Pet hate at the yard?

Wagtail said:
No, I plait to the right hand side.Both my horses have their manes on the right, but others I have had in the past have fallen to the left. A couple of my liveries' horses manes fall to the left and I pull them that way and my clients are happy with that. But if I was turning them out for competition I would plait to the right.
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Wagtail... I dont know if this makes sense, you seem a knowledgeable showing person... But I prefer my horses mane to fall to the left when unplaited as when I do plait up on the right (being a pally) her mane is dazzling white as untouched by muck on the top and you have much long strands underneath, where she hasnt had an itch so it much easier to plait... xxx


Anyway my post.... ummmm, nothing really, i am in my own domain... I guess my pet hate is mouse poo.... SOOOO much mouse poop about... darned little things.. I hate to put poison down, bit soft and a veggie, but really it is getting unbearable, its literally getting everywhere and I am sick and tired off it, least you can see poo, I hate to think what I touch that has mouse wee on! :eek:
 
Having read through the list of gripes I have to confess that if I've used the last of the haylage bale I wouldn't open a new one if I didn't need to, judging by how often I open a new one myself I think we are all like that at my yard!

Also, I think things should be functionally tidy and safe on yard and in field but obsessive neat freaks can be a little wearing, especially when you're short of time and youve tidied but then you've got to go the extra mile to keep them happy or get the dreaded martyred sigh...

Also leaving hoof clippings and water on yard does annoy me though. And horses left in for ages with no hay, and riders who blame their horses all the time when things don't go well.
 
People borrowing my skipping bucket and not emtying it, then proceeding to borrow my hoof picking bucket to dump another pile if poop! How bloody rude!
People borrowing all my tools despite them being clearly marked because they have none of their own.
People giving treats to my horses.
Untidiness, noise, ...
God I really am grouchy!
 
Following through from OP from the 'guilty secret' thread my pet hate is not having some one like cremedemonthe at my yard.... LOL

Hate cleaning saddles - love cleaning bridles though !! Poo picking ok unless it's raining and muddy and the wheelbarrow keeps getting stuck then it's pants.
 
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new liveries that come in and interfere and ruin the atmosphere on a perfectly lovely yard with their pathetic attitudes and people that don't sweep up after their farrier has been!!!!
 
People who believe that just because you have only been around horses for a couple of years, compared to their 50+, you are a complete idiot :mad:

And then people who believe that because they have been around horses for 50+ years, they know everything :mad:

I do get annoyed at myself too, for being paranoid that I'm too small for Tont, just because he's so much smaller than everyone else's :D
 
Not turning lights off
not picking up poo from school
not putting jumps away
leaving a trail of shaving/ mucking across the yard
leaving top rail across ( dont mind bottom rail stops kicking the door )

more personal my cats using schools as a giant litter tray ( and stables )
finding the remnants of their feasts in my stables ( usually bits of rabbit )
finding bits of intestines on the yard.
dog poo on the yard
 
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I'm lucky because there is only a few agisters at my agistement, however the most annoying thing is people touching and 'borrowing' stuff without permission, and not showing it respect! I came in once to find one of the other agisters had sat her saddle on top of one of mine :mad: She stores her two saddles on top of each other, but I don't! Bizarre thing was there was a spare rack available too. I also have a sealed box for odds and end type gear, and came in to find it's contense dumped on the floor :confused: One of the agisters had needed a lunge rein :rolleyes: I'm not sure how she knew I had one either, as she was never around when I lunged! If you must 'borrow', please restrict it to easily replaced items, return it in the condition you found it in (ie Clean!) and don't make a mess!
 
i have a few little niggles, my horse is bandaged every night on all 4 legs, i hate it when his bandages are left in the bedding/wet feed bucket or on the side when it's raining as they get soaked.
the radio being on very loud and others trying to talk over it, i go to the yard so i can have peace from the tv/radio etc and to chill out with my horse but the radio drives me mad especially when others talk over it, i don't see the point in it being on. lots of others but OP didn't want lists! :D
 
Haha, yep this is annoying me recently as well. Last night I put the head collars on them with it still coiled up, it was coiled up so tight that I really struggled to get it undone.
It'd never annoy me enough to say anything and I only think about it when I'm trying to un-do it lol
 
5horses2dogsandacat said:
Wagtail... I dont know if this makes sense, you seem a knowledgeable showing person... But I prefer my horses mane to fall to the left when unplaited as when I do plait up on the right (being a pally) her mane is dazzling white as untouched by muck on the top and you have much long strands underneath, where she hasnt had an itch so it much easier to plait... xxx
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That makes a lot of sense. No, I am not a showing person. I have done very little showing. My experience is mainly in dressage and show jumping. :)
 
Dog poop. My dog doesn't get to run around other liveries allow their dogs to poop everywhere. I hate standing in it. They poop everywhere and its never cleaned up.
Borrowing and not returning my kit.
Waste - esp. when a new hay bale is plopped on an old one and it all mixes up.
Owners not electrifying their fencing and their horse comes through and wrecks my fencing.
:mad::mad::mad:
 
People who wander about the yard thinking they own the place (when in fact they dont!).

People who are quite happy to let everyone else do the most basic stable management tasks and complain about it not being done, but they dont do it themselves (i.e. poo picking, field checks, keeping yard tidy etc etc).

People who dont help others even though everyone else helps them out all the time.

The list could be endless....
 
Wagtail said:
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.
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My boys mane is on the wrong side but if i correct it it will stay on the right side for about 6 hours, no more. So i dont see a problem in leaving it on the wrong side and just pulling it over for our shows :)

Bugbear of mine at the moment is one person feeding her pony in the field and then my boy coming in with cuts and chunks of haor missing GRRR, its no that difficult to bring the horse out to feed is it !
 
Putting dog poo in with the horse poo! Ewww! People use the manure for their vegetables. Gross. I end up having to fish it all out.
 
From previous yard-

Feed sacks in feed bins - empty them in?! Can't get the feed scoop in!

Feed time was at 5pm- no qualms. Which in heinsight is the most ridiculous time! And I was on DIY.
 
people chucking string in the muckhill and or other rubbish.

We dont have dog mess except our own but i try send him down foot pat. we have a no dogs on yard policy.
peopel who dont wash up theri coffee cups then u find it with moisissure inside

people letting their dogs crap outside our gates so our horses/ cars drive in it. ( damn dog walkers) so i chuck it inside the footpath the the b4rst4rds stand in it serves them right.
we do how ever chuck dog poo on muckhill if he does it near it, the farmer collects it and spreads in in his field so doesn't go to human fertilizer.
 
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For me, the worst is when liveries form into 'cliques' which then make others feel uncomfortable - specially when they hog the tack room gossiping and drinking tea, and never seem to ride their horses - just use the yard as a social club.
 
Having to clear up the school before I can ride :mad: I wouldn't mind if it was just a couple of poles, I'd probably just use them, but it will be cones, skittles, poles, blocks the works.
 
solstice bells said:
Dog poop. My dog doesn't get to run around other liveries allow their dogs to poop everywhere. I hate standing in it. They poop everywhere and its never cleaned up.
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I'm with you on that one!! I take some of my lot to the yard, 2 of them do run around BUT I always clean up after them and watch them like hawks to make sure they are not bothering anyone. But the YO lets her dogs sh** whereever they want..including in liveries stables!!!!:eek::mad:

I also find the YO's daughter (who I love and get on with very well but sometimes she can be a brat!!) shouting 'I need the school, it's MY yard so I get to use it first'..a tad annoying, she needs to remember that without us liveries they couldn't afford to rent the yard or house and she wouldn't have anywhere to keep her horses let alone ride them so a bit of respect wouldn't go a miss.

People who hog the indoor school in winter, the majority of us will happily share the school because we know those that work have limited time and personally I'd rather have someone with me otherwise I get bored! But we have the odd few who don't work full time but still find they HAVE to be in the school at 5.30 and HAVE to have a full hour and can't possibly share!! :mad:
 
minkymoo said:
Love my current yard, no complaints but a bug bear of mine is people who don't hang their head collars when they ride out. I always hook mine up out of the way as I hate them trailing on the floor.
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Ooh - just reminded me of another.
We don't have many tie up points on the yard. It annoys me when people tack up on the yard then leave their headcoller on the tie ring so that before you can tie your horse up you have to put their headcoller away.

Also ref tea drinking cliques - luckily our clique left en masse the other month.
 
People who block you in to chat and don't shut up despite you politely trying to give them the hint! I'm not adverse to talking myself but generally, I let others come to me for a chat - not force myself upon them! It's one of those nice bugbears where it doesnt reaaly matter but irks all the same!
 
People who promise they will all pull their weight on the totally diy yard by weeding, muck heap tidying, ragworting etc and then a week later have totally forgotten and just do their own tiny patch by their stable, then moan because the yard is a tip.

People who drop stuff of their barrow on the way to the muckheap all over the yard then leave it.

People who order hay etc and then dont turn up to unload and pay for it.
 
In general on our small place no big complaints

However a couple of us are tidy and a few are not, been tidy does not bug the untidy as much as the untidy bug us.

But apart from a few deep sighs we get on with it and clean up the other peeps mess but we all do get on really well and do sometimes get a bit teased for been a bit ocd however in a crisis we all muck in togther to help so whats a bit of mess between buddies.

But the worst thing is hanging wet rugs up under the barn which happens to be were all my stuff is kept nothing worse than figting to get to your feed bin and getting slapped in the face from a very wet, muddy rug.

Alternatives will have to found this year !!
 
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