Contracts for DIY Livery

[ladyaga]

Hi everyone
Does anyone know where I can find a contract for my incoming livery owners please. Have any of you had to sign anything on taking your horse to a yard. We are taking in the first 3 horses next week, and need to cover ourselves, if you see what I mean. thank you

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

BHS have some on their site. I have never signed anything to be on a livery yard.

 

[twobearsarthur]

http://www.bhs.org.uk/~/media/BHS/F...ry Yard Agreement Guidelines and Example.ashx

This will be a good starting point.
I've been on 9 livery yards and had contracts on 7 (the other two were friends yards)

 

[sjb10]

Yes, we do, our YO has a very detailed one. Good for clarity on all occasions

 

[Slightlyconfused]

One of the things in ours is that if we can't pay livery than the yard owner can sell horse to recoup costs

 

[lottiepony]

I think it's important to have detailed contracts for livery. It covers both you and the owner if problems arise. Things to def include - that you can call vet,farrier etc if you deem it necessary if owner can't be contacted but they will pay costs, yard opening hours and sounds silly but if it's DIY detail poo picking requirements - this can cause loads of problems lol

 

[HaffiesRock]

******* have one. I used this as the base for the one I drew up.

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

BHS site is a good starting point, you can then customise it to how you want it for your particular circumstances.

Don't forget the "euthanisia clause", i.e. that if the horse needs PTS/emergency arises then you as YO have the right to call the vet (at owners expense) and that the attending vet has the right to decide PTS without the owner being present if they cannot be contacted despite repeated efforts and/or if the emergency needs urgent PTS. Awful, but very necessary IMO. Luckily we've never had to use that here.

Don't repeat Don't ever have anyone on your yard without signing a contract. At the very least it will give you a basis if there is a problem later on.

Include stuff like how many times a day they see their horse, clearly detailing that it IS DIY and that you will NOT be offering ANY livery services (unless you are of course) as to some people "DIY" means "everybody else Do It!".

Be absolutely clear also about stuff like parking, dogs/children, times of access, tidyness of the yard, feed storage. Most importantly state that if the horse isn't kept to a satisfactory standard you will give immediate notice.

 

[OWLIE185]

Whichever contract you choose and possible adapt to your own requirements - best advise is to get a specialist equine solicitor to check it out so as to check that the clauses are valid. No point in having a contract if it can not be enforced

 

[LiveryList]

There is a very extensive sample livery agreement/ contract on the ******* website, the BHS one is the basis but the ******* one goes into much more detail. Here is a direct link, there are other useful templates on there as well that would suit anyone looking to set up a livery yard...
http://www.*******.co.uk/?p=information

 

[B&J]

I signed a BHS one, gave both myself and yard owner peace of mind to know where we stood

 

[ladyaga]

thank you, I will have a look at it.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I will pm you mine