In a bit of a difficult situation...

Could you put a tie to the stable door and pallet beside the door in front of your stable. I know you explained your et up but I can't picture it :o
 
She can't control her horses weeing anymore than you can....
On a yard I would always put my stuff where anything wet (e.g water buckets/hosing) couldn't get at it.. why is there no drainage to stop wet getting into storage areas?
 
YO needs to get involved. That's what Shes there for. She sounds useless and feeble though. Stables are for horses not dogs so she can't use that as an excuse to not use the stable. If nothing comes of your complaints I'm afraid you'll have to get a plastic box to store rug etc in and put your hay on top. I realise your not always going to be there but when the wee is present wash it away with a bucket of water-aiming it with such force that it washes the wee inside her stable for the dogs to sit in, perhaps soaking her stuff too ;-) as wee can be very smelly so really does need to be washed away. If your horse feels the need to wee outside her stable let him-of course she won't mind as she understands that hers needs to do this!
She'll learn.
 
Could the YO find somewhere else for your stuff? Not really fair, but stops the problem as clearly this woman isn't going to help you by dealing with the issue, doesn't sound like the YO wants any confrontations either
 
SusieT said:
She can't control her horses weeing anymore than you can....
On a yard I would always put my stuff where anything wet (e.g water buckets/hosing) couldn't get at it.. why is there no drainage to stop wet getting into storage areas?
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Yes, I understand where you are coming from BUT, she LETS her horse wee all over my things and stands there whilst she wees over my things watching. It is not too much to ask to collect it in a bucket and poor it down drain or put her in stable for 10 seconds.

There is drainage but when its like niagra falls it goes EVERYWHERE, doesnt just trickle down the drain...
 
Maybe ask to swap stables? If not, try catching the wee in the bucket yourself (one of her buckets) and putting the bucket either in front of her stable or on top of her stuff. I don't think she'll be that impressed with the smell tbh, and she might have a bit of a shout and be mardy but it may work?
I understand that her horse weaves in the stable but if it ties up well and she ties it up anyway, can't she tie it up inside the stable and keep the dogs in the car untill horse has done its stuff in the stable or maybe tie dogs in front of stable?
She is being ridiculous, if this was a one off occurance then i guess she can't predict when horse will wee, but if this happens every time the horse comes in, then surely she should know by now that her horse wees when it comes in so she can do something about it! I really don't understand what goes through some peoples heads and why she thinks this is acceptable :confused:
 
Ditto the pallets, also make a kinda wall so it stays in her area and then get a bucket of water and slough it off back in her direction...........
 
rachaelstar said:
kinda wall....going to buy bricks and cement tomorrow :D
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put her bales of straw/hay/shavings as a wall between your stuff and wee? see how she likes her stuff being covered in wee? or if she takes off horses rug, put that in the way :D don't think she'll be too impressed with that :D
 
totally unacceptable. We don't like anything peeing on the yard at all. one of ours likes to pee when he gets back from a hack & is tied up being untacked - owner simply keeps a keen eye on him & quickly puts him in his stable is he looks like he's going to pee.
If he catches her out, she will use a couple of buckets & wash it away.
It must splash the mares legs, & if the owner won't wash it away, it must stink.

I really think your YM must intervene. Without getting confrontational I would request she either speaks to owner and tells her to stop horse peeing on concrete yard by using her stable, or moves you to another stable.
 
Try and be there when the horse is tied up near your stable, have a bucket handy and catch it yourself then pour it all over her hay and rugs, or politely ask her where she would like you to put it, if it happens again give her a bill for the rug cleaning and for the hay.
 
apart from what others have suggested what about putting a kind of wall of shavings around your stable so that at least when the horse wees it will get soaked up quick before it spreads to your things?
 
I feel for you, I can't stand people like that woman! They won't ever accept they are in the wrong.

The YO sounds like she needs a kick up the bum too! I think she should be speaking to this lady, at least now anyway the way she has spoken to you and told you to leave! Total over reaction! Do you think this woman has a grudge against you from something before? Not just the wheelbarrow incident. Or maybe she's just someone who takes a dislike to people and gets a thrill from upsetting them.

I'm very stubborn and perhaps slightly childish but I'd be doing things to piss her off if she isn't willing to change. Though I wouldn't advise that, you don't want to be getting in trouble with the YO lol.

Hopefully she will get her act together and realise how awkward she is being.
 
riding_high said:
apart from what others have suggested what about putting a kind of wall of shavings around your stable so that at least when the horse wees it will get soaked up quick before it spreads to your things?
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She shouldn't have to pay for shavings to soak up this woman's horses pee though - unless you use her shavings?

Personally I would be ready with a wheelbarrow or bucket to catch the pee, then either tip it in her stable for her to clear up or leave it lying in front of her stable door. It's HER responsibility and you must make sure the YO takes action. You pay a lot of money to keep your horse there, why should you have to suffer? It's not just a silly wee problem, it's bang out of order.
 
I would too...

OP - I cant add anything to the ideas the others have come up with, just wanted to re-iterate that you are completely in the right and this other woman is CLEARLY in the wrong.
 
Oh how horrible! I'd tell the yo and ask that she speaks to the lady, it happening once isn't nice but for it to keep happening isn't on. In the meantime id tell her straight that it is not on and that her reaction wasn't acceptable either and for every time she continues to do leave her horse tied up outside her stable that you will help her out by opening a bale of her shavings/ straw and sprinkling over the yard to soak up the wee. And then do it. May stop her and make her realise!
 
I'm wondering how the wee wets your rugs and hay. Surely, the hay is stored off the ground on a pallet and the rugs are hanging up ?

If you store your stuff correctly, it won't get wet, just as those with outside stables need to protect things from rain and snow.

I agree the horse wee on the concrete is unacceptable if not hosed off, but if the woman doesn't do it, then why not do it yourself ? Yes, it is one of life's irritations but its hardly worth too much upset.

I seem to be fated to always be stabled next to a messy livery, one that clips her horse and leaves hair over my rugs and on the unswept floor, or leaves poo/hoof clippings etc outside my stable. It takes me only a minute or two to sort out and for the sake of peace and harmony, its not a problem.
 
To me it sounds as though the whole set up is a problem. I looked at a yard with this set up and rejected it because storing things in an ill-defined area opposite the stable, and tying up the horses in it too just seemed like trouble waiting to happen.

Having said that, I'd be mortified if my horse weed all over someone else's stuff and would be offering to pay for cleaning/replacement. I can't believe someone thinks it's ok to allow her horse to do it regularly!

It sounds to me as though you need to speak to YO, tell her how unreasonable this person has been and that you will have to leave if she won't do anything. Then she either will or won't sort it. If she doesn't, I'd be leaving.

I can't believe some people...
 
start chucking undiluted jeyes fluid around outside the stable after the horse has left its left its puddle of wee behind citing 'hygiene'

hopefully the smell from that will make her eyes water so much she might actually have a bucket ready and waiting next time
 
lula said:
hopefully the smell from that will make her eyes water
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If it makes your eyes water think what it will do to the horses eyes and nasal membranes when stood in all night..............:(

Used to have the **** opposite me do this, whenever her hose poo'd outside her/my stable. Asked her several times to dilute it as mine was in (hers was out 24/7 most of the time).
 
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Ammonia from wee isn't great for horses to be breathing in, either ;)

I think you need to be very firm with your YO now and insist they get involved. Telling you to sort it out initially is fine and what I would do, but in this case nothing has been resolved and so she does need to mediate. Even if it didn't run/splaah over your stuff, horse piss left to dry on concrete stinks, especially mare's wee. As others have said it's not like she couldn't foresee it happening, it is a regular occurance. You shouldn't have to lose a slice from every bale to something so preventable. It is directly costing you financially :(
 
horserider said:
I'm wondering how the wee wets your rugs and hay. Surely, the hay is stored off the ground on a pallet and the rugs are hanging up ?

If you store your stuff correctly, it won't get wet, just as those with outside stables need to protect things from rain and snow.

I agree the horse wee on the concrete is unacceptable if not hosed off, but if the woman doesn't do it, then why not do it yourself ? Yes, it is one of life's irritations but its hardly worth too much upset.

I seem to be fated to always be stabled next to a messy livery, one that clips her horse and leaves hair over my rugs and on the unswept floor, or leaves poo/hoof clippings etc outside my stable. It takes me only a minute or two to sort out and for the sake of peace and harmony, its not a problem.
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The hay is on like a low metal pallet type thing, but still gets wee on. My rugs are hanging up outside my stable on rope in a line and horse faces bum towards rugs and wees....?

She tends to just sweep the wee everywhere. Do you really think I have enough time to clean up other peoples mess?! Im lucky if I get to spend an hour with my own horse let alone clean up after other peoples.
 
I am sorry but I would take all the things the woman's horse weed over to YO & ask if this was acceptable as the woman watches & knows her horse is doing this. It is up to the YO to sort it as after all you are paying for a service & clearly this is unacceptable. Seems like YO is avoiding asking her as she knows it will be awkward. Hopefully YO can just explain to her that it is not acceptable.
 
The yard owner has replied to my text and said she would speak to her, not sure how well this will go down now.... :rolleyes:

If it was a one off I wouldnt be bothered but its atleast 4 times a week, I have no where else to store my stuff - no idea why I have 28 rugs for one horse! and my washing machine sees more of my horses rugs than my own clothes! :D
 
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