When you leave a livery yard....

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to move to another do you worry for your horses safety/your tack etc in the time bwteen giving notice and moving?

(just say for arguements sake that the person who owns the land wasnt pleased they were loosing livery money and that your leaving and hence relations were strained)

A girl i know is currently in this situation, although she only has the one horse and im getting constant phonecalls to ask if i can check her horse is ok etc as shes now turned herself into some paranoid freak.

I really dont think she has anything to worry about but it must be a common thing, people leaving, YO being frustrated etc

Has anyone else even been in that situation?
(I have once, and dont fancy it again much although my situation was rather different and i left within days but she cant move any sooner!)
 
Yep , and I gave notice and left the same day (loosing nearly £500 )

I am a paranoid freak at the best of times and I wouldn't have forgiven myself if something has happened to Sol
 
Last time i left anywhere, i arranged to move the horse on the saturday, I told the bloke on the thursday, only to find they had lost my passport.. APPARENTLY..

Anyway, i got a call at 7 oclock on a febuary evening saying 'No one knows your horse is here and i have your passport. He might not be here tomorrow.' to be honest it scared me to death as i knew he had a bolt gun.

I went up the yard while he was milking (My uncle came because he knew i would of flipped at this man if id seen him) and I rode ted the new yard over a mile away, throught a pitch black park with my mum following me when i was ont he road.

Lou x
 
OMG, why had he got your horse's passport?? Surely thats *your* property and should be kept with you????
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I think there might be new legislation that means livery yard owners are more likely to hold you horses passport?...

Im sure you don't need to worry too much for your friend. Move everything you need to and thats expensive. And keep an eye on the horse - Im sure nothign will happen.x
 
Why on earth did you let them have your passport, I only keep photocopies, you should always be in possession of your horses passport just like your own.
 
No, because in my experience good livery yards have got people cuing up to join them - so there is very, very rarely any hard feelings.
 

I had ALL my stuff stolen by some very nasty bullies on a yard years ago after I left. They changed the locks on their tackroom before I came back for everything. Thankfully I returned in the evening when no one was there. We had break in without leaving any evidence of force and take what was mine..they'd even put my stable toys up in their stables. I still lost a lot of stuff though including expensive showing gear riding hat rugs and so on.

I also sold a £100 turnout rug and was promised by someone I trusted at the time that the money would be sent to me lol but it never was (I was young and naive)
 
Dirty.. the blokes wife had my horse on loan, The horse stayed there when i had him back and was assured the passport was with the cattle and as they were my friends (i was her maid ofhonour) i assumed it was safe. She originally had the passport for his jabs..

Lou x
 
I always hand in notice and leave the same day for that reason. One yard I was on, I had to disappear for three hours to arrange moving the horse and I was so worried during that time. I later heard that one girl who left the same yard, had her horse turned loose on the yard and the gate left open - deliberately. The yard goes straight out onto a dual carriageway.

Bottom line if you are fretting about moving and feel you have reason to be concerned, then you need to get out of there pronto. A good yard should never make you feel like that.
 
I think that was quite a calm response for me.. considering i am sat her feling a bit small and patronised now.. and instead of blowing my top im being 'calm' am i ill?

Lou x
 
Yes I paid a months notice and left straight away because I knew there would be problems, the YO was great but his wife was a witch and I didn't trust her.
 
OMG, I can't believe this thread, especially Nailed's story.

When we moved, we moved everything over gradually, but we did trust the people we were stabled with (for over 6 years). However, our horrible builder's wife stabled there and so we took a lot of precautions anyway.

Then we moved from our next yard after 9 weeks. I moved all my stuff in 2 days, and told them on the 2nd day!
 
What is it with YOs? When I left my last yard I handed in my notice and left 5 days later, costing me nearly £750. They were in difficult financial straits following a popular yard manager's dismissal and they had lost over 50% of their liveries the week before I left. I worried the whole 5 days after I had given in my notice as this YO had a reputation for hitting horses around the head, even though they were supposedly BHS registered. I dont know what happened to my horses that week as they cant talk, but all I do know is that they are so much happier at our new yard.

On the day I left, I had the indignity of the YO screaming at me as I tried to leave with my two horses in my trailer. Apparently we had not paid for some competition fees, plus a lot of other 'extra's which I never had. My husband gave her a piece of his mind and all she did was hang onto my car, trying to make me stop leaving the yard. I did leave, in tears and ended up at our current yard still in tears.

This woman and her husband were nasty bullies. They treated all my friends on this way in a foul manner. We hear through the horsey grapevine that they are going bust. I would not normally wish ill of any business, particularly at the moment, but this vile nasty couple deserve it.

I would add that I did not owe them the money, and I had him turn up at my home demanding the money!
 
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I think that was quite a calm response for me.. considering i am sat her feling a bit small and patronised now.. and instead of blowing my top im being 'calm' am i ill?

Lou x

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Dont feel patronised lou, now you've explained it- before you explained it, it sounded a bit odd but now makes sense perfectly.
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I think that was quite a calm response for me.. considering i am sat her feling a bit small and patronised now.. and instead of blowing my top im being 'calm' am i ill?

Lou x

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Do you mean because you handed your horses passport over? Don't feel like that - you had very good reason to hand it over.....not your fault it ended like it did, you couldnt have forseen that.......
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I bet equestrian fairy wished she'd never asked about this now, not the most reassurring post for anyone moving yards lol but if there's any concerns just leave at short notice.
 
I mean because of peoples replys to my anecdote.. Hine sights a wonderful thing isnt it?

So never mind.. over with now, Might have to have Ted DNA tested if the drawings dont match well enoguh.. we shall see!

Lou x
 
OMG some of these threads are shocking, its a pity we can't name and shame to protect others especially those moving areas who won't know yards reputations.
 
I have only had problems once, and anticipating those problems paid my month livery up front and moved the horses straight away writing off the money, not that I ever feared they would harm the horses but the general atmosphere was so unpleasant it was the only thing to do.

In every other case I have given lots of notice, kept the YO in the loop about my plans and they have always said I would be welcome back at any time - which is the way I prefer to do things. In fact the yard I am on now is one I was on several years ago.
 
I'm leaving tomorrow with my 2 and that thought never entered my head, I went today to find the name of the new horse on my tackroom - that didnt bother me either! I know that i would be welcomed back if things didnt work out with the new situ - i always beleive it is best not to burn your bridges but some people just dont get it! This girl sounds like she has maybe had problems at a previous yard, and is tying everyone to the same brush.
 
blimey! I never knew people had such problems.

with the last livery who left my yard (because of the distance from her house) i helped her find a new yard and helped her move. never any hard feelings as I know I never have a problem filling stables.

All horses are treated as i would my own. shocking that some YOs would leave gates open etc.
 
No other than a bit of awkwardness I never had any issues when I handed my notice in - I was there for about 4 weeks before I moved and I just tended to keep out of everyones way - if I'd felt my horse or any of my stuff was at risk I would have tried to move sooner.
 
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