Unnecessary stuff that people do on yards

The only thing i really care about is that people look after their horses. I see so many thin and sad looking horses in fields whilst i am driving about that it makes me think how lucky mine are and i wish i had the money to rescue them all.

What gripes me is bitchy jealous girls that are sly and whisper in stables about people, it ruins the whole atmosphere of a yard and they really are the lowest of the low, its very often due to something they want or somebody they want to be like, trying to prevent it is a lost cause as they seem to thrive on causing upset.

I am quite experienced with horses as i have been around them for many years but i never push my opinions on others, if somebody wants help i will be happy to help but some of the young girls on my yard think they know everything and are really volatile with it, i dont ever remember being this way when i was 13!
 
im glad im not on a yard, i dont have people very often commenting on what i do or dont do with my horses!

i wash my feed buckets when i can be bothered, mine usually lick them clean anyway, always bring them in after though (i dont have stables :O) dont like leaving buckets in the field.

i never wash legs when its muddy

i trim up when im bored or before a show

there isnt really much to do that needs doing everyday when u dont have stables to muck out or yards to sweep etc!
 
I can't quote on my phone but to Guylian (sorry if that's not the correct spelling) allowing a horse still hot from exercise to eat immediatly after work can cause colic, as can allowing a sweaty hot worked horse to cool down too quickly, which is why a lot of people put fleeces or wick-aways on their horses after they've been untacked :) also leaving dried in sweat on the coat (esp in summer) will attract the flies and biting bugs. This is what I had drummed into me about cooling down etc! Xx
 
Thank you for reminding me how nice it is to not be at livery any more! Mine all live out - in the five years we've had our field, legs have never been washed off, we have no concrete and brushing mud floors is a thankless task. My horses are shiney and happy (and normally untrimmed too!) ;-)
 
I dont like people telling me how i should look after my horse when they dont know the first thing about her. I now just say when you are paying for her then you can have a say until then shut up( how to make friends).
I am a bit obesssive about her bed has to have level banks, straight line at the front, really clean and flattened.
I dont understand why people do some of the things they do but hey ho its their horse and time if they aren't hurting anyone let them get on with it.
 
The thing that fascinates me is the amount of people on every yard I have been on that never ride their horses. last year I had a day off work, said to two individuals hanging about on the yard that I was going for a hack. Did my choresn rode a 12 mile circuit including having a picnic. Rode back to yard and blow me there's the same two individuals almost exactly in the same spot as when I left the yard. Asked if they had been riding 'no' they said. They had run out of time to ride as in the 5 hours I was riding they had each mucked out one horse and turned it out...
 
People who stable their horses overnight for absolutely NO reason other than that the "horse is used to it!", which involves coming down every night and mucking out, rugging, changing haynets sorting water, brushing yard etc and coming down early in the morning to put horsey in field, with different rug, of course. What an expensive waste of time!:D
 
Actually Waffles, I am one of those, who makes my Horse back up before she gets her feed. She used to be very bargy at feeding time. I ask her to back up before I even open the stable. Most of the time she will back up straight away when she sees me approaching with her bucket. But sometimes I will actually have to say "back" and she will. I can then go in the stable and put it on the floor and then go back out, then she will eat. I dont see that as strange, I just think it is good mannors. I don't like being mugged for food. If she moves before I leave she gets the food taken away, until shes backed away again.
 
If it means less time at home doing uneccessary stuff with the 'man' then im all for it!!! lol

Incidentally just bought 100 reasons a horse is better than a man.... great read!!!
 
Reading this thread....I am very lucky where I am then. No bitching, highly social, different ways of doing certain bits but horses all look good. And as much excitement for a lovely older novice owner off to dressage on her live out cob as YO about to step upto novice on her own horses produced by her.

My only uneccesary... Owning a gray, having had two back to back. Life is just too short for the constant cleaning process and I do not miss that!!
 
Luci07 said:
Reading this thread....I am very lucky where I am then. No bitching, highly social, different ways of doing certain bits but horses all look good. And as much excitement for a lovely older novice owner off to dressage on her live out cob as YO about to step upto novice on her own horses produced by her.

My only uneccesary... Owning a gray, having had two back to back. Life is just too short for the constant cleaning process and I do not miss that!!
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Sounds lovely :p
 
LaurenBay said:
Actually Waffles, I am one of those, who makes my Horse back up before she gets her feed. She used to be very bargy at feeding time. I ask her to back up before I even open the stable. Most of the time she will back up straight away when she sees me approaching with her bucket. But sometimes I will actually have to say "back" and she will. I can then go in the stable and put it on the floor and then go back out, then she will eat. I dont see that as strange, I just think it is good mannors. I don't like being mugged for food. If she moves before I leave she gets the food taken away, until shes backed away again.
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My horse is good mannered anyway, but I guess I'm just lucky
 
LaurenBay said:
Actually Waffles, I am one of those, who makes my Horse back up before she gets her feed. She used to be very bargy at feeding time. I ask her to back up before I even open the stable. Most of the time she will back up straight away when she sees me approaching with her bucket. But sometimes I will actually have to say "back" and she will. I can then go in the stable and put it on the floor and then go back out, then she will eat. I dont see that as strange, I just think it is good mannors. I don't like being mugged for food. If she moves before I leave she gets the food taken away, until shes backed away again.
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first thing I taught my mare, the day she arrived, straight off her mum. She has lovely manners and never needs told to get out of my space. I hate being mugged for food or treats!
 
I've nothing against making horses back up, of course - but it's the constant screaming/shouting every single morning - by a woman who has had the horse over a year and does it every single day - obviously, it's not working. Sigh...
 
smokey said:
first thing I taught my mare, the day she arrived, straight off her mum. She has lovely manners and never needs told to get out of my space. I hate being mugged for food or treats!
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I expect mine to move back from the stable door when I go in, 2 of them are bargy and need manners reminding regularly, my ID is big and still learning and manners are a must.
 
Rugs just thrown anywhere ie over the door or in the stable when there is a rug rack outside every stable.

Once beds are all mucked out ready for the eve and horses are put in whilst they are tacked up when there is a spare empty stable next door.

Hoofs been picked out or farrier been and left on the yard when yard has been swept up.

Haynets thrown about and not hung up.

Just really not tidying up after yourself.
 
Achinghips said:
People who stable their horses overnight for absolutely NO reason other than that the "horse is used to it!", which involves coming down every night and mucking out, rugging, changing haynets sorting water, brushing yard etc and coming down early in the morning to put horsey in field, with different rug, of course. What an expensive waste of time!:D
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Maybe they said "because its used to it" rather than "mind your own business" or " its is because he needs to be in at night to keep him fit and / or free of laminitis"
 
Achinghips said:
People who stable their horses overnight for absolutely NO reason other than that the "horse is used to it!", which involves coming down every night and mucking out, rugging, changing haynets sorting water, brushing yard etc and coming down early in the morning to put horsey in field, with different rug, of course. What an expensive waste of time!:D
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My horse is still living in, she gets far too fat, far to easily so is on a very strict diet. Living out 24/7 on spring grass would make her the size of a house! :rolleyes:
She also makes her feelings very clear that she does not want to live out..... cue biting, barging, generally being a bitch until she comes in. She lives out for a few months in the summer when it is dry and the field is bare but as soon as the weather starts to turn she is an absolute nightmare to handle, once bought in at night she is an angel :rolleyes:
 
I keep mine stabled over night, to save my field, to give their legs a rest from the mug, to keep them out of the cold (no shelter in the field) and to be able to feed them and make sure both are getting enough food! Plus not all horses like being out 24/7! Only owners know their horses the best! No one else can judge
 
Oh and one thing that irritates me is when people complain that their horses are fat and they cant get weight off of them and having to muzzle them yet they feed them huge amounts of hard feed, gigantic haynets, and give them treats by the bucket load..... Totally pointless!!
I have had people telling me how mean I am to my horse because she gets chaff (Hifi good doer) only token feed for supplements once a day, 2 sections of 12 hour soaked hay in double haynets and never gets treats unless someone else gives them to her....
If I didnt do this she would be extremely fat and have a lot of strain and weight on her joints (she has ringbone) so would be in pain....

They can call me mean all they like but I choose her at a healthy weight than to be fat and in pain ;)
 
I keep my two in at night over winter mainly because the older is 'used to it'. She likes coming in from approx Dec- march, therefore she does & little pony likes to be with her. Quite happy to waste my time & money to keep my horses happy. After all that's what we all do.
 
People leaving full wheelbarrows really gets me. I have got enough poo to shift without having to move other horses poo 1st. Especially when they get left at the bottom of the muck heap, Arrggh your right there you may aswell tip the damn thing. :)
 
Achinghips said:
People who stable their horses overnight for absolutely NO reason other than that the "horse is used to it!", which involves coming down every night and mucking out, rugging, changing haynets sorting water, brushing yard etc and coming down early in the morning to put horsey in field, with different rug, of course. What an expensive waste of time!:D
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I have to say mine love coming in, the overnight stay in their wooden hotel room refreshes both of them, it rests their legs, they relax as its safe and warm (no predators in there) and when i get them out in the morning they are happy and in high spirits to get back out to their rested field that they have not seen for 12 hours.

I dont mind being an equine chamber maid, its all worth it to see them happy and looking so well, the reward is far greater than the expense
 
The big waste of time on our yard and our neighbouring ones is considered to be my care of the muck heap. I put the muck up for between 6 and 8 horses because my daughter and our friend can't do it properly. I layer it perfectly, pat it, prod it and tread it down much to the amusement of all who see it. I say me and my muck heap should feature on grand designs. My daughter says we should be on a panorama special about OCD. Visitors from neighbouring yards are in hysterics about the fact that you could get a spot on reading from a spirit level on my muck heap. What a waste of time they say.
I have recently had the last laugh though. When others are paying to have their muck heap taken away at least twice a year, mine, with same amount of horses and same bedding is 2 and half years old and still ok for another few months.
It takes all sorts eh.
 
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