What made you leave your last/past livery yard?

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My past escapes have included working out too expensive, too far (yes, should have thought about it before I moved there but the yard was perfect, but 12 miles each way), horrible fellow liveries, poor turnout, drug dealing (years ago that one, thankfully, and not me!)

Just wondering what makes you finally decide to go through the hassle of moving?
 
Fuel costs went up so needed somewhere closer, plus wanted better grazing and more turnout. Would move again if a space freed up on a certain yard that's even closer and where we could have good grazing plus a box...

We are never happy, are we?:o
 
Being told that grazing would be restricted, even over the summer. Everyone had to have a stable and livery would triple in price, leaving us until the end of the month to find somewhere else if we wanted to move.

I spent all day every day searching for a livery yard that offered 24/7 turnout, and in the end settled for a lovely field with good hacking :-)
 
A family friend built me some lovely stables but he died very unexpectely (literally dropped dead) shortly afterwards and the self appointed farm manager was an absolute shxx so I made my excuses to the family who were beside themselves with grief and left. Never been so sad to leave somewhere.
 
The last yard I was on was owned by my daughter's partner. Everything was ok until they split up and things turned nasty! He then took my daughter to court claiming he had paid for her horse and wanted his money back! Ownership of her horse quickly changed into my hands and we moved both horses off the yard within a few days. It got even nastier when he lost the court case!

We are now on a lovely local yard with friendly liveries and no hassles!
 
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I left one because it doesnt have an arena, and I wanted to be somewhere that did
The next one I left because Roo didnt cope with grass livery
The next one I left because Roo wasnt happy with the bars between stables and kept flying at horses in next stable over
The next one I left because of Horrible, vile people that made my life hell
Im now back at the first yard with no arena and Ill not be moving again :D
 
Theft of property which when confronted resulted in my horse being attacked overnight.
Also paying for a stable which flooded and when mentioned I was told that it was okay as I wasn't using it right now anyway.... I wasn't using it as I didn't want my youngster wading around in her stable!
Turnout was in mass herds which didn't work, huge fields fertilised so everything was muzzled and 24/7 guaranteed turn out stopped after a couple of weeks :rolleyes:

So old owner got the horse back with me in tow :)
 
Only ever been at 2 (had our own when I was a kid)... Have been at this one just over 12 years and the last one was about 3 or 4 years, but I only left there because they sold up.

Before that, I rented my own field which became too much of a PITA as it had no water or electricity and was sodden ridge and furrow. But it was cheap! :D
 
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Left my last yard because of lack of turnout, and dreadful fencing. Finally had a sense of humour failure when someone who had two horses to our six was given one of the paddocks we had specifically rested all winter so she could have sheep! Previously theft of property, bad hacking, and muppety people.
 
for me, it has been that things have changed when I got there, or far more horses arrive and grazing becomes tight, or facilities promised have not materialised...I always give a new yard a few months to see if it settles down but will put the needs of the horses first. If it doesn't suit their needs, then it doesn't suit me.
 
There's been various reasons over the years.

Theft (I'm talking bin-fulls of feed), and when person was confronted I began finding my horse tied to the fence via his fly rug, chunks chopped out of his mane, punctured tyres, and so the list goes on.

Lack of drainage in the fields - mud past your knees in the gateways was a bit beyond a joke.

Lack of company in fields - my boy being left on his own too often.

Oh, and one yard that my old Welsh just wouldn't settle at. He went mental, we gave up after two weeks and moved back to original yard.
 
In process of moving due to dreadful hacking - have managed for 4 years but now with likely rehab work on the way I need to be able to hack my youngster alone and can't do that from current yard.
Last place, crazy liveries and ineffectual owners/manager!
 
Reason for leaving my last yard was primarily due to being lied to about an accident my horse suffered, combined with minor niggles about standards/care.
 
Got no choice, was given 2 weeks notice that yard is closing down after a past livery got kicked up and caused loads of trouble for liveries on the yard. The YO has had enough apparently! Found a lovely little yard that hopefully I can settle on now as had enough, the YO is schitzo!
 
Last yard I moved for a build up of things..

1) pony was wormed without telling me
2) horses got moved into their very lush winter grazing before informing me despite them knowing my cob should be in a muzzle...cue a very angry owner and very round fat cob.
3) trailers of hay were put in the field through winter, and after a severe cough and respiratory problems my cob needed soaked hay (and not to stand at a trailer all day gorging)
4) just that bit too far away
5) bitchy, unfriendly liveries

Current yard trying to move from due to the farmer's greediness. He laughs off the fact there is no/poor fencing when my lami pony escaped, he throws out mouldy hay in the winter despite them not needing it, kicked my friend out her stable just cos another livery wanted 'her ponies in a row'...i could go on. The only benefit being we were allowed to take over an entire field and fence/manage it how we wish. Looking for our own land currently:D
 
Yard one - virtually no hacking - literally 20 minutes in walk unless you wanted to hack around busy main road London traffic that was really unsafe and wouldn't get you anywhere nice to ride anyway. Dreadful turnout. Complete inability to feed ad lib hay despite met paying for it and it being on vet advice. Extortionate lesson prices.

Yard two - turnout much worse than promised, couldn't rely on weekend standard of care, horrible atmosphere and last straw was them turning Spider out with three different horses in ten days - him getting kicked and falling over on two occasions and them not bothering to tell me about any of it :o

Loving my new yard - amazing turnout, completely lovely YO and fellow liveries seems lovely - no backstabbing and they've all been there for years and years, which has to be a good sign :D
 
In the main, due to a lying, arrogent, pr**k of a yo, who didnt know his arse from his elbow, that changed everything about the yard, that made us go there in the first place, thankfully i seen it coming and had found myself a sole let of a small barn with everything i need ;)
 
First one was because my pony was on his own, and he escaped onto a bridle path and was a 2 minute walk from a very busy slip road and when i asked if anyone had seen him get out i was told that he had been out all day as they had trouble leading hacks past him .. Why the hell didn't they catch him/call me then?!
So moved to the yard I'm currently at which would be perfect if it didn't have a psychopathic livery :(
 
Over 50% price rise.
Slipping standards, in which horse had nasty injury that nobody noticed, horse lost shoes that nobody noticed and horse was left in field when everything got in they even fed an empty stable! This was in middle of winter. Supposed to be full livery so def not worth the cost.
 
One yard I was on, lack of grazing, ment horses could only go out for a few hours a day, but main thing was when I found out the YO was giving someone lessons on my lad without my permission.
Last yard, lack people who rode, very small yard only a few of us, my lad needs a bold lead horse, my old horse was ok at hacking on his own. I had been there over 20 years, so it was really hard leaving.

Very happy on present yard.
 
First yard left because they would only let one instructor teach (a mediocre event rider) and I wanted to do dressage and had to travel to get lessons. I also had to go on full livery due to work reasons and their livery service wasn't very good, beds dirty and not enough forage. So moved to dressage instructors yard ..... big mistake!

Left that yard because 1) it was too far away (20 miles) 2) The care wasn't what I thought it should be 3) Final straw was when my horse got colic - she thought he was lame behind wtf! NOOO he is hunched up because he is in pain you stupid woman. She then went home let me deal with it and said she might pop in later to check - oh thanks - you live round the corner while I live a 40 mile round trip away!!

Now at a DIY yard 10 minute drive away which I really like good grazin, facilities, fantastic hacking, nice people but I really could do with assisted DIY or Part-livery due to travelling away for work so it costs me an arm and a leg to pay for ad-hoc free-lancer.

Where is that perfect yard! :(
 
Left my old yard for a number of reasons, but the main one being that YO complained that I spent too much time there and decided to restrict me to 3 hours a day.....to care for and exercise 2 horses!! Do-able I know, but no pleasure whatsoever!
Now on the perfect yard with the perfect YO! Bliss
 
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