HayleyUK
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My yard owners are a total nightmare!
Apologies for this, but OH just says "tell her to get lost" and goes back to what he's doing.. lol.. its long
Yard is run by 2 sisters. Parents bought them the land & barns & they converted them. They're not *horsey* although like to think they know what they are talking about & times and are generally not very hands on.
Yard is pure DIY; no assistance whatsoever unless YO-J is down 1st thing in which case she chucks feeds/nets over.
This was a temporary measure until I found somewhere more suitable for us; needed to move pony asap as owners wanted a very quick turnaround on her sale and the yard she was kept at prior to the sale was too far for me to travel to.
When I moved on; I was told there was all year turn out, unless weather was VERY bad. This hasn't turned out to be true; if fields are slightly wet/weather is damp we're told to stay in. At times the YO's say no turn out, then change thier mind 2 hours later but say they must come in if raining. They don't seem to realise people don't have the time to be driving back & forth on their say so and just expect you to do it.. when you raise this YO-J gets arsey, defensive and walks away. Fantastic!
When I moved on; I was told they *preferred* you to use their 'hay' which is baled as hayledge and is very damp. Its sort of between 'proper' stuff & dry hay. I said proper stuff sent pony nuts & I'd have to see how she went. They agreed and said they'd reassess if it didnt work out for her.
It didnt. She went nuts on it.
I raised this & they denied ever saying I could use hay, whined about places to store it & made excuses. In the end, I said it was on my vets recommendation (not strictly true) & I started looking for elsewhere. They finally agreed I could keep 2 or 3 bales at a time in the storage trailer for the haylege. They wouldn't buy it in for me; I'd have to do it myself.
I feel victimised by YO-M who *every* time she sees me asks "Are you still feeding that crap?" "when are you stopping feeding it, its crap and no good for her?" etc. My standard answer is "when the vet says I can stop" to which her reply is now "ignore the vet- what do they know? they're only doing it so when she coughs you've got another bill to pay them."
I now avoid being there when she is, or avoid speaking to her. Its getting uncomfortable for me to be there when she is.
Basically, I'm upset because I feel dictated to as to what I can feed my pony. I know her better than the YOs do, and know whats right for her & me. Haylege makes her stressy, fizzy and impossible at times. Why should I have her that way when shes so much easier to do on hay?
The turn out situation is getting silly too, if you do something 'wrong' a powertrip starts & the horses are punished by being forced in-not fair IMO.
They also rent smaller sections of the land that people have errected stables on; these people pay LESS in rent and have MORE freedom. They do not have to follow the turn out rules & worming programme we do. This seems unfair.
They have just agreed to let a 12 year old child bring her Christmas present onto the yard. A recently broken 3 YO mare that has never cantered. Child has been riding 12 months at a riding school. Its a total accident waiting to happen & they expect other liveries to help out/be responsible for the kids ponies..
I'm on a massive mission to find a new yard ASAP, am I being unrealistic in wanting:
24/7 summer turnout if I want it.
Some degree of winter turn out; even if its alternate days or something..
The freedom to feed what I see fit for her.
a school.
Any suggestions as to yards in the Manchester/Cheshire border area (Glazebrook/Culceth etc) would be gratefully recieved! I know I sound like a whinging cow; but I'm really a lovely livery
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Apologies for this, but OH just says "tell her to get lost" and goes back to what he's doing.. lol.. its long
Yard is run by 2 sisters. Parents bought them the land & barns & they converted them. They're not *horsey* although like to think they know what they are talking about & times and are generally not very hands on.
Yard is pure DIY; no assistance whatsoever unless YO-J is down 1st thing in which case she chucks feeds/nets over.
This was a temporary measure until I found somewhere more suitable for us; needed to move pony asap as owners wanted a very quick turnaround on her sale and the yard she was kept at prior to the sale was too far for me to travel to.
When I moved on; I was told there was all year turn out, unless weather was VERY bad. This hasn't turned out to be true; if fields are slightly wet/weather is damp we're told to stay in. At times the YO's say no turn out, then change thier mind 2 hours later but say they must come in if raining. They don't seem to realise people don't have the time to be driving back & forth on their say so and just expect you to do it.. when you raise this YO-J gets arsey, defensive and walks away. Fantastic!
When I moved on; I was told they *preferred* you to use their 'hay' which is baled as hayledge and is very damp. Its sort of between 'proper' stuff & dry hay. I said proper stuff sent pony nuts & I'd have to see how she went. They agreed and said they'd reassess if it didnt work out for her.
It didnt. She went nuts on it.
I raised this & they denied ever saying I could use hay, whined about places to store it & made excuses. In the end, I said it was on my vets recommendation (not strictly true) & I started looking for elsewhere. They finally agreed I could keep 2 or 3 bales at a time in the storage trailer for the haylege. They wouldn't buy it in for me; I'd have to do it myself.
I feel victimised by YO-M who *every* time she sees me asks "Are you still feeding that crap?" "when are you stopping feeding it, its crap and no good for her?" etc. My standard answer is "when the vet says I can stop" to which her reply is now "ignore the vet- what do they know? they're only doing it so when she coughs you've got another bill to pay them."
I now avoid being there when she is, or avoid speaking to her. Its getting uncomfortable for me to be there when she is.
Basically, I'm upset because I feel dictated to as to what I can feed my pony. I know her better than the YOs do, and know whats right for her & me. Haylege makes her stressy, fizzy and impossible at times. Why should I have her that way when shes so much easier to do on hay?
The turn out situation is getting silly too, if you do something 'wrong' a powertrip starts & the horses are punished by being forced in-not fair IMO.
They also rent smaller sections of the land that people have errected stables on; these people pay LESS in rent and have MORE freedom. They do not have to follow the turn out rules & worming programme we do. This seems unfair.
They have just agreed to let a 12 year old child bring her Christmas present onto the yard. A recently broken 3 YO mare that has never cantered. Child has been riding 12 months at a riding school. Its a total accident waiting to happen & they expect other liveries to help out/be responsible for the kids ponies..
I'm on a massive mission to find a new yard ASAP, am I being unrealistic in wanting:
24/7 summer turnout if I want it.
Some degree of winter turn out; even if its alternate days or something..
The freedom to feed what I see fit for her.
a school.
Any suggestions as to yards in the Manchester/Cheshire border area (Glazebrook/Culceth etc) would be gratefully recieved! I know I sound like a whinging cow; but I'm really a lovely livery
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