skyeliana
Active Member
Over summer I moved my horse to a yard just up the road from my University!
At first it seemed like a really nice quiet yard, but as it turns out, moving there was the worst mistake I've ever made.
Firstly, despite it being a DIY yard, the owner insisted on EVERYTHING being done her way as she knew best! From what my horse got fed, to controlling when I was allowed to use the school, even though it was never busy.
After a few weeks, my horse got turned out with one of the liveries 5 year olds who turned out to be a bit of a bully to mine. I told the yard owner I was concerned but she advised me that he was very good natured and they were just sorting out the pecking order of the field, obviously!
A month later, I got a phone call one day telling me that my horse had been kicked in the field by one of the horses he was in with (the 5 year old). The owner of the yard had then called out the vet without my consent. At first it just seemed as though he had a cut on his gaskin on his right hind so the vet stitched it up and left it.
The next morning his whole leg had swelled to twice the size and he was refusing to put any weight on it. I called the vet straight out and he decided to x-ray, but nothing was clear due to the excessive swelling. the vet reccomended i put him on bute and boxrest until the swelling went down, and after that he would re x-ray! When he finally came back, mroe x-rays were taken and it turned out that he had actually sustained a hairline fracture to his fibula.
After 4 months and minimum a minimum of a £1500 vets bill, my horse should be able to start being brought back into work. He now has a permenant bone malfuction causing and obvious lump thanks to the fracture and since he is an event horse, I am extremely concerned about him passing his vettings when we compete!
I'm not sure what to do about this incident as it has potentially cost me more than just a vet's bill! Any advice??
At first it seemed like a really nice quiet yard, but as it turns out, moving there was the worst mistake I've ever made.
Firstly, despite it being a DIY yard, the owner insisted on EVERYTHING being done her way as she knew best! From what my horse got fed, to controlling when I was allowed to use the school, even though it was never busy.
After a few weeks, my horse got turned out with one of the liveries 5 year olds who turned out to be a bit of a bully to mine. I told the yard owner I was concerned but she advised me that he was very good natured and they were just sorting out the pecking order of the field, obviously!
A month later, I got a phone call one day telling me that my horse had been kicked in the field by one of the horses he was in with (the 5 year old). The owner of the yard had then called out the vet without my consent. At first it just seemed as though he had a cut on his gaskin on his right hind so the vet stitched it up and left it.
The next morning his whole leg had swelled to twice the size and he was refusing to put any weight on it. I called the vet straight out and he decided to x-ray, but nothing was clear due to the excessive swelling. the vet reccomended i put him on bute and boxrest until the swelling went down, and after that he would re x-ray! When he finally came back, mroe x-rays were taken and it turned out that he had actually sustained a hairline fracture to his fibula.
After 4 months and minimum a minimum of a £1500 vets bill, my horse should be able to start being brought back into work. He now has a permenant bone malfuction causing and obvious lump thanks to the fracture and since he is an event horse, I am extremely concerned about him passing his vettings when we compete!
I'm not sure what to do about this incident as it has potentially cost me more than just a vet's bill! Any advice??
