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Going on holiday not this saturday coming but the saturday after for 2 weeks. Im on a DIY yard which doesnt really help matters, and YO is not very well at all and unfortunately she is now more likely to get worse not better. So she is unable to look after him.

My orginal plan was for one the ladies on yard to look after Buddy for me as she had agreed. Problem is lately she is hardly ever up and at night im refilling there horses water buckets up because they are bringing theirs in so early. I wont be able to relax on holiday unless i know he is being looked after well and im afraid to say i cant really see this lady looking after him at all.

The agreement on yard is that every one lets this lady look after their horses when away. But i really dont want to have her looking after him especially with the way his attitude is going backward and forward all the time at the moment. I have had a girl who is about 14 say she doesnt mind looking after him. She does a great job of looking after her horse so i might have to take her up on her offer. But i dont know how the other lady will react when she finds out that unlike the rest im having someone else look after Buddy.

My BF said he will go on and check on Buddy a few times for me but i cant expect him to look after Buddy for 2 weeks. What do you reckon i should do, do you think im doing the right thing having the girl look after him?
 
Is there no one on the yard that you could give a wad of cash to to make sure he is looked after?

Is out at grass - he shouldnt need much looking after - maybe - pay BF to fully look after him and in the next two weeks train him up? or do you have anyone else that would do this with him? And give him a list of vets numbers and so on - and tell him to call you each day to give you an update?

Or is there any yards that do full holiday livery ? go check them out and then get BF and other friends to check him every day maybe ? x
 
I would let the girl look after him if you believe she is fully capable!
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If other lady say's anything or gets funny, just politly tell her that you'd rather a 14 year old do a good job of looking after your horse and risk upsetting her than having her do it and risk your horse not being looked after at all! Harsh but fair IMO.

Does this make sense?
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Most the people on yard are kids! I dont really want to leave him with kids because i cant be 100% sure that they will be safe with him plus theres the fact that its more work for their parents. Im sure this girl would look after him fine but i know that there is not really a rule but everyone lets this lady look after the horses. So i dont know what everyone will think of me if i let someone else look after him.

He isnt out of grass, all horses on yard come back into their stables at night. So even if i did decided to leave him out wouldnt be fair on him as he would be all alone.

My BF doesnt mind coming up and checking on him for me, but he has no experience in horses and with work and everything he wouldnt be able to go out with his mates or nothing if had to muck Buddy out and everything at night for me. I would have persuaded him but he is also going away for a few days so it probably isnt best anyway.

Im going to be speaking to my BF most nights whilst away so i was thinking that maybe if the girl looked after him but i had my BF just go up every other night or something just to check him for me.

With going on holiday and loosing my job i cant really afford to be paying out for him to go to another yard on full livery plus that would unsettle him too much.
 
Well slip the kid fifty quid (at least ) and I bet she will look after it better than you !! ha ha bless her - and with your BF coming up Im sure it will be fine

You and the kid could even just keep it low level - ie not say anything about your holiday so people forget about it and if this lady isnt coming up - no one will really notice anyway and it may blow over? And maybe come up with a plan - if anyone asks the kid why she is doing the horse get her to say 'ahh well her BF is doing him too but I volunteered to help him too as he is my dads cousin - you know helping family out and all'

But IMO I would just not say owt and if anyone asked me why I wasnt using the lady I'd say 'cos she is unreliable and doesnt look after her own so she can balls it'

Have a great holiday !! xx
 
I would let the 14yo look after him if she has offered , just because this other lady always does everyones doesn't mean you have to use her and if your happy with the way she looks after her own then she will do yours ok ,( I would just check with her mum though, just to be sure she is willing to let her do it ) , prehaps everyone uses this woman because they think they have to , use whoever is best for you and your horse
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He's your horse, so you and only you have the right to decide who looks after him while you are away.
This kid sounds like a good option, with your mate checking in on a regular basis.
I think you should have a good chat with girl and mother to make sure everything is in order and a little cash incentive goes along way. Its hard work, even in summer, looking after another horse, so it would be nice to offer, even if she didn't accept. Perhaps you could look after hers in return when the time comes ?
Have a lovely holiday
 
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He's your horse, so you and only you have the right to decide who looks after him while you are away.
This kid sounds like a good option, with your mate checking in on a regular basis.
I think you should have a good chat with girl and mother to make sure everything is in order and a little cash incentive goes along way. Its hard work, even in summer, looking after another horse, so it would be nice to offer, even if she didn't accept. Perhaps you could look after hers in return when the time comes ?
Have a lovely holiday

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I second this, along with leaving the relavent phone numbers, your vet, your farrier, your mobile, your insurance company details, and chat with her and her mum, throu a few what ifs, so you know she is confident in making a descision on your behalf if she cant contact you and something does go wrong.

Also if his lady does say anything, you can just say 'I havent seen you to ask, but thanks for the offer'.

Hope you have a great holiday.
 
what about asking the girl to look after him, but if you want to keep the other lady sweet then say that you wanted to give this girl the opportunity to look after him/earn some money etc etc and could she keep an eye on both of them?? unless of course, you think she'll interfere unnecessarily.
 
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