Hi I need advice on livery in exchange for help

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Well the title says it. I have 2 young horses to back, hubby still working and after past accidents years gone bye. I've finally grown up and realised I need someone to give me a hand. I have 2 spare stables and would be happy to supple hay,bedding and short feed + grazing for help with the 2 youngtsers and some mucking out and maybe me having a day off (no cancel that). What would I have to think about as a contract and I must admit I don't really get on with people, it's not that I don't like them sort of, just not into fashion (I'm 60+) but never have been, but can talk about horses till the cows come home.So what do you think should I ask for????:):):)
 
This is a tricky one because today there is so much danger of litigation and the potential for someone to get injured while helping break these babies that I would much rather rent the stables as a regular DIY contract and use the money to pay for a professional to come in and do the backing work. You could maybe make the DIY cheaper by saying, "you need to muck out my stables too".
 
I think you need to have a chat with a legal beagle who's got experience with equine matters to be honest, coz on the face of it it looks a bit like you might even be classed as an "employer" if you're asking people to help back horses and work on the yard, so you'd need to be very careful in this ridiculously litigatious age we're in. Alternatively you might find the local equestrian college might be able to let you have some students on work experience, where they'd take care of all that sort of stuff ...... might be worth a try? Just a thought.
 
oooh, I'm in Bedfordshire, and would also hapily talk horses all day and nothing else haha.

Like others have said, this sort of deal may attract the wrong people, so be careful. In the past when I have needed help exercising mine, I have in the end, paid freelance riders which keeps everything simple, it was to safeguard myself mainly, as my horses have all had their quirks. Freelance riders will have their own insurance, and if you are not happy with what's going on, it's not going to end in tears when you don't ask them back.

Having someone move their horses to your yard, and then you find that you dont want them handling the babies might become a real headache and wont be so simple to get rid of them.
 
Thanks Misinterpred and I'm begining to agree with the posts above, as I've had a couple of friends livery their ponies with me in the past when they needed help and have been glad to see the back of them, not because I didn't get on with them, just that they never stuck to the rules and took advantage, that's why I thought a contract, but have now gone off the idea.
 
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