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how would people feel about a 17 year old who has only owned a horse for a year turning out their horse her parents are the yard owners and very friendly but novices she will do all the turnouts on the yard but it will be new to her as they havnt purchased it yet no harsh comments please
 
If it's just turnout then i don't have an issue if she is capable of putting on headcollars and coping with a well behaved horse .
If its changing rugs, checking over and picking feet out, or a horse that may have the odd issues, then absolutely not, unless said minor (yes, under 18 is a minor) has had training under owners supervision.

Why ask, OP? Is this you?

To be honest, on your previous posts, you do have a bit still to learn. I wouldn't be happy with you shouting or slapping one of mine in particular, she can be antsy at best, and would react quite strongly if you did that to her if she wasn't toeing the line :(
 
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OP, I'm guessing your parents are thinking about buying a yard and having DIY liveries with some services (like morning turnout?)

In these circumstances, I wouldn't be happy, I'm afraid - if I need services I want them overseen - and preferably carried out - by someone knowledgeable and experienced. Bear in mind that it might be difficult to get insurance, in the circumstances.

In most circumstances, a lot of horses can be absolutely no problem at all to turn out - but you need the experience - and the insurance - for the days when even the dope on a rope is being very difficult.

Apologies if I've got the wrong endow the stick :)
 
I suppose it is up to the potential liveries to make their own decision, if they buy a yard with liveries in situ then they may choose to move somewhere else rather than stay with a young inexperienced girl being in charge of their horses, I guess at 17 she will be at school or college so not really available during the day.
I turn out my liveries every day, having many years experience under my belt, they are all generally good but would I leave a 17 year old in charge to feed and turn out with full confidence, I doubt I could as there is always the possibility of something going wrong, I think most people would rather do their own or look elsewhere if they cannot get to the yard, apart from possibly a one off now and again, she needs a bit more experience before taking over a yard as there is far more to it than just turning out each morning.
 
OP, I'm guessing it may not be you that you're talking about? You say in other posts that you only got your horse in July last year.

It a huge responsibility having other horses on "your own" yard and the parents need to understand the difficulties of having a yard operating and the trouble that it can bring. It isn't a picnic I'm afraid.

Turnout can be very difficult with certain horses and not all are straight forward or easy.

I think it needs a lot of thought for the novice and the parents involved, there is a lot more to having a yard than you may know.
 
Makemineacob said:
OP, I'm guessing it may not be you that you're talking about? You say in other posts that you only got your horse in July last year.

It a huge responsibility having other horses on "your own" yard and the parents need to understand the difficulties of having a yard operating and the trouble that it can bring. It isn't a picnic I'm afraid.

Turnout can be very difficult with certain horses and not all are straight forward or easy.

I think it needs a lot of thought for the novice and the parents involved, there is a lot more to having a yard than you may know.
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^^^^ This. I wouldn't be happy for my horses, not even well mannered, polite horses like they are, to be handled by someone without experience, sorry but no, never.
 
MiJodsR2BlinkinTite said:
^^^^ This. I wouldn't be happy for my horses, not even well mannered, polite horses like they are, to be handled by someone without experience, sorry but no, never.
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(edited) FYI just to add that I am a YO myself, and run a DIY livery set up, and unless there is an emergency, I NEVER handle anyone else's horses, only my own. That is for everyone's safety.
 
See, now I am also a yard owner, and I make sure that I handle all the horses at some point, even the DIY. Just things like perhaps moving them to new fields when we rotate. This way I am used to their horses and their horses are used to me, this way I can get used to how they need to be handled on a normal day. This means that in an emergency I can confidently step in and sort their horse with minimal fuss.
My liveries work full time/do shift work etc, so its not always possible for them to get here if, for example, the weather suddenly turns bad and the horses want bringing in or if they need a change of rug in the middle of the day.
 
Depends on how happy the 17 year old novice would be to cope with a suddenly stroppy, spooked, nervous or panicked, rearing, kicking, barging, breaking away type of horse. Happens.
 
Nope. Sometimes less experienced family members help on our yard in terms of bringing in etc but they are under supervision and don't get the naughty ones. It's less of an issue when the ground is good but when it's muddy and you have horses very keen on getting in...it becomes a different ball game.
 
I wouldn't be happy with it. I'd prefer there to be an experienced horse person to hand. Turn out in particular can be rife with problems. We have had four bolts or attempts to bolt by three different horses in just the last few weeks, one resulting in injury to a handler and another which was nearly disastrous. These are with usually good to handle horses and experienced owners! My own mare has only recently been halter broken and groundwork is a work in progress, so I wouldn't entrust her handling to anyone inexperienced, particularly at the moment.
 
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