Stopping Kids Feeding Buddy?

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How can i stop the kids on yard giving Buddy treats? As he is getting quite nippy and am trying to stop it but i think he is getting his own way with kids on yard.


Thinking of putting up a note on stable door or something saying please don't feed? Just ive had a few nasty bites from him this week and had ironed out the biting problem along time ago and i know what kids are like with horses the just want to give them everything.
 
Hit them with a big stick
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Put up a scary sign saying 'This horse bites! Keep away!' My friend had 2 ponies in a field and she put a sign up saying 'Beware one bites'
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ETA or hit them with big stick!
 
I like the big stick idea!!

Post up signs that he bites and also politely ask people not to feed him. A couple of big bites from him should also get the message across!
 
I used to have a sign saying 'please do not give this horse mints, carrots, apples or other treats as she may bite you' when my mare was stabled at a riding school.
(Parents and kids used to go round the yard with huge bags of carrots without asking, leading to frustrated, nippy horses!)
Only thing is you are admitting liability to an extent if the horse does bite someone.
When my original sign disintegrated, I just replaced it with 'Do not feed this horse mints, carrots, apples or other treats, thank you"
With riding school clients it is ignorance. With other livery owners/helpers it's bad manners and I would put them straight right away!
 
Nope, if you put a sign up saying the horse bites then you are in no way responsible if the horse does bite, as there was fair warning
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Just a sign saying please do not feed. If you put "Horse may bite", or something like that, you will technically have admitted fault and people in this day and age sadly will sue if they break a finger nail. Was told this by my old yard owner.
 
So what can i do then to stop this? Its a DIY yard that im on and i know the kids give him a lot of treats and with cutting food back and everything he shouldn't be having then and i want to put a stop to his biting and i cant if people keep feeding him.
 
I worked for a supermarket and the law states that if you put up a sign informing someone of a possible hazard then you are not liable. E.G. if there is a wet floor without a sign and someone slips then you are liable but if there was a sign up saying 'wet floor' then you are not as you have given fair warning!
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Make a point of catching them all to talk about it, and tell their parents. I think all yards should have "don't treat other people's horses" in the yard rules - ours does. I'd just put a note on the door saying "PLEASE DON'T FEED TREATS TO THIS BL**DY HORSE!" and yell very loudly at anyone I caught doing it.
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Yeah i think will put a sign on stable door, as i don't really see the kids until weekend as im not up stables till about 6ish and kids long gone by then so i get some peace and quiet!!!
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Then weekends if i do see them feeding him...i think i may result into a lot of yelling and the stick!!!
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Yeah put a sign up saying 'Nil by mouth' the kids will go an aski what it means and then you can tell them why he's not allowed treats.

I would then also lurk and try to catch them breaking the rules and give them a harsh talking to.

In saying that my harsh talking to made a little girl at the yard cry, she never ran round the back of my horse after the crying incident but her mother really wasn't to happy with me
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I'd put a sign up saying "Feeding this horse treats will make him very ill" (the Horse Trust used to have signs like this). Most kids will respond if they think they will harm a horse. Failing that a beating with a big spikey stick !
 
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