amycov
Well-Known Member
Okay so I've never been completely happy with my livery yard but it has got far worse within the last couple of months.
When we first bought our horses this was the yard that we were forced to choose due to how close it was as me and my sister would be able to get there easily on our own without relying on my mum to take us all the time. It was a bit scruffy, no school, average grazing, not great fencing. But now it's really terrible. There is a hole in the roof above my mares stable but because the barn roof is asbestos it cannot be repaired. Luckily it only lets in water at the front of the stable and doesn't leak on to the bed. The fencing is now terrible apart from one of the fields which is okay. The field that my mare has had to go into is full of ragwort. She goes ballistic if kept in for more than a day at a time so we're having to try and keep turnout to a minimum and ragwort as much as possible to try and keep her happy without coming down with ragwort poisoning. The other people that turn their horses out in the field don't seem to understand the threat of this deadly plant and say 'oh, I'll help at the weekend.' The weekend comes and they're always 'busy'. So I'm terrified that my mare is going to eat some ragwort and be very very poorly or possibly die. We're also waiting on a sand school to be built. It's kind of half done at the moment but that sand was coming '2 weeks ago' about a month ago and we were told 2 days ago that it's coming in another 2 weeks now. To be honest I don't think that they have the money for the sand but they've started the school so that the liveries 'think' something is being done. I'm dying to move my mare back into her old field but the YO's son hasn't put the gate back on. I'll have a nag at him tomorrow but I don't think it will get done very quickly.
I got the number of another local livery yard tonight and my mum phoned up to inquire. The yard isn't too much further but would be at least a 20 min walk rather than 8/9 mins. The lady was very nice on the phone and it is only £2 more a month than my current yard. They don't have a school but have a paddock to ride in and tracks around all of the farm land that liveries can use. The storage isn't as good as the current place either but the stables are bigger, the grazing is managed better and the fencing is safe. The main problem is that they won't take a colt, which is acceptable. So I'm kinda stuck as my colt hasn't dropped yet so would have to stay where he is until cut. They have a space for my mare but it would mean juggling two yards, college and work. Although I should be driving before winter which would make it a lot easier. My sister is being very stubborn and saying that she doesn't want to move because she likes it there and my mum usually gives in to my sister 'for a quiet life'. So I really can't see us going anywhere at the moment.
I'm sorry this is so long but I feel better for getting it off my chest! Huge mug of hot choccie and some yummy cookies for those who got this far!!
When we first bought our horses this was the yard that we were forced to choose due to how close it was as me and my sister would be able to get there easily on our own without relying on my mum to take us all the time. It was a bit scruffy, no school, average grazing, not great fencing. But now it's really terrible. There is a hole in the roof above my mares stable but because the barn roof is asbestos it cannot be repaired. Luckily it only lets in water at the front of the stable and doesn't leak on to the bed. The fencing is now terrible apart from one of the fields which is okay. The field that my mare has had to go into is full of ragwort. She goes ballistic if kept in for more than a day at a time so we're having to try and keep turnout to a minimum and ragwort as much as possible to try and keep her happy without coming down with ragwort poisoning. The other people that turn their horses out in the field don't seem to understand the threat of this deadly plant and say 'oh, I'll help at the weekend.' The weekend comes and they're always 'busy'. So I'm terrified that my mare is going to eat some ragwort and be very very poorly or possibly die. We're also waiting on a sand school to be built. It's kind of half done at the moment but that sand was coming '2 weeks ago' about a month ago and we were told 2 days ago that it's coming in another 2 weeks now. To be honest I don't think that they have the money for the sand but they've started the school so that the liveries 'think' something is being done. I'm dying to move my mare back into her old field but the YO's son hasn't put the gate back on. I'll have a nag at him tomorrow but I don't think it will get done very quickly.
I got the number of another local livery yard tonight and my mum phoned up to inquire. The yard isn't too much further but would be at least a 20 min walk rather than 8/9 mins. The lady was very nice on the phone and it is only £2 more a month than my current yard. They don't have a school but have a paddock to ride in and tracks around all of the farm land that liveries can use. The storage isn't as good as the current place either but the stables are bigger, the grazing is managed better and the fencing is safe. The main problem is that they won't take a colt, which is acceptable. So I'm kinda stuck as my colt hasn't dropped yet so would have to stay where he is until cut. They have a space for my mare but it would mean juggling two yards, college and work. Although I should be driving before winter which would make it a lot easier. My sister is being very stubborn and saying that she doesn't want to move because she likes it there and my mum usually gives in to my sister 'for a quiet life'. So I really can't see us going anywhere at the moment.
I'm sorry this is so long but I feel better for getting it off my chest! Huge mug of hot choccie and some yummy cookies for those who got this far!!
