Yearlings new trick….. jumping over post and rail…..

[ElvisandTilly]

How can I prevent this becoming a habit before he gets larger!?

When he arrived 3 weeks ago he was in a post and railed section of the field to introduce him to my other horse, who was trying to kill him over the fence! 24 hours later he’d jumped over the 4’ post and rail to get in with my other horse! He is 13.2hh currently And clean over the fence!

I had opened this sectioned off part of the field to eat off for a week and closed the gates last night. He has decided today to jump back in! Taking part of the fence rail with him!

Any useful ideas on stopping him jumping the fence? I’m worried if I put electric tape across and he jumps and gets tangled in it he could injur himself quite badly. Looking for something safe to prevent him jumping and hopefully nipping this habit in the bud! Thank you!

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

Pop some leccy fencing infront of the post and rail and let him zap himself. Usually deters them from doing it

 

[Barton Bounty]

What cheeky c says! Few zaps and he wont do it again ?

 

[maya2008]

We raised the height using electric - ours didn’t try again. She was about 9hh at the time, so I wish you luck!!

 

[ElvisandTilly]

Thanks everyone! His nickname of little weed is soon becoming little twerp! I will have to buy some electric fencing and an energiser as I don’t currently own one. Will buy longer poles that are higher than the fence too.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Thanks everyone! His nickname of little weed is soon becoming little twerp! I will have to buy some electric fencing and an energiser as I don’t currently own one. Will buy longer poles that are higher than the fence too.

Can you attach the plastic fence poles onto the wooden ones with cable ties , just to give it a wee bit of height and put the tape at the top? ?

 

[maya2008]

Can you attach the plastic fence poles onto the wooden ones with cable ties , just to give it a wee bit of height and put the tape at the top? ?

That is essentially what we did, and it worked. My advice would be to raise it as high as you can, as then he won’t try again.

 

[ElvisandTilly]

What a good idea! I’ll get some cable-ties too. Did you also have it electrified too?

 

[Barton Bounty]

What a good idea! I’ll get some cable-ties too. Did you also have it electrified too?

Yeah, just run the tape through the electric fence posts saves any drilling etc this is what your looking to do, maybe just one line. Attach each plastic pole onto the wooden post with a cable tie and make it as tall as you need. You may not need it for long so could use a car battery? Or an energiser

 

[foxy1]

He will probably stop doing it when he is in the same field as a companion. One of my yearlings jumped a hedge when he had been bought in for a vaccination, and then got loose- he never did it again.

 

[vhf]

My (then...) yearling only knew electric fencing when I got her so my hedges and banks simply didn't register as boundaries, she assumed she was free to go wherever there was no electric fence! She actually broke a tree and fell down a bank once, was very cat-like in her response - got up quickly and pretended it never happened - but more elephant in the execution. I have (mostly) re-educated her now; took a couple of years, but still rely on electric in various places. My old girl used to stand by the presumed 'not really a fence' and give me 'see what she did now' looks...

 

[ElvisandTilly]

He will probably stop doing it when he is in the same field as a companion. One of my yearlings jumped a hedge when he had been bought in for a vaccination, and then got loose- he never did it again.

He is in with my other horse now but jumped back into the small post and rail field he originally was in for introductions to be on his own! Lol! I’m putting electric fencing around in the hope he doesn’t make it a habit!

 

[ElvisandTilly]

My (then...) yearling only knew electric fencing when I got her so my hedges and banks simply didn't register as boundaries, she assumed she was free to go wherever there was no electric fence! She actually broke a tree and fell down a bank once, was very cat-like in her response - got up quickly and pretended it never happened - but more elephant in the execution. I have (mostly) re-educated her now; took a couple of years, but still rely on electric in various places. My old girl used to stand by the presumed 'not really a fence' and give me 'see what she did now' looks...

oh my your filly certainly likes to try your nerves! Lol! Luckily no serious injuries! I think this is what I am facing with my lad as he was in a field sectioned into smaller fields with electric fencing so he thinks anything else is just for jumping! . My other horse will not go through where a fence etc used to be even if it’s not there! He still thinks it is!

 

[SantaVera]

Brilliant, you have a jumping pony, when he's older you can win every competition and sell him for a fortune.

 

[ElvisandTilly]

Brilliant, you have a jumping pony, when he's older you can win every competition and sell him for a fortune.

Haha! Jumping is certainly not for me ……. He can go on his own…. Oh yeah ….he’s already doing that!