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We have recently moved our three horses ( 1x 16.2 TB aged 16; 1x 17.2 WBxTB aged 14; 1x 15.1 Arab aged 9) to a new yard. The arab and the WBxTB have been together for about 6 years. We got the TB last October. Their previous stables were grilled from 4ft upwards so they could see each other. The...

Thanks Dressage_Babe for another gem. I spoke to my friend and, as Frank Carson used to say, there's more!! It seems that before the incident there were 15 horses at two yards operated by the same YO and separated by the fields. The owner of the other three horse which shared this same field...

I take the point but where is she supposed to move the horse to? Regarding moving there in the first place - the field which she was shown is about 25 acres with little mud and excellent grazing. On 3½ sides is post and rail fencing so all looked well. Even the steel rail fencing looked okay...

Thanks Owlie185. This is really good advice and a very useful link. I will pass it on as soon as possible.

First regarding electric fencing. Not everyone has the knowledge to put fencing up correctly. Not only are there human fatalities each year from incorrect application, I have lost count of the number of times I've seen animals break through it or seen tape blowing in the wind or wrapped around...

Sadley, she is not in an area with a plethora of livery yards so in this case she was a bit stuck and had decided to sell the horse. To compound her bad luck, she actually had someone coming to view the horse the following day (they were supposed to come on Monday then rescheduled for...

Hi and thanks for the advice to date., The yard is a DIY livery - although she asked about rules and a contract the owner said they ran it on an informal basis. The groundsmen have also voiced concern that the fencing was is need of replacement. She bought her horse in August 2007 and moved...

A friend of mine has just had her horse put down - 4 weeks after moving to a particular livery yard. The fencing between paddocks is in a very poor state and keeps falling down. On a previous occassion the horses from an adjacent paddock broke through the fencing and attacked and kicked my...