Why is Little Lad such a bl00dy idiot?

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Okay, so now, to add to his little list of annoyances, Little Lad has taken to exiting paddocks; and then re-entering them; and then exiting them again
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We made a cage for him - five feet high, six strands of wire plus wire running as Vs in each section between the posts. He was in it last night when we left, and out of it this morning, when the farmer rang the YM who rang me at quarter to ten
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I am close to the end of m'tether with the little g1t. I know that everyone else thinks he has given up on humans/life, but I see the look in his eye sometimes and it makes me think differently. Even when he bobbed off the other day from daughter, he let me catch him; he likes having cuddles; daughter took him for a blast around the fields yesterday on his own and he was grand - cantering and bobbling along perfectly happily and under control. The other day, in the school area, he was testing daughter: daughter gave him short shrift and he soon packed it in.

Don't know what to do. Hubby wants him gone, doesn't see the point of him/keeping him.

I wish I could talk to LL and explain, in words of one syllabul, that he's got it good and if he don't pack it in I don't know what's going to happen to him
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. We need to get moved! But realistically that isn't going to happen for months - we're talking to someone about a house that has plenty of land, but as I said, it's not going to happen over night.

Poo blah.
 
Ta C - the thing is, someone will get on and he'll test them, i the rider controls him then he'll pretty much behave, with just the occasional testing of the boundaries; if the rider does not control him, then the rider will be coming off - LL will do what it takes to get rid
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This happens each time someone new gets on him. Trainers and instructors have been on him and he's fine for them, youngest daughter got on and let's just say it was a trip to A and E
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He's been well schooled in the past and he can do a lovely piece of flat work, he'll happily jump eighteen inches or so (and higher and he gets scared).
 
I so sympathise with you. Our section A sounds exactly the same. He was a fab lead rein pony and is brilliant around the stable etc. When older son was ready to go off lead rein we ended up with broken arm, week in hospital etc. Older son (now 12) can now ride him no problem but he tries it on with everyone new and spins, drops a shoulder and they are out through the side door. Younger son (6) will soon be ready to come off lead rein but we need to get something else as I can't go through it all again. Plus older son now reached the pony squishing stage so he needs something bigger. OH doesn't understand why we can't sell pony, but he's 17 and I don't want to pass the problem on and younger son will be able to ride him when he's more experienced. Anyway, he's one of the family and gives us such a lovely welcome when we see him in the morning! Luckily we're just about to move to somewhere with some land, so he will be my cuddly pet! But tis very frustrating!!
 
It is indeed N! If we'd already moved I'd make a flaming metal cage and stick him in it - he's laminitic so needs containing
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We think his fly rug is absorbing the zap from the tape, but he gets mild sweet-itch so he has to be covered...

I love him, but he's gradually alienating everyone else
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Can you borrow or buy a really powerful energiser for the fence? Will giving him a decent zap make him more respectful? I have one and the dial only needs to be on 2 (maximum 7) for even the naughtiest pony to take note and give up trying to get out.
 
I know he has mild sweet itch but I really think for a short while ( a week or so ) you should leave the fly sheet off. That way at least he will get zapped a couple of times and may get him thinking twice about escaping - will also put OH in better frames of mind if you don't get a daily phone call with his latest escape.....
 
Ah D, I did wonder if one could do that - attach two energisers to one lot of fencing, but I'd have to borrow Friend's and would hate to damage it!
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Ours is pretty poxy it has to be said
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N - now that too would be a pain, you'll have to attach an ear net lol.
 
I sympathise MrsM, we've got one of those. We keep him mainly for comedy value (and that my TB is as much of a bl00dy idiot and needs a teddy bear with him at all times...
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). He's been threatened many times with being sent home (he's on loan) but always manages to absolve himself just in time!
 
Little ponies who would av em!

Rosie our sec A luckily is no escape artist but we did have one constantly running through anything, in the end we post and railed a small top paddock and put him in there that solved our problems. Dylan was a real cutie so no matter how many probs he caused we kept him anyway until my eldest lost interest and then we just kept Rose ready for my youngest.

I had another that would jump anything 14.2 irish and she caused me so much grief throughout summer and winter escaping and winding up the others I just had to sell her and I have not regretted it one bit.
 
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