dominobrown
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I did run a livery yard, and am I in the process of shutting it down/ more or less is shut down.
When people have left I have not replaced them.
I had a livery leave and go else where as we don't have an indoor school and me and the other livery don't 'do' enough so its not a motivating enough place to be or something like that.
I recently had my first proper holiday since 2019 and when I was away I got a message from the ex livery saying they want to come back (they knew I was away on holiday). I didn't reply to this message until the last day of my week's holiday as they said they had handed in their notice at current yard and when was it best to move back in. I said sorry but I no longer do livery and I am closing down etc. They said well the other liveries still there (2 in total, one has bought a property but solicitor is taking ages sorting stuff out and move is imminent), and one of the other livery is going for a difficult time (mentally and had been hospitalised the day I got the message). Old livery who wanted to come back then got very upset with me etc etc, and I am a terrible person etc. They had some stuff behind, mats etc, which I did say I would by off them, well in leu of their last bill, but know they wanted new cost price for them. I said no to this, as they are old and damaged so just pick them up. This doesn't suit as they don't want them or have anywhere to store them. Now I have mats but I haven't paid for them, and I have washed them and put them to one side o now what???
With all this drama I have heard that I was rude and it came out of no where that I was closing, terrible human etc etc. I was accused of being rude, but looking through the messages I was polite and only got very direct (as I would put it) when other people's names where mentioned as I felt that was a step too far. I did send every livery a letter in January saying that the use of the yard is changing, and said I was closing multiple times. Although technically I have spare stables I have moved the horses around (stables are in smalll blocks) so I have filled one block, so if a horse came back it would need to be stabled alone. Also I am growing my own hay this (don't get me started on the weather!) so I don't actually have many spare fields and the group of horses, which are mainly mine are all getting on really well, settled etc and I don't want to split them up. If another horse came I would have to break up the group and either new horse would have to be alone or one of mine would have to be. Anyways you may of all hears my now that I a horrible b*tch etc and my (now closed) yard is terrible and managed terribly.
I cannot see what I have done wrong, but I think its is crystal clear why I don't want to run a yard anymore.
When people have left I have not replaced them.
I had a livery leave and go else where as we don't have an indoor school and me and the other livery don't 'do' enough so its not a motivating enough place to be or something like that.
I recently had my first proper holiday since 2019 and when I was away I got a message from the ex livery saying they want to come back (they knew I was away on holiday). I didn't reply to this message until the last day of my week's holiday as they said they had handed in their notice at current yard and when was it best to move back in. I said sorry but I no longer do livery and I am closing down etc. They said well the other liveries still there (2 in total, one has bought a property but solicitor is taking ages sorting stuff out and move is imminent), and one of the other livery is going for a difficult time (mentally and had been hospitalised the day I got the message). Old livery who wanted to come back then got very upset with me etc etc, and I am a terrible person etc. They had some stuff behind, mats etc, which I did say I would by off them, well in leu of their last bill, but know they wanted new cost price for them. I said no to this, as they are old and damaged so just pick them up. This doesn't suit as they don't want them or have anywhere to store them. Now I have mats but I haven't paid for them, and I have washed them and put them to one side o now what???
With all this drama I have heard that I was rude and it came out of no where that I was closing, terrible human etc etc. I was accused of being rude, but looking through the messages I was polite and only got very direct (as I would put it) when other people's names where mentioned as I felt that was a step too far. I did send every livery a letter in January saying that the use of the yard is changing, and said I was closing multiple times. Although technically I have spare stables I have moved the horses around (stables are in smalll blocks) so I have filled one block, so if a horse came back it would need to be stabled alone. Also I am growing my own hay this (don't get me started on the weather!) so I don't actually have many spare fields and the group of horses, which are mainly mine are all getting on really well, settled etc and I don't want to split them up. If another horse came I would have to break up the group and either new horse would have to be alone or one of mine would have to be. Anyways you may of all hears my now that I a horrible b*tch etc and my (now closed) yard is terrible and managed terribly.
I cannot see what I have done wrong, but I think its is crystal clear why I don't want to run a yard anymore.
) and when they kicked off I didn't do anything regarding mats etc, just that they can pick them up if they arrange a time to do so and let everyone cool off.
