views on bringing the last horse in

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whats your views on this suppose two sides of the story good and bad, whats your views on a bringing in quiet easy horse and then being expected to bring a hyper nutter in what would happen if this is yard rule, and last horse in kicked you and rendered you injured ? Not a issue with myself just a discussion with some one it is the rule on my yard, if anything happend to me i would be devastated single parent , kids horses etc ive no clue how i would manage
 
I have no problems with it. However the yard owner should stipulate any dangerous horses are brought in by staff, or themselves and not liveries, I'd say.
 
This rule is on my yard and I do feel bad because sometimes by boy isn't the easiest to bring in but a majority of the time he's good. (Lots of jogging and wanting to go fast no kicking or rearing.)

I say that they could leave him out but give us a ring and we'll come up asap but they seem to be happy bringing him in.

I don't mind bringing the others in if left out on own as they are all really chilled and well behaved its just my horrible boy that's the pain :rolleyes:
 
If I wasn't happy to deal with a horse then I wouldn't and would discuss the situation with my yard owner.
I'd be happy to bring the last horse in now and again but if one owner is always last at the yard I would expect them to make a proper arrangement rather than rely on favours. I'm usually last so I have an agreement with the girl who looks after the liveries where I feed in the mornings and help her with turn out in return for her bringing mine in.
 
No problem, the boys in the field at the livery yard I am at are all very polite (all 5 of them) only 1 who can be rude sometimes, I use my parelli halter on him - no problem!!:eek:
 
Not relevant to me but surely in the example given, the sensible thing to do would be to bring the more excitable horse in before the calm one, so that it wouldn't get so hyped-up?
Ours are at home and always come in, in the same order.
 
we have the rule no horse to be left on own in field and I have no problem with this at all except -

1/ horse is a nutter - sorry who will pay if im off work and not talking about exnuberent excited horses as hey no problems there but a known nutter in being damn nasty. Here i would say sorry no way as like I said who would pay if off work injuried and hey i have my horses to pay for

2/ if someone takes mick in mucking out etc in morning but expects ppl to bring in when last horse out (on a regular basis trust me) so dont have to come up or pay for the service - which I do
In both cases I would explain to YM as I have on the yard in both cases and been understood to :)
 
I'm lucky as during the week I do them all myself, and at the weekends there is always at least one livery to help. I bring them in in strict hierachial order. This is by far the best way to avoid problems. I drive the last three horses to the sand menage at the bottom of the paddocks and then fetch them in from there as it's only 10 m from the stable yard.In my experience there are always problems if horses come in at different times. I make it a rule that all come in by a set time.
 
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Our yard also has a rule that says no one horse should be left out on it's own.

My boy's a youngster and at times can get pretty strong. I prefer to handle him myself because I know how he's being handled and I can generally manage him if he becomes a handful.

Because I work full time, I would ask another livery to leave their horse out with mine until I can get there and bring them both in. That way no horse is on it's own. That works where both horses left out are OK to lead in together, and get on alright in the field of course!

Last winter I turned another horse out with mine each morning and that horse's owner would bring my horse and their horse in together at night. Problem there was that both horses then got rather attached to that routine and if one had to be kept in, the other would go nuts. Lots of re-training was needed!

In a situation where you had a nutty horse and a quiet horse to bring in, I think it would depend to me (if I was in that situation) on what behaviour the nutty horse was displaying, how confident I felt I could deal with it and whether I felt the situation could be managed better by bringing that horse in first (is it being nutty because it's the last one out?) or bringing in with the quieter horse (would that be calming for the nutty horse, or could that put person and quiet horse at risk?).

If I felt that a horse was extremely dangerous or beyond my ability to manage I would not be inclined to bring it in and risk injury to myself and/or the horse (say if it got away from me or something). I would say it was the owners responsibility to train that horse to be able to be led in safely. If that is not possible then it should be the owners responsibility to ensure that horse is not left on it's own or that someone who can manage/handle the horse is able to bring it in. If there was a yard manager or staff present then I'd say it should really be their problem to manage if they run the yard!
 
We have a 'no horse to be left on their own rule' but this excludes one horse who is a sod to catch and is happy to stay out alone.

To be fair to the YO, if anybody is having problems catching a horse, or it is being badly behaved, she will come and get it in - she lives on site.
 
Blimey, I never realised this sort of thing went on. I have always kept my horses at my home. So you mean, if you keep your horse at a DIY yard, you have to bring other people's horses in from the field ? You don't just get on and do your own horses ?
 
I don't mind bringing the last horse in, i wouldn't like mine left out on his own. However it's fine as long as the last horse isn't always the same last horse and is brought in on a regular basis by someone other than it's owner.


If the horse was dangerous I wouldn't bring it in and the owner would have to make sure they are there to fetch it in or make other arrangements.
 
We don't have a rule at our yard about bringing the last horse in but some horses including mine won't stay out on their own.
Everyone is really good at communicating with each other about bringing in times and no one would leave a horse out if they will stress on their own.

I'm more than happy to bring in another horse with mine if it's the last, I offer to bring in one of the mares every weekend as it suits me, means my horse gets to stay out longer.

If the other horse was a real nutter I might not be so keen. I'm not prepared to be injured by someone else's horse.
 
Happy to do it once or twice, but if it becomes a habit then I speak to the staff and a staff member comes up with me and charges the owner for the privilege.
I am all for helping out when it is needed, but there are the occasional owners who seem to start coming up later and later in the hope that their horse will be in when they arrive! This behaviour usually stops after they get their livery bill :)
 
We're on a yard where we have one semi nutter but there is no set rule for leaving horses out on their own - just something we use our common sense about. The odd one doesn't care as long as there's grass in front of them but the rest do tend to fret so in they come as a group. Swings and roundabouts - all help each other being a small yard and the YM occasionally pitches in when needed.

I'd definitely be leaning towards staff or owner bringing in a particularly obstreperous beastie as it not only worries you doing it, it creates bad feeling and an atmosphere at the yard that is far harder to get rid of than any horses bad manners.
 
Luckily all of our horses are nice and sane and we are all at the yard mostly at the same time so bring our horses in together once all our mucking out and stuff is done - at weekends someone turns out and other bring in - we arrange it among ourselves as our horses go out in a group - we have a foal of 10 months who can sometimes be a little excitable but hes not a bad boy - he just needs firm handling and we are all happy to handle him. I would not however, bring in a horse I was frightened would hurt me and would make my feelings known to the YO in the first instance to see if something could be worked out
 
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