New folks on yard - no wonder they get a bad rep !

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New people arrived to yard last week - always move in a pack - mum dad, 5 kids... pushchair left everywehre with screaming kid in (i feel sorry for the thing esp last week when it was high 24 degrees it had nothing over its head and its poor little legs were on show to the sun!) - favourite place is in front of the mounting block. Picinic laid out in the middle of the court yard, balls being kicked, bikes being ridden. Everywhere you try to ride they appear.....and take over. Children appear in your stable, run round yard with pushchair etc - i dont mind that bit so much as at least its bombproofing the horeses !

The water butts I fill and leave for my hay to soak in are being used by them, and yep they even leave the brown water in it so i can empty it and then re fill it. They complained to the yard manager this morn that their horse was not fed.... yeah right - rule is first one up feeds - I am 99.9% the first one up.... greated yesterday morn by 7 rather stressy horses.... why - the chap had been up fed his own and turned out - I met him on the way back from the field and said without being rude "the first one up feeds in a morning" - he said I aint getting into that - fair enough but why should he expcecting others to feed his horse the rest of the time.
and we often see so many posts from people scared to move.... no wonder - with ignorant folk like this around.
 
Gingerwitch - sounds like a complete nightmare. Hopefully they will move away again soon. If the rule is that first one feeds, then that's the rule and he should stick with it. The rules are there for a reason - not so that he can pick and choose those he wants to abide by. Good luck!
 
I seam to get followed round by numpties with kids - but no way am i moving from this yard - boys and youngster have own field- stables are huge and i have a good many nice friends up here - thankfully its not just me that is so annoyed with them - the poor girl stabled next to them is having to spend time round our block as she is going to twack them one if they carry on - even the poor ym is on the run....
 
We've just got a new livery who was wondering where to put her whip as things in her old yard would get borrowed or broken. I told her not to worry as out yard isnt usually like that because we're all older and dont need to "borrow". lo and behold I found a bottle of coat shine in the middle of the tack room with "sadie and collin" on it. The new girl isnt called sadie and her horse isnt called colin so i wonder who the coatshine belongs to?
 
We had one that used to get up there and only feed theirs if they were 1st, so we all stopped feeding theirs when we were 1st (which was more often than not), funnily enough they changed. Screaming kids get told to go find their parents and annoy them. :)
 
Orionstar said:
We've just got a new livery who was wondering where to put her whip as things in her old yard would get borrowed or broken. I told her not to worry as out yard isnt usually like that because we're all older and dont need to "borrow". lo and behold I found a bottle of coat shine in the middle of the tack room with "sadie and collin" on it. The new girl isnt called sadie and her horse isnt called colin so i wonder who the coatshine belongs to?
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I used to be at a yard where one of the liveries had 2 girls. They were a nightmare!! They used to terroise the cats and pull on the dogs tails and get bailer twine and tie the dogs up somewhere. They used to run towards you when you were riding and scream all of the time. Their mother didn't care and would let them get on with it. Left that yard and have mover to a lovely quiet yard and I love it!!
 
One of the advantages I have found, of being old (ish) bossy and determined is that I am not afraid to put children in their place regardless of whether the parents are there or not.

I will tell them, warn them and then issue a punishment. All done in a low deep meaningful voice and if they are rude then I will take them by the arm, making sure they can feel my fingers digging into the bone, and take them back to the parent and voice my complaint. If they complain then I will tell them that someone has to teach their children to behave and if they are not up to the job then I will do it!

Funny thing is that the kids accept it and congregate to me even if I am very tough on them.
 
lhotse said:
Oh dear, it sounds like the Jeremy Kyle Show has moved onto your yard!!!
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lol:D

I am so glad i'm on farm livery, my own field, visitors by invite only lol and the only kids to pee me off are mine................. and one of them is my daughter who rides and the boy has no interest in coming to look at the horses so peace reigns:D
 
I have one livery with kids and a couple of friends with kids who come up and ride the pony. The kids get told in no uncertain terms that it's a yard,not a playground. They have a field behind the stables to play in so they do not need to hassle the horses,play in the trailer/muckheap/with the hose etc.If they do they know that they will A, be shouted at and B,locked in a stable :D
 
Gingerwitch said:
New people arrived to yard last week - always move in a pack - mum dad, 5 kids... pushchair left everywehre with screaming kid in (i feel sorry for the thing esp last week when it was high 24 degrees it had nothing over its head and its poor little legs were on show to the sun!) - favourite place is in front of the mounting block. Picinic laid out in the middle of the court yard, balls being kicked, bikes being ridden. Everywhere you try to ride they appear.....and take over. Children appear in your stable, run round yard with pushchair etc - i dont mind that bit so much as at least its bombproofing the horeses !

The water butts I fill and leave for my hay to soak in are being used by them, and yep they even leave the brown water in it so i can empty it and then re fill it. They complained to the yard manager this morn that their horse was not fed.... yeah right - rule is first one up feeds - I am 99.9% the first one up.... greated yesterday morn by 7 rather stressy horses.... why - the chap had been
up fed his own and turned out - I met him on the way back from the field and said without being rude "the first one up feeds in a morning" - he said I aint getting into that - fair enough but why should he expcecting others to feed his horse the rest of the time.
and we often see so many posts from people scared to move.... no wonder with ignorant folk like this around.
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This is an accident waiting to happen, im pretty sure from what youre describing it will be very soon :( sadly itll probably be one of the kids and not the muppets who are meant to be caring for them
 
ok on serious note YO should be made aware as if an accident esp if fatal Health and Safty can be called in and they can be closed down

I used to worry abouts kids safety at yard all time but - having raised a daughter that was not left unsupervised tilll 16 was taught safety safety safety with fun from the age of week old( ok ok she got her first pony then but know she didnt take it all in then ) i turn i blind eye as long as horse/pony isnt affected why do i need to nanny kids when parents dont care - and if they over step line within my bit mmmmm an elbow a brush end a wheel barrow - it all makes a point :) sorry horses and ponies are amazing fun but them, the yard the surrounding area is not a fun factory - ok i was going to sleep but now im on my soap box grrrrr lol :)
 
So glad I have mine at home! If I didn't, I sure as heck would NOT be taking ym kids with me there! :eek: It's the responsibility of the parent to watch their child, not the rest of the yard.

Those that have said this situation is just an accident waiting to happen, they're more than likely right. Sounds like the YO/YM needs to stop hiding and get out there to confront these people and lay down the law.

Sorry you're having to deal with this. :(
 
Sometimes I think it would be nice to have my horses on a yard, as there would be always someone to ride out with or other horsey people to chat to (I come from a non horsey family). But when I here of stories like the OP, maybe I am better off on my own. Totally agree with the poster who say YM should come out of hiding and sort this family out, if not then a quiet word with the YO would the way to go perhaps ?
 
Where is the YM when all this is going on? Surely it is her responsibility to sort these people out and lay down a few rules?

I hate people and kids like that as it gives all kids and parents a bad name! My 5yo daughter spent an hour the other day happily trying to scrub the rust off an old horseshoe! The only mess/damage she did was to use nearly half a bottle of my fairy liquid to make a lake of bubbles but as it was just me, her and the ponies there was no one was around to moan at us! Fantastic. I moved from a yard where my kids were shouted at every time the left my side to play and explore! There is a very fine line between kids being allowed to be kids and kids being a pain in the arse.

My old YO was happy for me to come to the yard with our 11.2 pony, then he moaned, bitched and shouted whenever my daughter was up - not sure what he thought I was going to do with an 11.2 - certainly not ride it myself!

Please let kids be kids but from the sound of it that family should be put in their place very quickly before someone gets hurt!
 
Hi Bonnemaman
I agree with you kids should be allowed to be kids and am all for that in an appropriate situation, but in my opinion a child who is exploring is usually a hazard on a yard. working farms and livery yards are not a safe play environment, as many folks just do there own thing without taking wandering kids into account especially if they dont have them, why would they ?
Im not saying that young children shouldnt be allowed on the yard but kids should be in either a safe zone to play if theyre old enough, or under full supervision of a parent or other adult.
I have seen a young kid mown down by a horse that had got away from its owner having spooked coming in from the field, how that child wasnt killed as she was trampled was a miracle. Her mother was in mucking out and she was wandering around outside the stable block in the yard unsupervised.
Yards with horses are dangerous places for everyone, especially children.
 
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