Abusive staff? Livery yard.

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stroppymare20

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So I keep my pony at a pretty high standard livery yard with about 30 liveries in their care. There's this one women (staff) who while I was standing there, told another girl to go into another liveries stable and 'beat' the horse for kicking the door. She did. I didn't know if this was a regular thing, but I was worried about my pony as she is a door kicker. The next week, I was on my way to my ponies stable and I noticed a larger horse that she had never seen before was tied up outside her stable while they mucked the it out. They sniffed noses and my pony squealed and kicked out. I stood still as I noticed the same girl go into my headshy horses stable and chase her around, slapping her hard on the flank/stomach. I was really shaken, so I went upto the girl who hadnt noticed I was there and frowned. She finished with a few swear words and then told me to control and teach my horse some manners. I go in, and I thought my pony was headshy before. She cowered in the corner and wouldn't let me come near her for 5 mins. I have told the YO but no obvious action has been taken, and I don't know if he's even spoken to her. I feel I should take this further as it was done to two
P.s I know it's bad manners for my horse to kick, but to be fair a strange horse was very much invading her personal space :-3
 
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I would move yards, that is totally unacceptable and if someone had done that in my presence to one of mine all hell would actually break loose!
 
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I think I'd have been looking for a new yard the same day, and given the girl a what for! Your horse is a mare, and certainly isn't the first mare to squeal and kick out at another horse, it's natural behavour surely??
 
You are paying the yard to look after your horse they aren't doing it as a favour. Demand that the stable girl is spoken to and given a reprimand.
If no action is taken I would deal the girl myself and it wouldn't be pretty
I would be looking for a new yard.
 
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Agree with Sam, you should have taken the said groom apart and then had words with the YO, people seem to forget they are paying for a service and then back off when they find things aren't what they like.
 
I know, I don't know how people think that it's acceptable to beat OTHER people's horses. It's not even ok to beat their own and it's not like she even did that much wrong, nor did the other!
 
If she had done that to my horse she would be in hospital right now!!!!! Think you need to move ASAP . Good luck .
 
Think I would of given the girl the same treatment as she just gave my horse. How dare she!!!

I think I would move too, even if YO does 'have a word', your never gonna feel your horse is safe there
 
If anyone did that to my horse and then was rude to me they would get the full force of my eloquence and at the end of that I would not have been the one upset .
Leave , tell everyone why .
 
Not such high standards then really!
One of the first things I was taught was not to let horses touch over stable doors.
i don't understand why your horse is sill there, mine wouldn't be!

I would certainly make sure that YO (and every-one else) knew why.
 
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You have a duty of care towards your pony which includes protecting her from abusive humans. You need to leave sadly. Even if you complain or take the girl on and speak to her directly you'll never know what's happening when you're not there.
 
I'm appalled that you saw this girl go into your stable, knew what she was doing and didn't get in her face and shove her forcibly out of the box!

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