Has anyone moved yards soon after going there ?

Toffee_monster

Toffee_monster

Well-Known Member
Joined
17 May 2009
Messages
529
Location
Northamptonshire
Visit site
I am a bit worried and wanted to hear some general thoughts ?

I moved my pony Harry a month ago to a new yard due to the old one being too far away. There were a few choices and the one I liked had no space which was a shame but I carried on looking and in the end moved to a small scruffy farm that a friend of mine was on, I wasn't overly happy with the fencing but decided to give it a go as it was in a lovely quiet village, perfect for our driving

Well as it happens i have already had trouble with one person who blamed my horse for trashing some fencing when one day they all got in together ( my pony has never trashed a fence while ive had him but hey ho) but it turned out the electric fencing Is turned off daily for the use of radios and lights, hence the horses getting to know this and I'm not surprised this all happened but I got blamed. It peed me off to be honest and I wished I had never moved when it happened.

Things have improved since (but i have the doubt planted in my mind now) but my friend has just found a nice place just a few miles away, one that I wish I'd have found when I was first looking, small and quiet, very good fencing (my main worry is decent fencing), nice paddocks, a huge school (the one I have now is too small for driving in but I am paying for the use) and all in all seems just my type of place. They have a place for me !!!!!

Someone I know from a previous yard moved to where I am now to turn her youngster away and I help check her every other day as we share a field, I am a bit worried about telling them I am going but it's got to be right for me hey ????

Would you move so soon ? I have a good feeling about this new place and I never was 100% happy moving where I am now :(
 
If I were you I would have packed my bags already :) Sounds like you're not happy there and you have what promises to be a better all round option for you and your horse - go! If you don't and in six months time you still hate your yard they might not have a space any more, in which case you'll be back to square one.
 
Yes go.

I moved my boy from our livery where we had been 3 years to a private field in a different county when my husband moved jobs - for varoius reasons i hated it.

He was there just 5 days before i moved him to a local livery yard just this sunday - he is settling absolutely fine - im happier and so is he :)
 
If your not happy, move. I moved my pony to a yard n December, by the end of the first week I knew it wasn't for me. I started looking straight away and moved out after about three months.
You have to do what is best for you and your horse, as others have said, the space at the new yard might not be there if you wait too long!
 
Noo move! i moved my horses from the last place i worked to the only yard that had space for the two of them because i had just a week to find a yard and get them off that hell hole. And i hated it from day one, i didnt manage to get them off until 4 months later but id've taken them after a week if i could've
 
I would move too.

A few years ago I had to move yards as it was being sold. I found somewhere that I thought would suit me and my horse and moved. However within a very short space of time I realised that it wasn't going to work. In my case it was the yard owner who was the problem. A big problem!! she tried immediately to tell me how to look after my horse, how to tie a haynet, how to lock a gate, what not to do, when I could use the school etc etc. I stayed a month and moved on.

I hope you are able to find somewhere where you can enjoy your horse in peace. Good luck.
 
I left a yard after three days once - everything about it was wrong, I thought my mare was going to be out with another pony turned out she was going to be on her own after watching her turn herself inside out for 2 days I called it a day It was a very bad idea and still to this day I don't know why I thought it was a good idea! Ended up going back to the yard I left and staying there another eighteen months!

If your not happy move!
 
Move. I spent 10 days on a yard once. One I'd been on was sold & had a lovely private one lined up belonging to a lady I knew from local comps, until a pipe burst so it was beggars can't be choosers for a few weeks.
Yo had her stage 1 & had recently failed her 2, but said no outside instructors. Only a small patch of individual t/o & she did seem a wierdo but thought I could hack it for a month. To name a few things:
-caught her stealing bedding from my stable.
- kept offering stupid advice always beginning with 'when I did my stage 1'
- told me I had lowered the yards local reputation by hacking out with a load of teens from down the road & playing games like racing with jockey length stirrups.
- took the fuses home with her so no electric.
- removed the fence from one side of my grazing patch.
Finally flipped after a week when she followed me to the arena & started lecturing me on my riding. Told her exactly what I thought of her & her yard & she threatened to tie my pony to the gate with my stuff if it wasn't gone in an hour. I told her she'd spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. Rang the lady where I was meant to be going who said she'd find room, even if it meant putting her in the haybarn. Woman was a freak, the few liveries she had left a week or 2 after me & she sold up.
 
Yep!! Went to a livery yard as was closer to home, left my own rented yard for it (moment of sheer stupidity/madness) was there for 2 weeks and swiftly returned to my rented yard as luckily it hadn't gone yet despite being advertised, was very lucky and will NOT be moving again!

Left that livery yard for many reasons including being moaned at for restricting my horses grazing-he is a laminitic and this was all explained prior to moving there, being moaned at for him having a long mane and feathers (he is a cob!!!) and for using too much straw even though it was included in the livery price.

Definately move if you're not happy-life's too short to be miserable and horses are meant to be fun
 
Totally move! I think there are plenty of reasons why someone might not be happy on a yard and fencing is a perfectly valid one. As for your friend is there space on the other one for them too?
 
No, unfortunately no space for a youngster tonbe turned away but she was only turned out with Harry till end of April when she is being sent away to be broken in and sold. I feel a little guilty but it's got to be right for me and I would have have been in the same situation when she moves anyway

Well, we're moving tomorrow :) paid up till 31st so will be driving my boy over, I'm quite excited as its nice and close to the local riding club :)
 
I left one yard after a week.

I had been shown the tack room. When I arrived nowhere to put my things.
The stable was filthy, spent ages cleaning it out.
I was told to turn my boy out in a paddock and then told off for not worming him first.
Next day in a different paddock with another horse, I wasn't even there or consulted.
On top of that had lost a shoe so didn't know if in his stable or paddock. Spent ages looking for it, never found. No one was given permission to turn him out, on DIY livery.
All the other people on the yard either ignored me or treated me like something on the bottom of their shoe.
No yard rules explained to me. Never felt so uncomfortable anywhere in my life before or since. Every day different rules and never knew where I stood.
Since found out YO complete control freak and no one stayed very long.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top