Liveries...Why do they interfere?? *RANT*

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Evening all (happy halloween :) )

Ok so im having a bit of a rant, need your ideas and advice how to cope with it!

I opened my yard in April this year. Im a laid back, flexible chatty YO but still have rules so the yard runs as smoothly as possible.

I make time to chat with everyone, and i also do a 6 month yard letter to see if anyone has any concerns, to make sure everyone is happy.

One of my liveries (who is really nice, doesnt normally interfere and who is a novice, had her own horse just about 3 months now, doesnt know much, but always asks for advice) has just started to interfere with what i do with one of my boys!

My old man (32yr old, arthritic and needs to keep out, moving) is in his own paddock throughout the day, and we put him in the menage overnight (as we dont have much winter turnout to leave him in the field)

So he has a hay net at one side of the school, another net at the other side, and lickits dotted about, to try and keep him moving.

(evertime he goes in the stable, he rests his left hind leg, then it stiffens up, and his fetlock wont bend so he cant put hardly any weight on it, and looks like a cripple!)



So yea, my livery has now started to say

'oh he looks really miserable in there, you should bring him in to stable where its warm and dry...ill buy him lickits!'
and
'what are going to do when it gets really wet, and snowy? You'll have to bring him in then'


He may look a bit miserable, as he's in there on his own, but he has got a nice thick rug on to keep him warm, bandages to keep his legs warm, and all supplements under sun to help his situation.
My vet has even said to keep him out 24/7 365 days a year


I really want to say to her in the nicest possibly way, to back off, but i cant bring my self to do it!

What would you do??
 
Just tell her in a nice way what the vet has advises, I am a livery with 3 at a yard, and I respect my YO and her families knowledge (20 years plus) I think she is just concerned and she has heard a few stories about old equines and winter, and she does not realise that keeping moving and being out rugged up is best for some horses. She needs a bit of education!!! Good luck
 
"Thanks for your advice and I know you're trying to be helpful but remember please this is my Yard and what I say goes." Then walk away before she opens her mouth to respond.
 
As you say she is very new to this so just explain to her what you said in your post "He may look a bit miserable, as he's in there on his own, but he has got a nice thick rug on to keep him warm, bandages to keep his legs warm, and all supplements under sun to help his situation. My vet has even said to keep him out 24/7 365 days a year."

There's alot to take on when you get into the horse world.
 
Say thanks to her for caring about him but you know him well, have taken advice from your vet, have tried different management types and have found the one which suits him best.

After that, if she backs off, great, if she still keeps pestering, tell her to eff off and mind her own business. ;)
 
Surely if she is a novice owner, it is ignorance rather than an 'I know better than you' attitude.

Try and tell her nicely that you know best :).
 
Agree with others above about showing how warm he is ung, explain that it is under rug, also explain it's vet's advice. A classic novice mistake is to compare horses to humans. Just because you wouldn't want to wander round a menage all night in the winte doesn't mean that a horse would be worried. I know mine would prefer to be kept like yours, unfortunately he can't, but when retired he will hopefully.
 
I don't think she is interfering, I think that because she is a novice she is just concerned. It just needs explaining to her that arthritic horses are better to be kept moving and that you are doing it on veterinary advice. Mine is also elderly and arthritic but I can't keep mine out at night due to the yard I'm on, so I have to put stable bandages on his back legs, which are fantastic, but if staying out were an option, then I would do that.....
 
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