am i over-reacting? very cross!

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i keep my yearling colt on diy at a local livery yard since january when i got him. the only reason we moved there was because when we went to view the place we were told that he could be turned out with the geldings then a week befor he came i was told that she had changed her mind and he would have to be kept in a seperat paddock with a large paddock between him and any other horses! i was a bit p***ed off but had to lump it as i didnt realy have much of a chance to organise anything else... anyway, things have been fine, he adjusted to being on his own realy well but today i go up to see she had turned a load of horses out in the paddock next door without telling me!
not only that but as its not realy a paddock (its just a large sectioned off bit of my field) some one would have had to catch and handle my colt while the fencing in between was taken down, horses were being led through my field and then released next door!
i approached the YO and she just said "oh there my ponies and there in there eating grass so i can move some liverys in in a few weeks!". so not only are her horses gunna be being led through my field with my colt in it but a liverys horses will be in there soon too!
there all geldings but thats not the point! my pony hasnt seen another horse at close range since he moved there! what if he had jumped the fence? ran through the fence? got loose? all while i didnt have a clue what was happening!?!?!
also she has kids that loan these ponys that will be walking through the field with my pony in it to fill water. my pony isnt dangerous but he does bite and is a bit playfull if your in the field with him.

am i over reacting? i dont wanna make a scene but im realy pissed off! :mad:
 
Vent your concerns to your yard owner. If it's electric fencing then surely it can be moved about a bit so that people don't have to keep going through your field?
 
I too might be slightly cheesed, but as I see it whether you are angry or not, the situation probably won't change, therefore is there a way you can make a virtue of the whole thing.

Could you possible fence off a walkway for the kids & horses to walk through. It would actually be a great learning curve for your horse to have to get used to noisy kids and horses being moved!!! In fact a very good experience!!

Therefore, maybe if you approached YO in enthusiastic manner but asked for her help in managing it - maybe ask whether you can be there for the first few times it happens - or do a few practice runs before it happens?

Good luck
 
I think you are over-reacting... what is the problem?

are you cross because your colt is on his own or that people will be leading horses through his field? at my yard people regularly lead through a field with other horses on, they don't catch the other horses first...
 
No I don't think your overeacting, why on earth didn't this YO tell you what she intended to do for god sake!!! it appears to me that your told this that and the other when you go to view a yard, things that they think you want to hear, when you finally move to the yard it all changes!!! gets on my nerves!!!! Glad we are on our own little place now! it's like they take control of your horses situation and you have no control anymore and they don't even bother to consult you, gets right on my wick!!!!!
 
thanks for all your responses, think i was mainly annoyed as they all moved in when i wasnt there, if i was informed i would have been ok with it, i could have caught him ect
i moved to a diy yard as i wanted to be paying for my field and stable and not have to have him interfered with by other people.
but its good to see other peoples points of view, helping me rationalise (sp?) lol
 
Communication obviously doesn't seem to be one of the yard owner's strengths but, at the end of the day, it is her land, not yours. The set up does seem to be an accident waiting to happen though and you need to voice that concern before it does. Perhaps the situation might improve if you gelded you colt....only a suggestion.
 
hes booked in to be gelded on the 23rd of this month. i would have had him done befor now but neither testicals have droped yet. he has a scrotal hernia that isnt causing him any problems but vet thinks better take it off sooner rather than later so there just going to geld at the same time (no point going in to the vet surgery twice). otherwise i would be waiting untill his testicals had dropped.
 
I've been having colty problems too ! I would suggest to YO that your colt goes in the back field - I can't see liveries getting very far trying to get through your field, that sounds extreamly exciting for a colt that has had no other horse contact.

Will he be getting some company after the op ??

I've been worried enough about mine being turned out alone for 5 days !!!! They really need to be with others to learn how to be a horse, can you move his op forward ??
 
Ladylina83 said:
I've been having colty problems too ! I would suggest to YO that your colt goes in the back field - I can't see liveries getting very far trying to get through your field, that sounds extreamly exciting for a colt that has had no other horse contact.

Will he be getting some company after the op ??

I've been worried enough about mine being turned out alone for 5 days !!!! They really need to be with others to learn how to be a horse, can you move his op forward ??
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after his opp im hopeing to move back to my old yard where he will live out in a geldings field. unfortunatly his op cant move forward as hes going to be a special case for the vet students to watch.
im hopeing she will find another way for the horses to get in / out of field :(
 
What's wrong with a colt being out with the geldings?

YO shouldn't of changed her mind in the first place. Poor little man being kept on his own.

Having nuts doesn't make them a blooming leper :rolleyes:
 
I kept my colt on his own for about 9 months when I first had him, double electric fenced away from my 2 mares....I can't honestly say he appears to have suffered for the lack of immediate company....

As for his field arrangements, is the YO aware of your intention to leave as soon as he has had his op and recovered?? If so, I would say they owe you no loyalty really to bend over backwards to help you, or to risk injury with the other geldings (we all know how a new horse in a herd *can* cause problems), if you are only intending on him being there short term.
 
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