galaxy
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Totally! WHY do people only pull from the top????
I share a bale with a friend and 2 days a week her loaner does her horse and I can always tell! Grr! So many times I remind her to take from the bottom....
Pet hate at the yard?
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Totally! WHY do people only pull from the top????
I share a bale with a friend and 2 days a week her loaner does her horse and I can always tell! Grr! So many times I remind her to take from the bottom....
Enfys
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Have you spoken to your YO?
Putting my boring, H&S YO hat on here, forget that it is unsightly, it is also, as you say, dangerous, when their horse (or they) fall and get injured it is the YO that will get it in the neck (or pocket, if someone is mean enough to sue
)Speak to your YO and get him/her to put their foot down on the safety aspect of it. Water down the drain, sweep up (brush supplied - do NOT remove) and apply salt when necessary - or else
As for my own pet hates...
* that my flaming cats will insist on using the stalls as giant litter boxes!
* that the dogs dig up the muck heap
* and #1. That the silly person who wired the barn up didn't have the wit to put the light switches by the front door rather than the back
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Mancha
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Similar to the mushrooming of round bales, i hate it when people open a new bale and let the whole thing flop, then pull handfuls from about 6 different slices!!
9tails
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Great big steaming turds left all over the yard. It's obvious your horse stopped to do a dump so go back and pick it up.
Pink_Lady
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People who "borrow" things and don't put it back ... nothing more annoying than leaving your lunge bridle on its hook all clean and tidy and finding someone has used it and returned it filthy!
little_critter
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Two gripes I'm afraid:
1) Having to put away everyone else's jumps / pony club games stuff before I can use the school because they can't be bothered. (YO's daughter is the worst offender)
2) RS 'helper' kids using my mucking out stuff and not putting it back - or worse it gets mixed in with the YO's stuff and locked away in her shed.
1) Having to put away everyone else's jumps / pony club games stuff before I can use the school because they can't be bothered. (YO's daughter is the worst offender)
2) RS 'helper' kids using my mucking out stuff and not putting it back - or worse it gets mixed in with the YO's stuff and locked away in her shed.
TequilaMist
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Oooooooooooh this!!Esp as a tap beside my stables and the throw it from tap and it goes towards the drain in middle of yard!!Did threaten someone once that if my horse broke its leg because of that I would be breaking someones legs!!Mainly said it cos they kept ignoring me when asked before(nicely I add)
Another one is when people insist on continually take hay from the top to the centre and never take from bottom so it starts tightening and what I call pineappling - cos it reminds me of the green bit of a pineapple bursting out at top and tight at bottom!!grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
BorgRae
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I must admit, I absolutely Love my new yard, horses and I are very happy, no bitching, no water spilages, no "borrowing", everyone cleans and clears up after themselves and their horses, happy days...
... However, I ditto the mushrooming!!
Sooooo very annoying!!
... However, I ditto the mushrooming!!
Sooooo very annoying!!
ShowJumperBeckii
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When people interfer when i get backman/saddler etc and moan at me for not using THEIR people- maybe i prefer mine!!!
We have an small indoor so only 3 max at a time so in the winter i think its fair when everyones waiting for a turn in the school to limit your ride to 30mins max i HATE it when people keep riding and riding when theres a que of people in the freezing cold waiting to get in the school!
when use my stuff (i dont mind) but when it ends up in the back of a stable or somewhere were i cant find it then it really annoyes me, if your guna use it AT LEAST put it back!
And when people use up a bale of haylege/hay and dont open the new one and expect others too do it! thats annoying
We have an small indoor so only 3 max at a time so in the winter i think its fair when everyones waiting for a turn in the school to limit your ride to 30mins max i HATE it when people keep riding and riding when theres a que of people in the freezing cold waiting to get in the school!
when use my stuff (i dont mind) but when it ends up in the back of a stable or somewhere were i cant find it then it really annoyes me, if your guna use it AT LEAST put it back!
And when people use up a bale of haylege/hay and dont open the new one and expect others too do it! thats annoying
MillionDollar
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As a YO.........people who don't clear up after themselves, such as sweeping outside their stable and where they've made a mess and picking up their horses' manure!
And in the morning it seems people don't understand how to turn off lights when it is light outside!!! In the evening they are fab for turning off all the lights, but in the morning..........arghhhhhh! I've been out on to the yard before when it has been light for over an hour, and the lights were still on!
And in the morning it seems people don't understand how to turn off lights when it is light outside!!! In the evening they are fab for turning off all the lights, but in the morning..........arghhhhhh! I've been out on to the yard before when it has been light for over an hour, and the lights were still on!
Ladyinred
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People too lazy to refill the kettle when it is the only way I have to defrost the tap on a winter's morning.
Ranyhyn
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I count myself quite lucky that I don't have any bigger gripes 
I am on a fairly large scale yard (with only a few liveries though) and the yard-rules are plentiful but everyone knows where they stand and it keeps a nice tidy yard and harmonious atmosphere.
I think some times YO have a little bit of blame here, when they leave people to "use their common sense".. well unfortunately one persons common sense isn't anothers!! Some times rules are a liveries friend IMO..
I am on a fairly large scale yard (with only a few liveries though) and the yard-rules are plentiful but everyone knows where they stand and it keeps a nice tidy yard and harmonious atmosphere.I think some times YO have a little bit of blame here, when they leave people to "use their common sense".. well unfortunately one persons common sense isn't anothers!! Some times rules are a liveries friend
IMO..Flicker
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People not leaving the school when I've got it booked, and say 'I'll only be another 5 minutes, I'm just cooling down'.
No... I've paid for this school booking. For me. Not for you to have an extra 5 minutes. If you wanted 5 minutes to cool your horse down, you should have stopped schooling it 5 minutes earlier.
No... I've paid for this school booking. For me. Not for you to have an extra 5 minutes. If you wanted 5 minutes to cool your horse down, you should have stopped schooling it 5 minutes earlier.
LaurenBay
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My biggest is people who leave the hose on!
It is right next to my stable, if it is not turned of properly it leaks, which then goes into my stable. At the moment it is ok but will be a danger hazard when it's colder and turns to ice! I have put a bucket underneath it, to catch the droplets of water. There is one particular livery who keeps moving the bucket though
Then when the hose is put away the end should be in the bucket in case it trickles out, with the tap turned off. The same livery also leaves the hose trickling out of the bucket! Gahhhh
It's not hard is it! I have already told him, that if he carries on and it does get icy outside my area, which means I can't get my Horse out. I will tip a few buckets outside his area so his Horse has to stay in and keep mine company!
It is right next to my stable, if it is not turned of properly it leaks, which then goes into my stable. At the moment it is ok but will be a danger hazard when it's colder and turns to ice! I have put a bucket underneath it, to catch the droplets of water. There is one particular livery who keeps moving the bucket though
Then when the hose is put away the end should be in the bucket in case it trickles out, with the tap turned off. The same livery also leaves the hose trickling out of the bucket! Gahhhh It's not hard is it! I have already told him, that if he carries on and it does get icy outside my area, which means I can't get my Horse out. I will tip a few buckets outside his area so his Horse has to stay in and keep mine company!
frustrated
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I have loads but the one thing that really gets at me is manes lying on the wrong side
Not really yard i know. But people on my yard hate someone pushing their horses mane's over all the time
Not really yard i know. But people on my yard hate someone pushing their horses mane's over all the time
sakura
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I have loads but the one thing that really gets at me is manes lying on the wrong side
Not really yard i know. But people on my yard hate someone pushing their horses mane's over all the time
haha my mare's mane hates being on the 'right' side, and I hate arguing with it..
ditto the mushrooming of large haylage bales, I hate standing there for 20 mins pulling tiny bits out to fill a massive net cos it's collapsed in on itself!
JVB
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Hahaha! Yes, not a problem now but has been a bug bear in the past
supagran
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I'm fairly easy going, but the two things that really annoy my daughter at the yard are people not sweeping up and using a dirty bucket to take water out of the barrel (and even worse - cleaning their horse's rear end sponge in the water barrel!!!! - YUCK!!!)
catdragon
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My stable tools being borrowed and put back dirty - ie poo in the tines, hay stuck to the brush - I always put them back clean.
People not brushing up the mess that their horses have walked out over the yard
Empty hay nets at 7pm - 12 hours or more is too long for any horse to go with nothing - can't even nibble a straw bed as all on shavings.
My mare throwing her water all over the place and wetting the stable... she uses it like a facewash grrrrr...
People not brushing up the mess that their horses have walked out over the yard
Empty hay nets at 7pm - 12 hours or more is too long for any horse to go with nothing - can't even nibble a straw bed as all on shavings.
My mare throwing her water all over the place and wetting the stable... she uses it like a facewash grrrrr...
Wagtail
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I have loads but the one thing that really gets at me is manes lying on the wrong side
Not really yard i know. But people on my yard hate someone pushing their horses mane's over all the time
You are obviously into showing? Personally, unless a horse is being shown I prefer the mane to be on the side that it naturally falls. So if it falls to the right, that's great, but if it falls to the left then I pull it to the left. You get a far neater result if you don't do battle with a mane.
Fools Motto
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A dirty hose pipe, or one that squirts water at you from all angles because neddies have tried to kill it with their hooves!! lol I hate getting wet while not realising it for some time, then feeling like I've sat in a puddle and look, no doubt worse! A dirty hose pipe that has been laying in 'yard stuff', then your hands are all slimey and yuk, not to mention cold! Can't decide if wearing gloves make it better or worse! (and if my yard has anything to do with 'yuk' then it is cow shite - ohh the joys of getting that slimmed all over your hands and then you wipe your face
JFTDWS
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Nope, I like my yard. Not much to be annoying there really - no other people, just me and my beasts.
I do get wound up when I let my mother come up and see the ponies and she leaves the gate to Fergie's garden open though. Odd because he's never in there and there's no need for it to be shut (they're in a totally different field) and I don't feel the need to shut the gate to the other field...
I do get wound up when I let my mother come up and see the ponies and she leaves the gate to Fergie's garden open though. Odd because he's never in there and there's no need for it to be shut (they're in a totally different field) and I don't feel the need to shut the gate to the other field...
noblesteed
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Other people at the yard who generally look down their nose at you for reasons such as:
- they are SOOOO serious about dressage and FAR superior to you that you shouldn't be on this yard if you can't maintain a certain 'standard', have twice weekly lessons OR afford to pay the YO to school your horse for you!
- you have been at work? But we brought all the horses in at 4 pm because they looked cold, yes we left yours out on his own, running about and screaming for 2 hours - we hope he hasn't trashed his field because the YO will be angry with you...
- It's 9.00 am on a Saturday, we have all finished up riding. What do you mean you have been at work all week and were too tired to come up at 7am? You shouldn't have a horse if you expect to have a lie-in.
- One of us is riding in the school, practicing a dressage test -how dare you come in and ride at the same time!!!!... um, there's plenty of room for us both.
This is why I now rent a field and stables with my friend.
- they are SOOOO serious about dressage and FAR superior to you that you shouldn't be on this yard if you can't maintain a certain 'standard', have twice weekly lessons OR afford to pay the YO to school your horse for you!
- you have been at work? But we brought all the horses in at 4 pm because they looked cold, yes we left yours out on his own, running about and screaming for 2 hours - we hope he hasn't trashed his field because the YO will be angry with you...
- It's 9.00 am on a Saturday, we have all finished up riding. What do you mean you have been at work all week and were too tired to come up at 7am? You shouldn't have a horse if you expect to have a lie-in.
- One of us is riding in the school, practicing a dressage test -how dare you come in and ride at the same time!!!!... um, there's plenty of room for us both.
This is why I now rent a field and stables with my friend.
bumblelion
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When I was on livery:
All the horses being brought in at lunchtime (precious dressage horses!) and not being notified, so mine were left galloping around all afternoon!
Being put in a field full (and I mean full) of ragwort!!
Horses are now at home and the only thing that bugs me is my dogs peeing up the hay! Grrrr!
All the horses being brought in at lunchtime (precious dressage horses!) and not being notified, so mine were left galloping around all afternoon!
Being put in a field full (and I mean full) of ragwort!!
Horses are now at home and the only thing that bugs me is my dogs peeing up the hay! Grrrr!
NikkiF
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Ditto water lying around to freeze overnight!
We're in american barn with tap in 1 corner and drain outside!. Couldn't understand where pools of water were coming from, finally caught new livery sticking her haynets under the tap to soak them Errm hello?? please soak outside!
We're in american barn with tap in 1 corner and drain outside!. Couldn't understand where pools of water were coming from, finally caught new livery sticking her haynets under the tap to soak them
Errm hello?? please soak outside!Moggy in Manolos
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People leaving lights on
People leaving things in the way, and people leaving things in your designated area of the yard!
People being snobby and unpleasant about others on the yard, I do not want to hear it or be involved thanks...
There may be more but these two spring to mind
People leaving things in the way, and people leaving things in your designated area of the yard!
People being snobby and unpleasant about others on the yard, I do not want to hear it or be involved thanks...
There may be more but these two spring to mind
HappyHorses:)
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On past livery yards . . . Loud and aggressive people! Stop shouting and causing a scene.
People who brag there horse is hard to ride/handle as it always plays them up yet said horse is an angle for everyone else
O am I glad I'm on my own now!
People who brag there horse is hard to ride/handle as it always plays them up yet said horse is an angle for everyone else
O am I glad I'm on my own now!
Pocket_Rocket
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Have you spoken to your YO?
Putting my boring, H&S YO hat on here, forget that it is unsightly, it is also, as you say, dangerous, when their horse (or they) fall and get injured it is the YO that will get it in the neck (or pocket, if someone is mean enough to sue
Speak to your YO and get him/her to put their foot down on the safety aspect of it. Water down the drain, sweep up (brush supplied - do NOT remove) and apply salt when necessary - or else
As for my own pet hates...
* that my flaming cats will insist on using the stalls as giant litter boxes!
* that the dogs dig up the muck heap
* and #1. That the silly person who wired the barn up didn't have the wit to put the light switches by the front door rather than the back
Yeah you can't complain about anything on my yard the yard owner's attitude is "if you don't like it you know what you can do!"
I just have to put up with sweeping it and supplying my own salt/grit. I also have a moan at people if I catch them chucking water everywhere.
monkeybum13
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This, why does it bother you (not wagtail, the other poster) so much?
My mare's mane naturally lies on the left, if you were on my yard and kept pushing her mane over I would tell you where to go!
Shantara
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Ned isn't mine, but I buy him lots of stuff (bridle, boots, exercise sheet, numnah etc) and it bothers me SO much when people use that stuff! It's for Ned and Ned only!!
When I'm clearly having difficulties with a horse or other (wheelbarrow?) and kids keep asking me things!
When I'm clearly having difficulties with a horse or other (wheelbarrow?) and kids keep asking me things!