We have a new horse on the yard who is a fence jumper. The YO was advised of this before they moved in.
This horse is irritating me slightly because it keeps jumping into the paddock I am currently resting (we have allocated grazing) because according to it's owner 'you have more grass than we do' - but they have another paddock they aren't using........... anyway, that annoys, but yesterday this horse jumped into my paddock, out from there onto the 'walkway' down the hedgeline linking all the paddocks, and then out over the metal gateway onto the concrete apron - leaving only one gate to the road.
I have two concerns really -one is personal, when I put my horses back into the paddock next to this horse (I share with one other, we have four horses settled as a herd) - if it jumps into our field and causes injury either directly to our horses, or by setting two of our geldings to fighting (she's a mare) who is liable for all the vet fees?
The second is what if it gets onto the road and causes an accident?
The YO is saying 'it's not our problem', 'we can't put up 6ft fencing.'
The owner is saying 'we told you it's a jumper, it's up to you to provide fencing that keeps her in'.
The rest of us are anxious that she will jump in with our established herds (we have two sets of four currently grazing elsewhere) or get out totally.......
The meant this morning we had a conversation about liability on the yard and I wondered if any problem caused falls to the YO - for not ensuring high enough fencing, or the owner, for not addressing their horses fence jumping habit.
Incidentally, anyone know how to cure it? I will end up with a paddock with no grass at all at the end of the summer if this horse continues to graze mine instead of her own!
This horse is irritating me slightly because it keeps jumping into the paddock I am currently resting (we have allocated grazing) because according to it's owner 'you have more grass than we do' - but they have another paddock they aren't using........... anyway, that annoys, but yesterday this horse jumped into my paddock, out from there onto the 'walkway' down the hedgeline linking all the paddocks, and then out over the metal gateway onto the concrete apron - leaving only one gate to the road.
I have two concerns really -one is personal, when I put my horses back into the paddock next to this horse (I share with one other, we have four horses settled as a herd) - if it jumps into our field and causes injury either directly to our horses, or by setting two of our geldings to fighting (she's a mare) who is liable for all the vet fees?
The second is what if it gets onto the road and causes an accident?
The YO is saying 'it's not our problem', 'we can't put up 6ft fencing.'
The owner is saying 'we told you it's a jumper, it's up to you to provide fencing that keeps her in'.
The rest of us are anxious that she will jump in with our established herds (we have two sets of four currently grazing elsewhere) or get out totally.......
The meant this morning we had a conversation about liability on the yard and I wondered if any problem caused falls to the YO - for not ensuring high enough fencing, or the owner, for not addressing their horses fence jumping habit.
Incidentally, anyone know how to cure it? I will end up with a paddock with no grass at all at the end of the summer if this horse continues to graze mine instead of her own!
