How many of us help with each others horses???

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I was just reading the thread about our routines etc and quite a few people said they turn out others etc and just got me thinking...
For example, every other tuesday I have to work late so my friend brings my pony in , I go up before work and prepare stable and hay etc.
She went away for the weekend last week so I looked after her 2 horses and mine (all 3 share field) for the weekend.
Then this week I have trapped a nerve in my back so she has looked after her yesterday when I really couldnt get up as was so painful.
Its just nice to know that if I need help shes there, and also that if she ever needs me to do anything Im there to help her :)
How many of us help each other out like this? And would we cope without our good friends?
Id have to train mum up to help I guess, although last time she came to the yard she fell in the muck heap so bit more practise needed I think :) :)
 
I do quite a bit. Friend at yard is one of my best friends and also my boss. Most lunchtimes i bring her boy in and at the weekends we do one morning each so we both have one lie in a week. Given that i have three an d she has one this works out reasonably. Also if either of us has to work late or away we sort out what ever needs doing. Its nice to know there is someone trustworthy on hand
 
I share a yard with a friend and we help each other out on a daily basis - as there is just the two of us on the yard it works perfectly and our horses also get on well. The yard is run in a very organised way and it runs like clockwork. Also helps that she is an extremely good instructress so helps me with my youngster.
 
Yep. I swap duties with one of the girls at the yard on a regular basis but there are tonnes of people I could call on for help too that I would gladly help out. I like my yard :)
 
Most of us on our yard help each other out. As an example, a friend turns Markie out on weekday mornings as she has his field buddy and they stable next to each other. I turn out at the weekend. Either myself, or another friend, brings her in the evenings during the week, she does evenings at weekends. One lady gets to the yard at 5am (by choice, she's retired!) and feeds everybody that's in. During the summer, she goes away a lot and we all look after her ponies.
My hubby is convinced that people take the widdle if you help out. I have tried to assure him that it doesn't take long to work out who isn't pulling their weight in terms of 'paying back' favours.
 
I work at a private yard and we have one livery. She is on full in the week and then DIY at weekends, but suffers migraines, so I always help out. I get the YO's neds done first then do hers.
 
I share my yard with two friends and we help each other out al the time. The horses are out together 24/7 as a herd, so we take it in turns to go up and check/poo pick when we are working, and ride together when we're not. Works great for us! :D
 
There are three at my best friends field, the big lad is hers and I share him and the others are a mutual friends.

We split the work between us during the week but arrange appoints for when we're all around and also get together at weekends. Works really well, all of the horses live out so they're checked twice a day, fed and poo picked xx
 
Not on a daily basis, more a case of as and when.

A friend of mine horse sat (20 or so of them) for me when I went away in return I have her colt at my place to wean and halter break.
 
I rent stables and field with a friend and it works very well. we do horses for each other if either of us goes away, if one of us is ill etc. SHe lives next door so in the snow she did them both. I bring hers in if she works a late shift etc. I can also turn out or bring in at lunchtime as I work nearby.
I find it a lot easier than being at a livery yard, because we can coordinate with each other.
 
I bring Miss Chao's boyo in every night she babysits my daughter for me whenever I fancy a night out in the week with my BF - bargain
 
I am happy to help out fellow liveries, I'll even tip their wheelbarrows if they forget their wellies! I love helping people and love the help I get on the yard, makes it all worth while :)
 
Everyone at the farm will help anyone that needs it, from a weekend away or holliday or sickness, but nothing is done on a regular basis but you never have to worry if you ever can not make it someone will always sort your horse out. We all keep an eye on all the horses when we are there so if there ever is a problem,we all look out for each other, and we have an unwritten rule that you never leave one horse out in the field on their own. Its really nice to know that everyone pulls together to get the job done. :)
 
We all help each other out. Whoever is there first in the afternoon usually brings them all in, and I occasionally turn out for people in the morning....I like helping out - I don't see the yard as "work" or a "chore". I enjoy being there and being with the horses. It's my stress relief.
 
I always help my friend with her daughters horse for farrier and vets visits if daughter is at school, horse can be a nobber and friend has a bad back, she'll look after mine when i go on holiday:D I help her daughter with the youngster as well as she wants him used to being handled by different people. it's nice to have that kind of arrangement, comforting to know that someone is available in times of need.:)
 
Yup! Me and a girl on the yard are helping each other out this winter - I turn hers out every morning and if I have time I'll also poo-pick her stable. In return on an evening she will bring mine in and put to bed - at the moment it's just Genie but soon she will be doing Titchy as well so I will make the effort to poo pick her stable even more. We both feel it's a really good arrangement as I don't finish work until 8/8.30pm, and she's in the medical profession so on call some nights. On those nights basically whoever gets to the yard first does the horses and lets the other one know!
 
Sister and I share our yard and the horses, so there is always one of us available to do the girls, if we are both away (unusual but it can happen) we have a couple of good friends we can call on and they will give us a shout if they need help.
 
Yep...I Love the yard I'm on as everyone helps each other out. We get morning turnout during the week in with the livery price anyway so that's not a worry, no-one leaves any horse out alone either and if ever anyone can't make it to the yard everyone is always on hand to see to their horse(s). If anyone runs out of hay/haylage/feed/bedding/first aid supplies there's always someone to borrow from until you can get more in and because we have a riding club onsite, we all muck in to get the yard, arenas and fields prepared for the event.....Couldn't ask for a more lovely yard :-)
 
we help each other too, 3 of us share bringing in duties which works quite well. Also if crisis strikes everyone mucks in. I had spinal surgery a couple of years ago and everyone looked after my 2. I am one of the few with a 4wd so the past couple of really snowy winters I have sorted other peoples horses when they couldn't get to the yard.
All works well at our place.
 
One of the liveries who me and my sister are good friends with helps us out when we need it and us her. We usually bring her horse in/check him if he's in, on a thursday and when she's away. We also did him for her when she broke her arm. It works really well as we both know that if we're really stuck the other will help. It's not on a daily basis though, we just help each other as and when we need to :)
 
I share the yard with one other person, we both have two fields each and two horses each. When one or th eother can't make it to the field we txt each other and help out.

I know that when I go away to shows she will bring in/turn out/feed for me and I will do the same for her.

It's great especially as for the past 6 years I've grazed alone and have had no-one to fill in for me if away or sick. It also means that if anything should happen to either of us we won't go more than 24hrs without someone being there and finding our injured bodies! I have 17hh 3yr old with exhuberent tendencies!
 
I am with two friends at a small private yard so we all help each other with the three horses. Two of us work and my other friend travels alot with her husbands work so we all take it in turns to sort the horses. It works really well and we would all struggle without each others help :0)
 
There is only me and one other on yard. I have one and she has one and her daughters elderly pony. We help each other out, bring in/turn out etc. Look after when we go away x
 
I don't at all, unless someone really needs it ie ill...

I've been there and done it with a friend and it just turned sour. Now I just keep to myself and spend all my time with my own.

If I'm ever stuck I've got family or I'll pay for the help but he lives out so it's fairly easy :)
 
Yep, me and a friend on the yard do alternate mornings in the week (and ocassionally evenings - although most of the time we both go on an evening), and then alternate mornings and afternoons at the weekend. If she goes away I look after her horse and she does the same for me
 
I turn out Shiny-ISH's horse every weekday morning and muck her out tues and thurs as she is going GCSE's so only comes up 3 nights a week.

On the nights she's up or at weekends she gets one of mine in with hers to save me a second trip to the field, and she helps loads at shows when I have both mine there, they're too clingy to leave one tied to lorry while I jump the other!!

One of the girls up there often helps me bring in when I am by myself as 4 means taking 2 trips, but she never needs my help, though I do offer. I did fetch her some hay this spring when no where had any and I heard of some for sale, and I always check if they need anything piicking up when I go to the feed shop, or if they need hay when I order as I have it delivered from the same chap. I don't liek getting help when I never get chance to help in return though!!

I'm on a small livery yard and we all help each other out when needed, tend to fall into pairs generally and I try not to ask as I have too many, me asking once is like one of the others asking 2 or even 3 times!
 
I am a sharer (although his lovely owner lets me treat him as if he's my own) and his owner has two others at the yard. She does mornings for me as I can't get down before work and if she can't make it up at night I turn hers out/bring them in. During the winter on a weekend I do the mornings and she does the evenings. Saves us both petrol and time which is good by me! I'm friends with another girl at the yard too so if either of us can't get up we lend a hand. It is good to know that if anything happens and I can't get there someone else can keep an eye on him for me.
 
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