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Does your yard have a policy/rules concerning children? I'm thinking under 5's.

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Yep - no unaccompanied children of any age. And it is preferred if kids are not brought up full stop.


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No.

I take my 3 yr old down sometimes and usually time it when nobody else is around.

She spends most of her time playing with the muck heap and is less trouble than some of the adults we have down there
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Yup, but not specifically for under 5's, just under 16's. They are welcomed, but are not allowed to be unaccompanied, and they also must wear hats and body protectors whilst riding.
 
All children must be accompanied at the yard or prefferably not at all. Its a very adult yard where i am anyway and only 2 people have children and both are very well behaved and love the horses
 
Nope, but U5s are always accompanied anyway of course!!

I moved from a yard when a rule was made that U16s had to be accompanied at all times. Even though I had been at the yard for a year when the rule was made... but hey am probably better off where I am now anyway.
 
I've got FOUR children under 12..... I manage not to wind anyone one up. My children are well trained on how to conduct themselves at the yard. Have been since birth. Other liveries actually comment on how nice it is to have them there and to see how we get along as a family. It might be a different story if they were less disciplined or allowed to roam free. I wouldn't let them do that, and if any of them gets bored or restless - I wrap things up pronto and get them home. As a rule, though, they like being there and helping Mummy do the stables ready for the horses to come in.
 
nope, It's my friends yard, she has 2 young children, I have a 6 year old daughter who has a pony at the yard too so obviously she comes with me, and the 1 other livery has 2 under 5s, all of them get on brilliantly, are no bother, play and ride together and it's ace
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Can understand policies in some competition yards or when children are not supervised but for us it's a family run yard and having the kids around is lovely and all part of the fun!
 
Well, I was up seeing my horse tonight and there were 3 VERY annoying children shouting, screaming, running around and generally being a pain in the @rse. But they weren't under 5, they were about 12. At my yard it's usually really quiet in the eve but during the day and especially at weekends it can be a nightmare, loads of small kids running about shouting and screaming. It does my head in
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Why do you have any problems?

I have 3 horses and a 2 year old son, I lost my mum and mum in law when I was 6 months pregnant so I dont have any other option than to take my son with me when I go to the Yard I try to get yard duties done whilst he is in creche. but sometimes it is impossible not to take him

If there were any rules about me not being able to take him there then I would be buggered basically as the yard is perfect fo us (only a 2 min drive also on my way to work)

I am very aware of the dangers at the yard so sometimes I leave him in the car seat with window open as car park is right next to stable when horses are coming in so he is safe, if he does scream to get out I dont worry too much as i would rather that than him get trampled on.

Also when he is on the yard i dont let him run around and scream as I understand that some people have also been working all day and go to yard for a wind down, and dont need to hear kids screaming(it would do my head in anyway and I would freak on him if he was a screamer)

The other kids that are ther adore him so usually they take him off me to take him for a walk ( i can get things done doubly quick then).

Also if kids were not allowed on our yard then YO would have no liveries think there is only 4 liveries without kids
 
12 year olds running around the yard screaming isn't acceptable, my 8 year old doesn't do that and my friend's 12 year old daughter who keeps her loan pony with me, certainly doesn't do that (LOL, the exception was when we had all that snow earlier this year and they were running around and screaming in the other field where there were no horses, throwing snowballs at each other
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That is why I found my own field as when I was looking for a yard, I encountered the same problem with the no kids rule. All my family live in Canada and my OH's family all work full time (and live the other side of Leicester anyways. I don't drive so it would be a trek getting to them each day anyways) so I don't have anyone to watch my son so I would be buggered as well!

It's a shame that the minority of parents who have wild kids spoil it for the ones who have well behaved kids!
 
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Well, I was up seeing my horse tonight and there were 3 VERY annoying children shouting, screaming, running around and generally being a pain in the @rse. But they weren't under 5, they were about 12. At my yard it's usually really quiet in the eve but during the day and especially at weekends it can be a nightmare, loads of small kids running about shouting and screaming. It does my head in
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Complain to your YO.


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I have to say, there aren't many kids on our yard but one woman brings her two young daughters, I think they're about 10 but I'm terrible with ages, they're old enough to know how to behave but still bicker like only sisters can. Anyway, they have their own ponies on loan and they're such good riders it's amazing. They're really quiet on the yard, and never run around shouting and screaming (though I think they get under their Mam's feet sometimes as her horse is on box rest and needs bandages changing etc) but I hardly notice they're there at all. They do have little fights but their Mam soon puts a stop to it and it never gets out of hand. Their a testament to all horsey kids.
 
The liveries kids aren't much of problem, they're watched .
The YO grandchildren are another issue, they're there most days and use the yard as a playground - unsupervised.

You have to watch out for bikes, skateboards etc just dumped on the yard, put up with whinging for pony rides (they don't have hats!!!) and when you ask them to not play football around tied up horses (really) you get YO coming saying "that they're only playing"

And the YO will be surprised when my horses leave in a couple of weeks but scarily enough, the kids are only a minor irritation compared to the other issues
 
Children under 12 have to be accompanied.....are are not allowed on certain parts of the farm without parents i.e near the muckheap- as there is farm machinery parked up.

We have several small children on the yard...most are about 7-10 now though and have been brought up around horses and know not to scream/run about near horses and not to mess around the back end....usual stuff.

Its a very family friendly yard and the kids play/ride together with no problems.

TBH...its down to how the parents monitor and teach the children to be around horses/on a yard....if they are running wild then the parents should be brought to task.

NB...I am a parent with children- youngest is now 7 but she was on the yard from age 2 and it has been drilled into them how NOT to behave
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I'm not aware of any rules but none of us have children so it isn't an issue. I'm pretty sure our YO wouldn't tolerate someone bringing small children onto the yard unless they were properly supervised though.
My old yard was a nightmare - we had one woman with 3 small children who just used to let them run riot - the highlight was when they buried all the pins for the jump cups in the school
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I'm much happier at a yard with no children as my horse time is when I relax and I don't want to spend it around someone else's kids.
 
Well, since we just had the family from hell on our yard I think kids may be banned!
The parents knew nothing, the kids (3 under age of 5) were allowed to run about, unsupervised, the kids were left, unsupervised (Mum went to tack room), on the horse which was tied up, no hats, no tack, none of them can ride & baby in pushchair right next to the horse. Absoultely crazy - no idea how no-one got hurt.
The kids ran round all the horses, even the ones that weren't theirs, bikes all over yard etc and even after we asked parents to keep their children away from our horses (we take every precaution to be safe but can't be held responsible for other people children surely?!) they still did not supervise them etc.
Was total nightmare & one I do not wish to repeat!
 
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Well, since we just had the family from hell on our yard I think kids may be banned!
The parents knew nothing, the kids (3 under age of 5) were allowed to run about, unsupervised, the kids were left, unsupervised (Mum went to tack room), on the horse which was tied up, no hats, no tack, none of them can ride & baby in pushchair right next to the horse. Absoultely crazy - no idea how no-one got hurt.
The kids ran round all the horses, even the ones that weren't theirs, bikes all over yard etc and even after we asked parents to keep their children away from our horses (we take every precaution to be safe but can't be held responsible for other people children surely?!) they still did not supervise them etc.
Was total nightmare & one I do not wish to repeat!

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TBH...you can't blame the kids for that....only the parents.

I dont think kids should be banned from yards....otherwise how do they learn or get to have their own ponies?

I do think, however that that the behaviour you describe is well out of order- the parents should be brought to task for that....but if they are like that on the yard- imagine what they would be like as neighbours!
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I take my children with me most nights, as I have no other option. One is 11, the other is 4. My daughter (11) will happily help other liveries empty barrows etc, the young one knows how to behave, if he does run, he gets told straight away and stops. Older one will sometimes help by fetching smaller ponies in, she's not really horsey despite having her own for a while (now on loan) the younger one loves going to see 'his ladies' - 3 of the other girls (my age) who seem to enjoy his company, and he's happy to help by watching buckets fill and turning the taps off etc so i would hope nobody has any complaints about mine. Having said that, if I couldn't take them with me, i would have to sell my boy, simple as that.
 
Definately!
It's a shame they've ruined it for others - they really used the yard as a creche.
I dread to think what they'd be like as neighbours...
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At my current yard the youngest person there is the yard manager. I dont really enjoy having unruly kids around me, but I do love watching tiny kiddies enjoying their ponies.
 
I don't mind well-behaved children who help their mothers with their horses/ponies, or whatever. But what sets my teeth on edge are young women coming to do horses with small babies in push-chairs. I don't like babies and horses mixing. I have even seen a pony being led down the road in one hand, and a baby tucked under the other arm. I think that is just stupid, and dangerous for the baby. I don't know how the YO could stop it, though.
 
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