not_with_it
Well-Known Member
Feel free to ignore nut I really need to get this off my chest.
I am on DIY livery and have 2 fields which I can do what I like with. I have a mare and foal (now a yearling). They have been in the same field all winter so I have one with grass for spring. I put out hay so they are not hungry although I am sure they would much prefer a field full of grass.
Another livery has the 2 fields next to mine. A further livery has recently moaned that her field was too much of a walk away. The horse was on full livery mon-fri. YO said she could go into another field 2 fields away from mine which is for the other mare. You still with me? (although its the same distance from the yard
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Livery comes down and other mare is in the field which YO said she could have. Owner was unaware but thats a different story. So livery puts her mare in field next to my 2 as its the only 1 that is spare. This was about 3 weeks ago.
Since then I have had nothing but problems. My mare hates her and has become really possesive over her foal which she never was. Liverys mare hoons around the field setting my 2 off and stands right next to the fence. My mare is by no means nasty and is usually a pushover. She has never been aggresive with other horse but charges at this one. She has come in with cuts on her legs and spins round me when I fetch her in past this mare.
I have spoken to YO who has told me to swap them over. I wont get involved with other peoples horses so was asked to ask the owners when I see them if she doesnt see them first. (mare was never meant to be in this field anyway) She has since taken her off full livery.
Tonight I saw the mare owner and asked her if she would mind swapping. She moaned about the other field having less grass but eventually agreed.
She has just text me saying she is not happy and moaning that there is no grass in the other field. There is more grass than in mine! I have told her to take it up with the YO.
I am probably over reacting but everyone else has had the same field all winter and has been restricting grazing so the fields dont get trashed. Im just getting sick off my mare coming in with cuts and them hooning around. I also dont want her getting possesive over her foal as it will make weaning that bit more difficult.
Sorry for the rant but it helps to talk.
I am on DIY livery and have 2 fields which I can do what I like with. I have a mare and foal (now a yearling). They have been in the same field all winter so I have one with grass for spring. I put out hay so they are not hungry although I am sure they would much prefer a field full of grass.
Another livery has the 2 fields next to mine. A further livery has recently moaned that her field was too much of a walk away. The horse was on full livery mon-fri. YO said she could go into another field 2 fields away from mine which is for the other mare. You still with me? (although its the same distance from the yard
)Livery comes down and other mare is in the field which YO said she could have. Owner was unaware but thats a different story. So livery puts her mare in field next to my 2 as its the only 1 that is spare. This was about 3 weeks ago.
Since then I have had nothing but problems. My mare hates her and has become really possesive over her foal which she never was. Liverys mare hoons around the field setting my 2 off and stands right next to the fence. My mare is by no means nasty and is usually a pushover. She has never been aggresive with other horse but charges at this one. She has come in with cuts on her legs and spins round me when I fetch her in past this mare.
I have spoken to YO who has told me to swap them over. I wont get involved with other peoples horses so was asked to ask the owners when I see them if she doesnt see them first. (mare was never meant to be in this field anyway) She has since taken her off full livery.
Tonight I saw the mare owner and asked her if she would mind swapping. She moaned about the other field having less grass but eventually agreed.
She has just text me saying she is not happy and moaning that there is no grass in the other field. There is more grass than in mine! I have told her to take it up with the YO.
I am probably over reacting but everyone else has had the same field all winter and has been restricting grazing so the fields dont get trashed. Im just getting sick off my mare coming in with cuts and them hooning around. I also dont want her getting possesive over her foal as it will make weaning that bit more difficult.
Sorry for the rant but it helps to talk.
