weesophz
Well-Known Member
quite a long one guys.
for a number of years now theres only been between 6 and 8 horses at our yard. all the horses got on perfectly well, each knew their place in the herd and there was rarely any fighting.
however a few months ago an old livery returned with a few friends. they do an awful lot of buying and selling and trading horses. the yard feels like a dealers yard now more than it does our cosy wee livery farm
that was fine when their horses were all in a separate field from ours before summer turnout. their horses were obviously used to this life style. in total there are about 18 new horses at our yard, but the numbers and horses generally change every few weeks, new horses being brought in every so often and others being taken away.
the old livery bought a new one for her daughter a few weeks ago, 12.2 welsh b, very riggy. she told me he had only been gelded 4 months ago, speaking to her close friend she said it was only 4 weeks!! there was also a whole load of hastle with worming, some people refusing to pay for a 5 day wormer to move on to our worming programme etc.
my boy has bonded with the same liveries new mare (posted a thread about it!) and they have become inseparable. however when i bring my boy in, the riggy one goes straight to this mare and continually tries to mount her. when i put my boy back out he chases him away and everythings seems fine.
theres another group that are very close and an older gelding charges you if you go near them, apparently this is only recent behaviour. theres a mare heavily in foal in a separate paddock whos always shouting to the others so the horses are running back and forward constantly. i generally feel uneasy when i go to the field to get my boy, i used to go down the field and sit and relax, now im convinced im going to find an injured horse every time i go in.
got a text from sharer yesterday saying fox had a gash on his side and some other cuts and theres one under his head that he wouldnt let her touch. im going up today to check it out but im getting seriously concerned something bad is going to happen to mine or one of the others. 3 of our original liveries have already moved theirs into paddocks, i cant afford to do this with fox as he needs the good grass.
bit of a pointless post. my point is i suppose how are these horses ever going to settle with newbies constantly coming in and changing the herd dynamics and rigs and pregnant mare running around everywhere feel like since my YO died the yard has went to utter crap
for a number of years now theres only been between 6 and 8 horses at our yard. all the horses got on perfectly well, each knew their place in the herd and there was rarely any fighting.
however a few months ago an old livery returned with a few friends. they do an awful lot of buying and selling and trading horses. the yard feels like a dealers yard now more than it does our cosy wee livery farm
that was fine when their horses were all in a separate field from ours before summer turnout. their horses were obviously used to this life style. in total there are about 18 new horses at our yard, but the numbers and horses generally change every few weeks, new horses being brought in every so often and others being taken away. the old livery bought a new one for her daughter a few weeks ago, 12.2 welsh b, very riggy. she told me he had only been gelded 4 months ago, speaking to her close friend she said it was only 4 weeks!! there was also a whole load of hastle with worming, some people refusing to pay for a 5 day wormer to move on to our worming programme etc.
my boy has bonded with the same liveries new mare (posted a thread about it!) and they have become inseparable. however when i bring my boy in, the riggy one goes straight to this mare and continually tries to mount her. when i put my boy back out he chases him away and everythings seems fine.
theres another group that are very close and an older gelding charges you if you go near them, apparently this is only recent behaviour. theres a mare heavily in foal in a separate paddock whos always shouting to the others so the horses are running back and forward constantly. i generally feel uneasy when i go to the field to get my boy, i used to go down the field and sit and relax, now im convinced im going to find an injured horse every time i go in.
got a text from sharer yesterday saying fox had a gash on his side and some other cuts and theres one under his head that he wouldnt let her touch. im going up today to check it out but im getting seriously concerned something bad is going to happen to mine or one of the others. 3 of our original liveries have already moved theirs into paddocks, i cant afford to do this with fox as he needs the good grass.
bit of a pointless post. my point is i suppose how are these horses ever going to settle with newbies constantly coming in and changing the herd dynamics and rigs and pregnant mare running around everywhere
feel like since my YO died the yard has went to utter crap 
Hope they can get something sorted. Would they consider hiring someone to run the livery side of things properly?
two birds, one stone n all that.