People on your livery yard?

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if you are on a livery yard, how do you get on with the other liveries?
are there good and bad people - how do you deal with the 'bad' ones and are they 'bad' because of how they look after thier horses or because they are bitchy?
what are the 'good' people like - good to their horses or nice to know??
 
I find that as long as you don't interfere with other people's way of doing things, and don't care or notice when people don't agree with your way of doing things, you can, pretty much, get along with everyone.
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I agree with Flame.

Just do what you need to do and dont worry about what everyone else is doing. I get on with everyone at my yard.
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It important to remember, like people you work with, that the people on the livery yard aren’t your chosen friends so therefore you only need to get along with them. You manage to get along with people you work with so you should be able to be pleasant to people on the same yard as you.
 
we have over 20 horses at our yard and around 18 people.We all get on brilliantly. All of us have been at the yard for a long time.A few of us have gone elsewhere and always came back to the yard.A friend recently left as she moved county and although she moved just over a month ago she has moved 3 times as she can't find anywhere nearly as good with so many decent people. We all help each other out as much as needed and we all listen to each others concerns and problems and try our best as a yard to work together to solve them.I think this is why we all get along. 2 of our liveries are currently hospitalised due to a car accident and everyone is going out of their way to ensure their horse is well cared for and also visiting them in hospital and ensuring they have company. I have been to a few yards and never found anywhere nearly as nice.
 
I get on well with pretty much everyone at the yard! There's one bloke I cannot stand, so I'm civil and say hello etc, but otherwise stay away from them.
 
find some sand dig a whole and put your head in it, its like all walks of l ife, some nice people some not so nice. people might be good to their pony but a complete B****h to other people.

i tend to ignore the bad ones, i was on a yard when one would threaten you with violence to get their own way.

i have known theives and liars, then you have the two faced ones who i think might be to worse than the thieves and liars

you will have the ones which think they have prioty over the facilities to others


but thats human nature
 
I mostly ignore the people I don't get on with - although our yard is not that b*tchy generally.
If I think someone is neglecting their horse, I will point it out to the livery manager along the lines of 'x's horse has been left in with no hay and it is now 11:30 in the morning. Is there a reason it has no hay or do you want me to put some in for it'. Then they usually do it themselves and charge the owner for the priviledge, and have a quiet word with the owner if it becomes a habit. That way, the horse gets what it needs and I don't get lumbered with doing it every time the owner feels like they can have a lie-in and just trust that someone is going to look after their horse for them.
After they've been charged £3 per time once or twice, most owners seem to magically discover how not to 'sleep through' their alarm clocks...
 
Our yard has a set of rules/responsibilities that we give to everyone wanting to come on the yard. They are not particularly strict but ensure that only like minded owners decide to move in with us !
 
We seem to have a gaggle of middle aged woman on our yard that are the queen bitches....its the younger ones they pick on, but also the younger ones that seem to be the most mature!

I turn up say hello, say goodnight, I get ignored by them but hey ho, they are old enough to know better imo
 
I moved to a livery yard in January, and it's the first time I have been at what I would call a 'proper' yard. I was at my friends house before but moved for schooling facilities for my youngster.

It is a big yard and I actually like everyone, and get on with everyone. There is one woman who really irritates me, but she isn't unfriendly or anything, just annoying so I tend to just say hello, goodbye and nice weather.. etc.

Everyone that's there has been there a long time so I think that suggests it's a nice place to be... it's not without it's dramas over the years so I have heard, but as expected the people who cause trouble tend to move on.

We have a nice mix of happy hackers to people who like to compete at local level, and a couple who do a bit more.

I was quite nervous about moving to a proper yard, but so far I love it.
 
I've just moved to a new yard. I like it and people seem pleasant but nobody has made a particular effort to welcome me. I used to be on a fantastic yard where we all got along, all socialised together, rode together etc. and I'd love to have that again some day.
I find that the yard is really quite. I was down there for three hours bathing and faffing about on Saturday and didn't see a sole, which I found odd.
 
There are three of us, and we all get on really well. One takes charge, one sits back and lets us other two organise everything (but does her fair share of duties) and everyone knows never to interfere with my horse! We actually all work very well together... sad really as one is leaving at the end of next week as she's moving to Switzerland! It's going to be hell trying to replace her
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I have been on some really bitchy yards... IME it's the middle-sized ones that are worst, where it's small enough for everyone to bump into everyone else each day but big enough for small cliquey groups/pairings to form. I will never move (well unless I am forced to) and we can only have up to four horseson the land so hopefully we'll always be ok!
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My old, old yard was the best. There were about 10 of us and most of them are still my best friends 10 years on. We just had fun. If one person went to a competition the others would all go along to support. Looked a bit silly when I went competing with one horse and 10 grooms!
My old yard was huge and there was a lot of whispering behind peoples backs. I just stayed out of it and never had a problem with anyone. Also no one knew me as I was new to the area and had semi rescued a horse who I just played with. One girl was having trouble jumping one day and I offered to help. Afterwards she said she had no idea I knew so much and asked me to help her more! Definately better than being branded a know it all though.
 
I love my livery yard!! We all get on really well and there is always someone there to give you support and help you out without interfering. People have a go at everything from dressage to hacking to eventing to parelli and no one is bitchy or critical - unbelievable I know - but true. At the moment I have an eventer babysitting me out on hacks, we have a rescued horse being long reined and walked out on a hack with someone off the yard walking alongside for support and a horse that has done nothing for two years being brought back into work and there is always someone gate hanging to help at the mounting block etc. There is always someone willing to groom for you at a show and then there is our yard outings to the local x-country course!! Love it!!! Needless to say that we very rarely have spaces available as people don't leave and there are 20 stables!!
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pretty lucky on my yard there is 8 horses with me and 3 other owners we all seem to get on.
I am a postie so i need some1 to do my horse for me in morning asi leave my house at 5.15am and in return i feed/ take there horses in in the evening its about finding the right balance a bit of give and take and kindness goes a long way.
 
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