Do you have any 'warning' notices on your stable door?

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I have a 'this horse might bite' sign as Her Majesty will occasionally take a chunk out of passing horses and has been known to bite people also. Other people in the block have 'do not feed this pony any tit-bits' and 'Don't use my tools'.
I know some people think its rude to put signs like this on your door but I'd rather be honest than have them come complaining that my horse bit them.
 
I used to have signs saying do not hand feed or touch etc but now not on a yard dont need signs have some on field gates saying please dont feed ponies but thats about it.
 
With my old grumpy cob I used to have a sign up saying 'warning this horse may bite,' you'd think his ears pinned back and teeth bared would be enough to reinforce this message but still some people would ignore it and then complain to me when he bit them!
 
I have one asking people NOT to feed him unless I have asked. After too many annoying episodes where I have left his wagon haynet outside his stable ready for the next morning and some dozy bloody do gooder has put it in his stable, despite the fact he has a haybar full of haylage and a full bed. Cue time wasted refilling haynet, picking haylage out of his bed and swearing! And don't get me started on the time they didn't shut his door properly and I got to the yard to find him marauding round the farm ;)
 
When stabled at a riding school I did as he used to nip a bit and it was the riding school parents and siblings who would get bitten and complain!

Now I mark her rugs to warn thieves that she's freezemarked and microchipped!
 
I used to coz shes a stroppy cow inside the stable and will go for any horse nearby. Now it's only my two on the top yard and YO knows what she's like I don't bother. At my old yard even tho I had a sign up people still tied their horses outside her stable so it didn't do much good but at least I could say they were well warned
 
The only warning signs i have on stables and yard are.

farmkey signs stating that the horses are freezemarked

CCTV cameras in operation signs

Microchips signs stating that they are also chipped .
 
I have a farmkey notice on the tackroom door, and also a plain PRIVATE notice on the front of the stable block. Apparently, if you do not display a 'private' notice, if a passerby was to get injured in your yard, you would be liable. This information was given to us from the police when we had some local schoolgirls who took a liking to visiting our yard when we were not there. They were caught leading one of our ponies around on a piece of bailer twine!!!
 
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ISOLATION.
Absolutely NO CONTACT with this horse please.

Chalked all over the door, AND posted on tackroom door in case anyone missed the door, AND verbally informed.

People STILL visited with the bloody thing which is why I have a barn full of snotty horses.:mad:

Otherwise I chalk names on doors, saves me having to tell people, they are only going to ask anyway :)
 
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"The horses in these fields are both microchipped and freezemarked"
We also have one on Stigs field gate saying "The small black pony WILL attempt to kill your dog should it stray into our field" No nasty suprises for anyone that way.
 
I;'ve got one on the field gate "we like the odd apple/carrot but you feed us at your own risk" Echo and Archie - as there are a few people who like to give them treat when they see them (they have asked)so this way thought covering myself
 
lhotse said:
They were caught leading one of our ponies around on a piece of bailer twine!!!
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Years ago some young idiot went into our pasture and managed to clamber on one of our horses - who promptly took off and dumped him.

His parents had the nerve to complain to US! The kid was 15 - it's not like he wasn't old enough to know better. :rolleyes:
 
Our horses summer field backs onto houses. Kiss of death. There are no signs up as we'd have to flier each house so I did ask one young woman feeding mine not to. Feeding my horse an XXX Strong Mint she said "I only feed the ones I know, don't I Monac?" and ruffling his forelock and shaking her stupid peroxide blonde extentions at me and sticking out her chest in a show of defience. "Apparently you don't, does she Harry?" I reply, leading my horse away. "That's Monac!" she calls after me. Harry is a pure black TB with legs like cocktail sticks and not one white mark anywhere on his person, Monac is a blacky/brown Hanovarian x Shire with four white feet and legs like tree trunks.

Now obviously, I don't expect her to be able to tell the difference, but if you're going to argue with me cos you obviously got it wrong, don't fluffing feed it you stupid bint!!!!
 
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