Abandoned horses - a question for YO's

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As Yard Owners what would you do if a livery abandoned their horse and owed you a lot of money, consistantly failed to turn up, to feed, care for or poo pick their field.
What are the courses of action as my YO is at her wits end with one livery who does exactly this and seems to be living in another world and fails to answer texts or messages sent.
She manged to speak to the owner once who promised faithfully to arrive but didn't - no suprise there then!
What would you do????
 
do they know where they live?

Turn up with a letter saying they can sling their hook....

or box up horse...drive to house....and park outside tooting the horn
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Sure your not at my yard!!We have much the same situation!!!
Don't know how it would work nowadays but yrs ago someone I know had pony on loan owner wouldn't take it back as she said it was for yr.
Recorded delivery letter was sent detailing that if they did not make arrangements to get pony by certain date ILPH would be contacted to get pony.The ILPH had been spoken to and it was them that advised that pony could be classed as abandoned if owner refused to contact or take pony back.
It never came to that owner took pony back.
 
Sop far Ive been lucky with all of my liveries.If it were to happen, I havent got a clue what Id do.All of mine are OAPs and apart from sentimental value are worthless. I suppose I could threaten to send them to the slaughter house but no one would take me seriously
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. Its a situation I wouldnt like to be in
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Write to owner via last known address and via 'family member' saying they have 21 days to pay all monies owed and that this is their formal notice to collect horses from you within that time. State that if the monies are not paid in full and horses removed from your premises you will commence action via the small claims tribunal (£128 to file the claim) to recoup your monetary losses and you will file an Abandonment Notice under the Abandonment Act 1960.

You will need to put up an Abandonment Notice for a minimum of 14 days. This will notify passers-by that the equine(s) has/have been abandoned and give the owner a reasonable period of time to come forward. The notice will state that if no owner is found, the animal may be legally rehomed or sold. It is good practice to issue another 7 day notice if no owner comes forward within the initial two week period.

Fill in the details appropriately, protect the notice from the elements (eg. wrap it in a clear plastic bag) and display it prominently at the gate to the field or yard where the equine has been found. It is not necessary to keep the equine where it was found, or for it to be kept where you display the notice. It can also be useful to put up a card in local tack shops, supermarket and post office or put a notice in the local Free Ads.
Keep copies of all notices that you put up and notes of where you put them and for how long. If no owner comes forward after the horse has been rehomed, you will need to prove that you followed all procedures correctly and made a significant effort to find the owner of the horse. If you can do this, your actions will be protected by the law.

Here is notice.

http://www.redwings.org.uk/documents/AbandonmentNoticeWeb.pdf

Hope it helps you, there is no easy answer to this one..
 
I have a yard and have been in this situation. She owed me a lot of money and resorted to leaving her horse out and not coming up. I gave her a week to get out, she eventually paid but it was like drawing blood!

The only thing you can do it get rid! Their financial or other troubles are not your concern....
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