Scotch II

Speaking of Scotch, escape artist premier, I guess we're not done with his story yet.

He is one smart pony, and likes to figure things out. He also doesn't like to be behind fences. So, because we are in the process of changing our fences from pre-existing barb wire to electric, our horses are mostly behind electric tape or electro braid. And Scotch doesn't care about those kinds of fences, so lately, he's been going in and out at will of the pasture where we were holding him until Monday.

We decided to put him and two other geldings together behind the two strand, fully powered, electro braid fence that is strung on large poles that are at least five feet in the ground. In other words, fence that's not going anywhere and fence he can't get out of.

Or so we thought. I was watering the horses this evening when I noticed that Majestic and Turbo, his pasture mates were looking down toward the mares. But I couldn't see Scotch anywhere. So I looked down toward the mares and sure enough, there he was contentedly grazing.

He not only got through that double stranded fence, he got through the fence of the pasture surrounding the paddock, and he got through the fence holding the mares, which is on the other side of the arena. He didn't break a single strand either. I went and checked.

It's like Willa says, he's just like a cute two year old. You want to slap him, but you really can't so I guess we'll just have to laugh.

But I don't see us removing the barb wire fences along the ranch borders anytime soon, or he could decide to start visiting our neighbors.