Is it right to keep horses without adequate facilities?

CBFan said:
What happens if you take on a horse / pony, not knowing it is prone to such conditions... who's responsible for providing 'adequate facilities' then (i.e whenthe horse develops lami at a later date? Owner ultimately I know, but surely the y/o has some sort of responsibility too? after all it could be said that it was their 'INadequate facilities' that contributed to the development of the condition...

Just saying!!
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I completely understand your point. However, the yard owner can only provide what they can. They cannot pull individually tailored facilities out of thin air. Therefore it's the owners responsibility really as they are always free to move to a different, more suitable yard.
 
I'm not suggesting they individually tailor... but I would suggest that many yard owners review the management of their grazing... simply reducing how much they fertilise pasture can make a big difference as to how well a horse can cope with turnout.. I think there are much fewer horses these days that need 'feeding up' than thinning down....and to say that yards that don't have long lush grass won't be popular is an understatement... the only yard I know around here with long lush grass is the only yard I know with several vacancies and that is because the horses have to stay in 20 out of 24 hours in winter where as others have unlimited (within reason) turnout....
 
Really livery is no different to a shop you buy what you want .
I dislike horses in very little work or no work being kept in small fields and people calling this natural as its turn out , 24/7 in a small paddock in boring and bad for a horse.
Its less bad if you are working them as you can compensate for the lack of movement with hard work.
I really hate Youngstock on DIY yards where turnout is severely restricted in winter it's not good to have no turnout if you are working your horse but it's completely unacceptable to have Youngstock in these situations i was amazed when I found people keeping two YO's on yards like this it's madness.
Young horses need big spaces to move around in not postage stamp paddocks .
I would say its unacceptable to keep unbroken horses this way but it's a more grey area with horses in work , while I am lucky in that I own my own place and manage the horses as I choose I know it's less easy for most people .
It is not acceptable IMO that horses are stabled 24/7 without at least exercise or exercise and turnout unless the horse is on box rest , I have heard this referred to as a duvet day wtf horses don't need duvet days it's wrapping up leaving them in for our convience.
Two winters ago we have nearly four feet of snow for six weeks it made things very difficult we managed to get them an hour of movement a day it was not really acceptable but it was the best we could do we had no choice.
Sometimes you just have to make the best of it.
 
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