rach1984horse
Well-Known Member
I've been at current yard for nearly 9 years now. YO is a very strong minded person and there is no way in EVER telling her she is wrong.
I got my first pony 2 years ago, then my yearling in Spring this year. Last winter my mare dropped some weight, but then hay went out into the field, the ground wasn't too bad, they had a field shelter and everything was okay. When the weather got really bad she came indoors and was stabled.
This year I said that providing they had shelter, I would leave my ponies out all year, as Rosie has a rug and Fiadh shouldn't need anything.
Due to the bad weather their field is completely water logged. There has also been no hay in the field. I have been asking for hay for the past 2 months and she has kept saying that she doesn't want to feed hers. It's up to her to make the decisions on her own horses, so I have been taking mine in to give them hay and feeding them outside the field.
YO has asked me to clear my stables out as she wants them for her horses, so I did this 2 weeks ago. She has now decided that she wants her 2 horses put into the barn and my 2 moved into another field.
This field is on the side of a hill, and mostly just a wood.. I've asked if I can now BUY hay ON TOP OF paying/working for my livery as per our arrangement, and she has said no. She doesn't want hay messing up her fields.
There is now no spaces to bring my horses in to feed them as she is using 2 stables + the barn for the same 2 horses.
I don't quite know what to say to her as my ponies are needing the hay. The vet was up last week and even he said it was about time the hay went out for them. The way she is talking there will be no hay going out at all this year for my 2.
If I move she'll never ever let me back and I've near enough grown up on that yard. I do feel that however after over 8 years of me doing lots of work for her, and her helping me get my confidence back that we are even. I've been trying to find somewhere to move them to, and don't quite know how to tell her she either needs to let me feed my horses and look after them my own way, or I'll need to take my ponies else where. As part of my livery I help look after hers, and do more than my fair share of work (if I don't muck out during the week, it's not likely that she will). But I also work full time and don't spend as much time with my ponies as I should.
I'm just going to stop this post right here, because it's getting very long and not quite sure where I am going. I have a lot of respect for YO but need to do what's best for my ponies...
Well done if you got this far... Think I just needed to vent...
I got my first pony 2 years ago, then my yearling in Spring this year. Last winter my mare dropped some weight, but then hay went out into the field, the ground wasn't too bad, they had a field shelter and everything was okay. When the weather got really bad she came indoors and was stabled.
This year I said that providing they had shelter, I would leave my ponies out all year, as Rosie has a rug and Fiadh shouldn't need anything.
Due to the bad weather their field is completely water logged. There has also been no hay in the field. I have been asking for hay for the past 2 months and she has kept saying that she doesn't want to feed hers. It's up to her to make the decisions on her own horses, so I have been taking mine in to give them hay and feeding them outside the field.
YO has asked me to clear my stables out as she wants them for her horses, so I did this 2 weeks ago. She has now decided that she wants her 2 horses put into the barn and my 2 moved into another field.
This field is on the side of a hill, and mostly just a wood.. I've asked if I can now BUY hay ON TOP OF paying/working for my livery as per our arrangement, and she has said no. She doesn't want hay messing up her fields.
There is now no spaces to bring my horses in to feed them as she is using 2 stables + the barn for the same 2 horses.
I don't quite know what to say to her as my ponies are needing the hay. The vet was up last week and even he said it was about time the hay went out for them. The way she is talking there will be no hay going out at all this year for my 2.
If I move she'll never ever let me back and I've near enough grown up on that yard. I do feel that however after over 8 years of me doing lots of work for her, and her helping me get my confidence back that we are even. I've been trying to find somewhere to move them to, and don't quite know how to tell her she either needs to let me feed my horses and look after them my own way, or I'll need to take my ponies else where. As part of my livery I help look after hers, and do more than my fair share of work (if I don't muck out during the week, it's not likely that she will). But I also work full time and don't spend as much time with my ponies as I should.
I'm just going to stop this post right here, because it's getting very long and not quite sure where I am going. I have a lot of respect for YO but need to do what's best for my ponies...
Well done if you got this far... Think I just needed to vent...