How adaptable are you to change?

[not_with_it]

Do you like it or do you find it hard?

We have some fab liveries on our yard and everyone is settled. There is a group of us who will sit around with a cuppa and have a good chinwag and the rest just come, do their horses and then go. There is no bitching and everyone gets on.
Last winter there were only 4 horses in the stable block where I am(8 stables). It was nice and quiet and we were allowed to do pretty much what we wanted. One of the owners bought her own field and left a few weeks ago.

Last week we got a new livery but she is round the back and so it doesnt really affect us. This week the YO has managed to fill all the spare stables for winter. Another is coming tomorrow and another sometime soon if her horse passes the vetting.

I have realised that I dont like change and dont like the thought of so many people coming onto what is usually a very quiet yard. Once they are here I will be fine but I think its the thought of them getting in my way and sharing all the facilities that I am used to having to myself. Just little things like not being able to tie my horses where I usually tie them because someone might be there, or them using the corals when I want to use them. I know, it sounds so selfish.

Like I said I will be fine once I get into the swing of things but the though of it unsettles me.

So, how do you take to new liveries on your yard? Afterall were all newbies at one point.

 

[BobbyMondeo]

Im quite lucky at my yard that most of the people are just happy hackers so the school is usually free. But sometimes i gets busy up there and i cant tie my horse up...more so since new liveries came...3 of them that all like to hack at the same time! And there is really only room for 4 horses to be tied up so me and a friend are there at the same time we cant tie up. Was fine before they came lol

Im generally ok with change but 2 liveries have just left so im worried about new liveries coming in and taking up space in the feed/hay store and on the yard...annoying.

 

[branmash]

Hi I used to find that stables/livery yards never stayed the same even with the same people on them, as the seasons changed so did the atmosphere etc of the yard. When you have your tea and chin wags invite them to join you as they are probably feeling as nervous as their horses/ponies are

 

[ladyearl]

I'm totally fine and think it's nice to meet new people and get their take oin things. Ours is a very social yard and the tea and cakes at the end of the day are for everyone, no matter how long they've been around.

People move on and new people come along. Generally speaking you won't be amazing friends with everyone but I've made some really good mates at the yard. Not to mention the person who owns my lovely horse!!

We don't have specific places for tie up etc and there's got to be a bit of give and take over the school. But I'm a "lifes too short" person. Can usually find something to attach my horse to and enjoy hacking as much as schooling so can leave school to another night if it's too busy.

 

[Kellys Heroes]

Hi...when I moved onto this yard with my 1st p/l pony, I knew everyone.
Now I know a handful of people!!
We have around 60 liveries on our yard, and only very occasionally I have to wait for the school - through the week day I've never had to wait yet!
We do have individual tie up points for each horse where I have Kelly so I don't have that problem....
I just tend to talk to the people I know, there are the odd new liveries who make an effort to talk to us which is fine and there are those who just get on with it, which is also fine.
You'll adjust no problem it may just take some time good luck!!

 

[LeneHorse]

I don't like change much either. I have my own little routines - for example I always tie my horse up in the courtyard to tack up as she's a bit funny to handle in her stable. It p*sses me off if someone else ties theirs up in 'my' place even though they have as much right to be there! I hate it at first when new liveries come in case they disrupt my routines, but usually they turn out to be quite nice and we all adapt to each other.

 

[not_with_it]

Bobby Mondeo Im so glad its not just me. There is hardstanding along all of the 8 stables. The stables are in an L shape and my 2 are at the bottom of the L so out of the way from the rest. Its hard to explain but my 2 open straight into the yard, the others are down a corridor. All the tie rings are too close together and so I will be putting my own up between my 2 stables for my use only.
I like a nice tidy area and hate people leaving a mess outside my stable.
We dont have much storage either but I have got the space first.

branmash we always welcome people for a chat and a cuppa, so long as they pay into the tea and toilet roll fund Im well aware that they may be scared of coming to join in when we all sit down, we seem scary but were not really.

 

[proctor]

I dont mind change so much. At my yard there are loads of things going on all the time, plus we have 22 horses and only 14 stables so we all have to juggle about and help eachother out. Not an ideal set up in alot of peoples minds but we're all happy with it. We find it brings us all closer together as we are really tight knitted and get on really well....luckily!!!!!

 

[baymareb]

I was the new person just a little over a year ago so I clearly remember what it felt like coming into a new place where everyone already knew each other and had set routines. It was a little bit intimidating, especially as I hadn't had a horse for over 10 years so felt a bit rusty anyway.

There were a handful of people who made me feel very welcome and I have to say no one made me feel UNwelcome so I settled in quickly and now feel quite at home. But I do make a point to welcome new people, clue them in to the rules or routines and try to make them feel at home.

 

[maletto]

I've been at my current yard for 2 1/2 years. When I got there, I was obviously a newbie and kept myself to myself and mainly spent time with the YO, if anyone. Having said that, there were only 2 other liveries!

Now I'm the one that's been there the longest!! There are 6-8 other liveries, all of whom I get on with. Again, they are mostly happy hackers so it really suits me fine as it means there are more people I can hack out with but equally there's hardly ever anyone else on the school.

I like new arrivals, although I am slightly cautious at first as it's currently SO un-bitchy, I wouldn't want anyone to upset the status quo!

 

[not_with_it]

I don't like change much either. I have my own little routines - for example I always tie my horse up in the courtyard to tack up as she's a bit funny to handle in her stable. It p*sses me off if someone else ties theirs up in 'my' place even though they have as much right to be there! I hate it at first when new liveries come in case they disrupt my routines, but usually they turn out to be quite nice and we all adapt to each other.

TBH me and another livery have done a fair bit to improve the yard. We have put our own tie rings up, mounting blocks and jumps in the school, and other bits and bobs. It may sound selfish but we did it to improve it for our horses, not for everyone to use as they please. I certainly dont mind people using my stuff so long as they tidy up afterwards but at the same time I did it for me and not them. Afterall I paid for it all.