OldNag
Wasting my time successfully....
I'm starting to lose the will with this one...
I have a Section A who needs to lose weight. So does her field companion. I have made a restricted area with electric fencing. Trouble is, she gets out. I don't know how as I haven't seen her doing it, but somehow she gets out despite the electric being on, and having 3 good stout strands of electric tape.
I'm a bit at my wits' end as I need to restrict her grazing. Trouble is she has a gelding in the other part of the field (I am on livery so have no control over that) that she wants to be with... and he needs all the grass he can get.
She's in during the day with soaked hay so that we can minimise her grazing then, but I do really need to restrict her nighttime intake too... and don't want to keep her in 24/7.
Any ideas on how to keep her penned in? Or is muzzle the best idea?
The reason I haven't used a muzzle so far is that I'm a bit wary - her field can't be directly seen from the yard and although the field is checked x2 a day, I'm a bit iffy about if the muzzle got caught on a fence or something. Or am I being overly cautious? (and can you keep a muzzle on a Houdini pony?).
Chocolate Hobnobs for anyone who's read this far...
I have a Section A who needs to lose weight. So does her field companion. I have made a restricted area with electric fencing. Trouble is, she gets out. I don't know how as I haven't seen her doing it, but somehow she gets out despite the electric being on, and having 3 good stout strands of electric tape.
I'm a bit at my wits' end as I need to restrict her grazing. Trouble is she has a gelding in the other part of the field (I am on livery so have no control over that) that she wants to be with... and he needs all the grass he can get.
She's in during the day with soaked hay so that we can minimise her grazing then, but I do really need to restrict her nighttime intake too... and don't want to keep her in 24/7.
Any ideas on how to keep her penned in? Or is muzzle the best idea?
The reason I haven't used a muzzle so far is that I'm a bit wary - her field can't be directly seen from the yard and although the field is checked x2 a day, I'm a bit iffy about if the muzzle got caught on a fence or something. Or am I being overly cautious? (and can you keep a muzzle on a Houdini pony?).
Chocolate Hobnobs for anyone who's read this far...
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