Welsh D V electric fencing

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The other day I arrive at the yard to find part of my electric fencing sprawled across the field and two rather mischievous looking horses grazing on the 'resting' grass :rolleyes:

Thinking that I've been a bad mummy and let the charge go down, I fix the fence and test it. Zap! blinking hurt but checked all around the fence and current working fine. Put the boys back and thats that.

Next day I can see that my old boy is out again and some rather bent fence posts :mad: again fix the fence do the checks and zap! still working fine wtf!
My yearling colt has not shown his face at this point so I go searching (I want to add that there is good fencing around this field) find him on the other side of a rather large fallen tree aprox 3'6. I climb over and see that he has made friends with two shetland mares who have just been put in that field :rolleyes: Look around and no way out except back over the big log so I chase him over. Two strides and pops it like a raised trotting pole!
Just as I am climbing over one of the slutty shetties calls to him, next second Merlyn trots around the corner and pops over the tree again (his poor young legs! So back over he is sent and I come up with the idea of putting 4ft electric fencing up in front of the log. Feeling smug I left my two in there paddock happy and munching on dinner.

This morning all the fence is in tact, yeay! One old gelding in the paddock but no yearling. Go to the tree and I see these big eyes and butter wouldn't melt expression peering from behind it again. So that is 4ft high with a 3'6 spread he's popped over ahhh!

So bit of advice please! is there anything else i should be doing? Going to chat to the farmer tonight and see if he wouldn't mind swapping the mares for his geldings just for a few weeks. Can you get those electric fencing posts over 4ft? Can I get a stronger current running through my fencing? 9v battery on there at the mo. My boys are moving to new grazing in three weeks where there are no mares around but just worried about his legs whilst he is doing all this x-country schooling!

Also want to say that the fencing around the fields and near the mares is huge and very safe so he wont be able to get to them.

Iced ring doughnuts for all of you still here!
 
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What a cheecky little boy you have got!!!! My Welsh D likes barging down electric fencing too!!!Must be a Welsh D thing!! Touch Wood he hasn't done it for a while as he trod on the sheep fencing the other day when messing around in the field and gave himself a big electric shock, bless him but it taught him to stay away from electric fencing!!

I don't know whether it is possible but could the shetlands go in to the paddock with your boy or get put closer to your boys paddock so he can see them and kiss over the fence or something????

Hope you find a solution soon x
 
Yup, my Welsh is currently on pen turnout and he has 5ft posts, the thickest tape I can find (three strands of it) 12v battery and the engergiser attached to the top strand first so the nose and or bum gets the biggest zap :D
 
My trad cob kept plowing through the electric fencing when he worked out it wasn't on. I then electrified it and he still wasn't that bothered, would jump it. So I walked him into it... Sounds harsh I know, but he's been aware of it ever since and not trashed any more. Maybe you could try giving your boy a shock? As it sounds like he's just jumping it so may not even realise that it'll bite if he touches it...
 
Good idea but he has touched the fence before and did'nt like it one bit so thought it was ok!

I think the lure of the shetlands is worth it to him now. No pain no gain and all that :rolleyes:

I've just seen some bigger posts and have them on order and will get a battery with a little more omph me thinks.

Aren't they cheeky?!:rolleyes:
 
@ Kub I hope so!

Little monkey had jumped out again this evening but the very kind farmer has moved the two mixy shetties so Merlyn was just munching on the grass and will hopefully forget about jumping for now:)

Have created a gateway now so he can easily move in and out of the paddock. I really don't want to risk him hurting himself so he and the old boy will be on the nicer grass until my big posts arrive. Love to see him try and jump those buggers! Ha Ha Hah! (evil laugh)

Thanks for all the stories and helpful suggestions, have take them all on board.

lol at limbo horse tho. :D
 
When you have your better fence posts in try tying lots of plastic bags or ribbons to the tape that flap in the wind...would that put him off jumping?
 
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