabbit
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and wiring the electric fence up to the mains what can I do? It costs a fortune when the ground dries in summer and he breaks all the posts, and he did it for a while last year too. If he gets the fence posts over, my welshie escapes (he is laminitic so on reduced grazing) and Dan does it even if he is in the big field and on the outside of the paddock!

I doubt if I put him another fence post in the paddock he'd scratch himself on it, so does anyone have any suggestions?

A very embarrassed vivhewe
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My big mare does that too! I thought I was the only one in the world with a horse with a fence post fetish (actually quite clever really) . She kept breaking the poles and I had to move her out of the field because the blasted things were frozen into the ground for 3 months and I couldn't get the stumps out!

All I can say is wire them to the mains, because battery power had no effect on Robin, in fact she'd still do it when it was on
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It's an expensive habit
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Good Luck.
 
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1. It hasn't yet benefited from the taxidermist's services.


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Pah, £800 for it to look like I can do piaffe (not DO Piaffe on here LOL!
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Oooooh matron!) tis nothing!

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2. It is immune to electricity, pain and threats.

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I have a welshie, what can be worse?

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3. It has a tendency to undress men
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4. When it doesn't want its (cloven) hooves trimmed, it lies down and won't get up.

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My farrier sees me as a highly esteemed customer, he likes the free insults he gets in return for the ones he gives me. He'll cope with her cloven hooves and bovine tendencies
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Still keen?

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Hell yeah!
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