sophiebailey
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I feel like I need to share what's happened to me this evening and seek reassurance from people that have experienced the same 
this may drag on, so go for a wee now if you need one!!
Back story;
Got Bailey in March and had him at a small yard 15 mins from home. Left that yard in august as there was not a great deal of grass and nowhere to ride other than hacking.
Moved to the yard i'm at now (owned by a mum & daughter) with better grazing, and a riding paddock and someone to hack out with. Bailey dropped alot of weight during the move and seemed down for a while but has now picked up.
Bailey cannot be turned out with the herd as they chase him off and fight with him so he's in a sectioned off area of the field with his little girlfriend mare.
One of her horses (a big 17.2 ID type) will run straight through our electric fencing and all the horses will run together and chaos ensues usually once a week. Whenever this happens, Bailey gets the blame for the fencing and if any of the horses are injured in the resulting fight.
Bailey is 21 years old, has never touched a strand of fencing and will only kick out if he's being threatened. (He did once attack a smaller pony that was in his field as his girlfriend mare was in season and he was defending her - this is the only time i've ever seen him instigate a fight he usually runs away) When we watch the 17.2 ID trash the fencing everytime I fail to see how the blame is given to Bailey.
Another horse (who has a box foot) has gone lame in tonights kerfuffle as when the horses got in together they all galloped around like loons. This has been blamed on Bailey and we've been told they'll never be able to sell him because he's lame.
My 50 year old mum has been effed and blinded at by the yard owner and told that "we're nothing but trouble" and have caused them grief since we arrived. Bailey gets the blame for everything that goes wrong and every injury yet i'm 99.9% certain he has not done it.
Bailey has been bitten and kicked by their horses resulting in swellings and crescent shaped hoof scars and yet when that happens i'm told its "our horses teaching yours its place" but if Bailey strikes out for their horses he's put in the "isolation paddock" and made to stand out on his own
So tonight we made the decision to move back to the original yard this weekend. Have I made the right decision is all i keep thinking as it's going to unsettle him leaving his girlfriend and going from 12hr turnout 12hr stabling to 24/7 turnout.
However he will be going back to a familiar yard and in with his friend Timmy the other 21year old welsh gelding.
Please reassure me I'm doing the right thing as i'm devastated to be moving him AGAIN within a year and worried about the impact this is going to have on his health
So so sad
*sorry for the moan, really need to get it off my chest*
this may drag on, so go for a wee now if you need one!!Back story;
Got Bailey in March and had him at a small yard 15 mins from home. Left that yard in august as there was not a great deal of grass and nowhere to ride other than hacking.
Moved to the yard i'm at now (owned by a mum & daughter) with better grazing, and a riding paddock and someone to hack out with. Bailey dropped alot of weight during the move and seemed down for a while but has now picked up.
Bailey cannot be turned out with the herd as they chase him off and fight with him so he's in a sectioned off area of the field with his little girlfriend mare.
One of her horses (a big 17.2 ID type) will run straight through our electric fencing and all the horses will run together and chaos ensues usually once a week. Whenever this happens, Bailey gets the blame for the fencing and if any of the horses are injured in the resulting fight.
Bailey is 21 years old, has never touched a strand of fencing and will only kick out if he's being threatened. (He did once attack a smaller pony that was in his field as his girlfriend mare was in season and he was defending her - this is the only time i've ever seen him instigate a fight he usually runs away) When we watch the 17.2 ID trash the fencing everytime I fail to see how the blame is given to Bailey.
Another horse (who has a box foot) has gone lame in tonights kerfuffle as when the horses got in together they all galloped around like loons. This has been blamed on Bailey and we've been told they'll never be able to sell him because he's lame.
My 50 year old mum has been effed and blinded at by the yard owner and told that "we're nothing but trouble" and have caused them grief since we arrived. Bailey gets the blame for everything that goes wrong and every injury yet i'm 99.9% certain he has not done it.
Bailey has been bitten and kicked by their horses resulting in swellings and crescent shaped hoof scars and yet when that happens i'm told its "our horses teaching yours its place" but if Bailey strikes out for their horses he's put in the "isolation paddock" and made to stand out on his own
So tonight we made the decision to move back to the original yard this weekend. Have I made the right decision is all i keep thinking as it's going to unsettle him leaving his girlfriend and going from 12hr turnout 12hr stabling to 24/7 turnout.
However he will be going back to a familiar yard and in with his friend Timmy the other 21year old welsh gelding.
Please reassure me I'm doing the right thing as i'm devastated to be moving him AGAIN within a year and worried about the impact this is going to have on his health
So so sad
*sorry for the moan, really need to get it off my chest
*
