Stable size problem

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traceyjoanne

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hi i moved onto a yard a few weeks ago as i was desperate to get off the one i was on and i took a stable that someone else had already reserved
anyway i have to move out of it next weekend into another and the problem is the roof height. it is fine length wise and width wise but it has a lower roof than the one i am in
i have a 16.2 frieisan mare that has a typical high head carriage
when i put her in this stable to check her ears were touching the wood rafters that run the lenght and widthe of the roof
i am not comfortable at all putting her in here and noone with the higher roof stables will swap as they all next to frinds etc, it is not even a big yard only 15 on there
what would everyone else do as i am feeling my only option is to move yards again which i dont really want to do
 
Speak to yard owner and organise a meeting with all the liveries and explain your problem then see if anyone will help you out.
Explain that the roof height is too low for your mare and that you are scared she will hurt herself and that you are both enjoying the yard and dont want to move so would anyone help you out by swapping stables.
If not only other options are wintering out or moving again
 
this may seem extreme but depending on the building it may not be. could the roof not be lifted or the rafters altered so the roof is supported in a differant way otherwise the other two options may be ur only ones
 
hi yard owner has asked everyone but noone prepared to move it stupid really as the yard is small so everyone near everyone as it is
my girl prefers to be in rather than out whereas all the others on yard prefer to be out or should i say the owners prefer them out!
its a hard one really as do like the yard
the roof and rafters cant be moved, its a good height but not for a friesian with high head carriage she is the largest on the yard and there are 6 hugh stables with anything from 14 to 15.2 in but they just seem to be stuck in there ways and not thinking that my horse just wont fit i know i would offer up my stable if it was other way round, but not everyone like me
 
I'd ask the yard owner again to get somebody to swap with you and explain that you'll have no alternative but to move if he can't accommodate your horse.
 
If your YO won't tell someone that they must swap with you, then you have 3 alternatives IMO, either move yards again, ask to winter out, only using the stable to tack-up etc/in an emergency or use the stable offered and let her get used to it.
3 of our stables are in a converted farm building with a low roof. We have had 4 16.3+ horses in there over the years. When we first moved to this small-holding, I was discussing my reservations about the low roof to an old horseman/farmer, who said to me 'stop worrying, they will get used to it' and they did.
If any of them have been worried about the low roof at first, we have encouraged them to go in with a feed but have never had any real trouble. We feed from the floor or a haybar, so there is no tugging at a haynet to necessitate violent upward head movements and we have had no injury problems at all.
Good luck!
 
If I had been a good and loyal customer then got told I had to move my horse into a stable with a low ceiling because a new livery didn't like the height of her ceiling I would hit the roof (excuse the pun!)

The YO should not force anyone to move into a stable with a ceiling so low that a 16.2hh horse than bump it's head on it. A 13.2hh horse could easily also bang it's head should it rear in the stable, the stable does not sound suitable for horses (well maybe shetlands!)

The YO should not have offered you a space at the yard when she doesn't actually have a suitable stable. When you moved was it not explained to you that you were in a 'reserved' stable and would have to move?

I fI were you I'd be fuming at the YO, best plan of action is to look for another yard. The other liveries have nothing to do with the equation.
 
I really would NOT risk it with your horse, what happens if your horse gets spooked and jumps her head up? a few years ago my pony fractured her skull and it is not a good experience (she survived btw but after many thousands of £s and ops at edinburgh vet horspital, now enjoying peaceful retirement), als my old riding teacher once had to move a dead horse that banged its head, I don't mean to frighten you but I seruiosly wouldn't risk it, can't you leave her out 24/7 until you find better accomodation.

ps. I agree with earlier post thar stable desn't sound suitable for hrses.
 
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