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I have been having a bit of trouble with a couple of my liveries, partly my fault for not being clear enough with rules. Anyway, I have taken lots of advice from the HHO's and set out my list of yard information and spoke to both liveries about what was expected.

One of the things I said was that horses in their stables must be checked twice a day. Obviously I didn't manage to put this basically enough or maybe I didn't go into enough detail perhaps but yesterday the mother of one of the liveries arrived at 11.30am to see the stabled pony they have, looked over the door and said loudly, 'yes, you've got 4 legs so you're fine' turned round and left the yard and drove off!

Is it just me or was that called making a point!!!!

I give up ....................... :o:D:eek::rolleyes:
 
I can usually see the humour in most situations, but if this happened to me - I'd e straight on the phone suggesting they could respect my rules, and look after their animal properly - or get lost.
Who fed/watered the pony?
 
Auslander said:
I can usually see the humour in most situations, but if this happened to me - I'd e straight on the phone suggesting they could respect my rules, and look after their animal properly - or get lost.
Who fed/watered the pony?
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I had given it breakfast because that is part of the yard routine anyway and it had lots of hay. Luckily for them we have automatic drinkers. I don't really see the humour exactly but I'm at the point where I am either going to laugh or cry.

They are getting their notice on the 1st December, the mother is very arrogant and nothing I say makes any difference. She is one of those people who thinks she knows everything about horses but when I suggested they give their horse more than 3 pieces of straw at night as not only was it cold but he would get capped hocks her response was 'what are capped hocks?'. Says it all really.
 
This sort of thing happens in many DIY yards, owners do not understand the basics, and even if they do, they don't care.
Best thing is to make it clear that horses when stabled are to be mucked out, twice a day, watered and hayed by 10.00 am etc etc. Otherwise you will do it and add it to their bill.
Make a list of charges eg £3.00 if not arranged, £2.00 if arranged, this assumes you can do it. It depends on how you want things run, it is your business, you must make it easy to run.
Rules have to clear and you should make it clear that welfare is essential.
One yard I was at provided a bale of shavings to every horse every week, this can be self financing if you are buying in pallets of bedding, but of course then you need a locked store!
 
amymay said:
So animal not turned out or mucked out. Why wait till the 1st?
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They pay on the 1st of the month so giving them a months notice. I think they will probably be gone before them because the pony is for sale and hopefully for its own sake will sell soon. They have now turned it out 24/7 which is a relief, at least it isn't stuck in a stable for hours on end and I go out and give it hay when I'm doing my youngsters. Probably stupid but I'd rather the pony was fed.
 
MrsD123 said:
This sort of thing happens in many DIY yards, owners do not understand the basics, and even if they do, they don't care.
Best thing is to make it clear that horses when stabled are to be mucked out, twice a day, watered and hayed by 10.00 am etc etc. Otherwise you will do it and add it to their bill.
Make a list of charges eg £3.00 if not arranged, £2.00 if arranged, this assumes you can do it. It depends on how you want things run, it is your business, you must make it easy to run.
Rules have to clear and you should make it clear that welfare is essential.
One yard I was at provided a bale of shavings to every horse every week, this can be self financing if you are buying in pallets of bedding, but of course then you need a locked store!
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The next livery I get I am armed to be much tougher when they come to look round and am going to make the rules much clearer. Some of this is my fault for assuming that people would look after horses the way I do.
 
I'd give them a months notice from today, unless your contract specifically says notice given on the 1st of the month.
1 months notice can be given any time otherwise.
At least then the xmas holidays will be easier without them on the yard!

Give them the cost of what they need to pay on 1st dec, but make it clear notice is given today, so 1 calendar month from now :)
 
The Fuzzy Furry said:
I'd give them a months notice from today, unless your contract specifically says notice given on the 1st of the month.
1 months notice can be given any time otherwise.
At least then the xmas holidays will be easier without them on the yard!

Give them the cost of what they need to pay on 1st dec, but make it clear notice is given today, so 1 calendar month from now :)
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I thought I had to give them notice from the 1st because they paid to the first, didn't realise I could do it whenever. Cool, I will write them a letter tonight then.

I won't miss them, that is for sure.
 
I admire your style. Probably better to laugh than raise your blood pressure !

I think psychological profiling and horse care questionnaires for new liveries is the way to go.
 
horserider said:
I admire your style. Probably better to laugh than raise your blood pressure !

I think psychological profiling and horse care questionnaires for new liveries is the way to go.
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That's what I thought. I can't help the poor pony much other than to give him hay in the field, hopefully he will find a nice new home, and getting cross isn't going help me either so I am just living with it until they go!

I just thought when she did that, I can't win, no point trying to fight this one!
 
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