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Post by Lynne on Feb 10, 2003 6:54:16 GMT -5
Maybe I should have named her somethig different. CalmandReliable, perhaps??
Anyway, for the last two mornings when I went out to feed she was nowhere to be seen. I knew she was off with the belgian herd next door. Ug. By the time I was throwing out hay though and whistling for the other horses, I'd see her come tearing up from the horizon, tail in air, until she got to our fence where she'd jump right back in for breakfast.
I'm gonna have to buy some serious posts and start with that section where she jumps and put in a new/taller fence. I need it to THAW!
In the meantime, Joe and I went out yesterday to try and rig it to keep her in until we can get new fence up. We straighted posts, banged in some t-posts with cappers, and hung two higher strands of wire. She came over to check it out while we were doing it and I'll be darned if she didn't look at that top strand, which came up to my chin, and then pop over it! We were still standing there tools in hand. What a smart alec!!
I did catch her and then we went for another ride. We even went downt he half mile drive to the rode to check the mail...Right by the belgians, over the creek. She was so sane. Odd.....
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Post by RavensMom on Feb 10, 2003 9:21:51 GMT -5
Awwwwwwww MAN!!! I wish Raven would express a desire to jump like that! Kidding, I know it's a pain. I knew a jumper years ago that NO fence would hold. They stopped trying after a while. Luckily he was on a large enough farm with enough to do and a quiet enough road that nothing ever happened to him. My old mare used to do that now and again too, but usually only if she was separated. Does she have companions with her? The worst one mine ever pulled was a stunt like that out of a rehab corral with a strained tendon. We ended up having to skip Harrisburg and Washington that year because of it. Talk about a bummer! Just as well, though, 'cause she always was a  at the indoors. If you get sick of it, I have a career in PA for her......  |
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Post by ZenRider on Feb 10, 2003 11:16:46 GMT -5
Of course nothing bothered her on your ride. She'd already been there without you. :horsie: ;D Hopefully she'll out grow it. Don't laugh, can happen. Friend of mine had a Thoroughbred they'd bred and when he was a year and a half old he took to jumping a fence that was around 6 feet high. But then he stopped on his own. The first time it happened was funny (only heard the story myself, cause I wasn't there when it happened) Apparently he jumped out while another boarder was there, I think she even tried to catch him for a while, gave up and went up to the owners house. Sat down casually at the owners kitchen table and told Diane that she's gonna need to build higher fences. Of Diane was like why? This boarder of course then said, Well, OK, you might want to catch your horse first.  :horsie: Wonder whatever happened to that horse. They told me someone had bought him to do dressage on, but don't know if that really happened. |
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Post by Vida on Feb 10, 2003 11:17:03 GMT -5
Does she jump electric too? Usually once the horse knows the fence has a zap, they won't jump it but I have a feeling this won't bother your mare. Also, if the fence is solid - ie. the horse can't see the other side, they generally won't jump it. If she's just jumping at one particular spot, you could put up a sheet of plywood or something. But if she's jumping any old place, then don't bother. Are those belgiums gelded or do we see an arab/belgium cross in your future!
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Post by Lynne on Feb 10, 2003 11:24:31 GMT -5
Hee hee! You guys have me laughing at what was frustrating me yesterday ! She's what? Eight now? nine? She started the jumping a year or so ago and would do it within our property just to get from pasture to pasture. Just lately she's takent to visiting the neighbors! I know it might not be the best practice but I keep her turned out (on all 26 acres) with the six geldings. She does not want for company. Or, I guess she does ! The belgians are all mares and there are a couple elderly "other" mares out there too. So no pregnancy to worry about. But it is the same neighbor that was trying to get us to pay 5000 dollars for a new fence. OUCH! Now he might have really just cause  She knows an electric fence. She'll sniff it, back up, run back and then FLYYYYYYYY over or charge through depending. I can see me having to privacy fence our 26 acres! Joe would poop. Well, he does that anyway. It'd just be more rectangular and abrasive! |
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Post by ZenRider on Feb 10, 2003 11:35:10 GMT -5
Does he want it to be solid oak with gold nails? |
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Post by RavensMom on Feb 10, 2003 11:37:14 GMT -5
C'mon now, everybody knows a good fence requires PLATINUM nails.
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Post by niaru on Feb 10, 2003 11:40:59 GMT -5
Vida might be on the right track with her plywood to make the other side "invisible"... but I have my doubts...what a funny mare she must be!!! Have you tried jumping her (while RIDING I mean?!)  |
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Post by Lynne on Feb 10, 2003 12:09:09 GMT -5
you'ins are cracking me up. The fence the neighbor wants to install (remember that is state law in MOST states....that wehave to pay half) would be posts and wire mesh cattle fencing. It just stinks that our property is tear shaped so the area has more fence line  Niaru,I havne't tried jumping her yet! Are you kdding?! She came to me unbroke at seven years old. We did a year or so of ground work and I have really just started riding her in the last year and even that has been inconsecutive/inconsistent! I can see you and her paired - the jumping duo! But , alas, she is a SHORT, low-bellyhanging arab with an attitude. I often wonder if I am just way too boring for her....I think she would have really dug the mountain riding I did before I moved to to the land of noone and nowhere..... How are you doing Niaru? Still thinking about ya  |
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Post by Linda on Feb 10, 2003 14:48:58 GMT -5
You might try getting a pack of surveyors grade stakes, the 3-4 foot ones. Screw or nail them onto the sides of your posts so they stick up there another several feet. Then tack baling twine to the tops of the stakes (maybe attach the baling twine before you hook the stakes to the posts). Then tie flagging to the twine. Use lots of flagging and tear it long enough so it drapes for a couple of feet. It will look like an impressive barrier. It is inexpensive and if she does hit it and knock it down, she won't get hurt.
It sounds like you have a serious jumper on your hands--regardless of her breeding.
As an alternative, you could perhaps "teach" her to stay inside the fence. I have done that with dogs as well as with our horses. If they get out, they get tied up (or penned up). When they stay in, they get to be loose. I don't know how well it would work in your situation, but it might be a thought. On the other hand, maybe you don't have a real problem and any "solution" might be more work and expense than it is worth.
Linda
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:horsie: Wonder whatever happened to that horse. They told me someone had bought him to do dressage on, but don't know if that really happened.
