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Hi, we have just moved to a smaller property than our last and do not have a room for our live in groom any more. she has continued to help us, but starts a new live in position soon, so we need someone to help us with walking out dogs at lunchtime about 4 days per week and with general horse duties for our 6 boys in exchange for free livery. We are in RH5, just outside of Ockley, nr Dorking. We need about 8 hours work from someone each week in exchange for free use of our facilities. I'd happily do evening stables for your horse, or mornings, what evef would work out best. I just need someone to be able to be around to walk my dogs at lunch time and do some general horsey stuff for me when I am at work.... Any suggestions?
 
I think you would also need to pay someone for this in addition to free livery. And not sure about the 8 hours part as that would work out as 2 hours a day to walk dogs and do 6 horses ? What duties would you require them to do? Seems like a good oppertunity for someone with a lot of time and limited funds tho.
 
At a basic £10/hour you're asking someone for someone to pay £320 for their horse a month for Assisted DIY. Not sure in your area, but a wee bit expensive around here unless you have lots of facilities and we are certainly not cheap!

Also agree with time wise. Not long enough to do a good job imho.

I assume you're covered insurance wise? As if not you'd have to look into the legal aspect. Not sure how working in return for something works on liability either. ie, if a horse is ill under persons care, they injure themself while working for you etc etc.

Personally I'd just pay someone self employed to come up and do the jobs. Rent the stable space separately with public liability in place.
 
Thanks for your comments. DIY livery is hard to come by in this area, but if you can find it you tend to pay around £150 pcm, so roughly £35 a week. For assisted DIY, so say your horse was fed, rugged and turned out for you, and then included in late night checks, and hay net change, which is what I thought would be the best kind of thing to offer, that would generally cost around £5 extra a day, so an extra £35 a week on top, meaning a total weekly outlay of £70. Grooms in this area generally get between £6 and £8 per hour, so I figured that 8 hours work a week for what equates to £70 was fair???
I take your point about getting a livery separately to help, but I was trying to minimise people on the yard. Even though I've got 6 horses, I'd only want the person helping to bring in 1 or 2, and maybe hay the others, not completely care for all of them!
It's more about making sure the dogs get some company in the middle of the day than anything.
 
i would jump at the chance if you were local and i am sure someone near you will especially if they could bring their own dog.

for me something like this would mean i could keep my morning job and be where i keep my horse late morning early afternoon spend as long as i likw there with the dogs milling about, then out them away and you put everyone to bed-ideal
 
i think there would be some one interested - i do something similar - i help my YO 2 mornings a weeks (4hours each) and one whole day - in return for this i get my horses livery (grass livery) 2x lessons a week and a small pay - about £75pw
 
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