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About a fortnight ago I had a new livery share a field with me she had a tb mare and a small Shetland..anyway 3weeks later I get a message off her that my gelding had been trying to mount her and that she had scars down her leg,this happened on the Friday,i told her to wait until Monday and I would come and see what was happening,to which she agreed,then sunday I went to check on him and he had ripped his chest on some gorse bush quite deeply,she had removed her mare/Shetland and my youngster had panicked and got into some gorse bush. he hadn't been mounting the mare she was in season and had been squirting a bit and there were no wound marks.i told her how annoyed I was with her,i got the vet out who said the wound was not serious but needed attention..who should be paying the bill here me or the other person involved?????
 
You. It's your horse and our horses get themselves into these scrapes all the time. She may have acted inconsiderately, but she had told you that there was a problem in the field, so you have the information but you chose to go down two days later... If I had a call telling me there was an issue in my field with a pairing then it would have been sorted within the hour in order to stop accidents and injury! She did what she had to to protect her own animal I assume?
 
Billie1007 said:
You. It's your horse and our horses get themselves into these scrapes all the time. She may have acted inconsiderately, but she had told you that there was a problem in the field, so you have the information but you chose to go down two days later... If I had a call telling me there was an issue in my field with a pairing then it would have been sorted within the hour in order to stop accidents and injury! She did what she had to to protect her own animal I assume?
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Agreed!
 
Billie1007 said:
You. It's your horse and our horses get themselves into these scrapes all the time. She may have acted inconsiderately, but she had told you that there was a problem in the field, so you have the information but you chose to go down two days later... If I had a call telling me there was an issue in my field with a pairing then it would have been sorted within the hour in order to stop accidents and injury! She did what she had to to protect her own animal I assume?
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This. If I had a mare that I thought was being mounted by a gelding I wouldn't leave it in the same field. You were happy to leave her mare in the field with your gelding who may have been doing her harm, without any resolution, for two days.
 
Well yes you are responsible for paying the vet bill OP. If you had been capable enough of treating the wound yourself then you would have saved yourself that bill.

Also as others have said, no YO leaves a 'situation' for a few days, normally problems are dealt with asap, and certainly the same day. I am guessing the other owner saw your gelding mounting her mare? Geldings don't always mark mares when they mount, I have a couple here who get a bit lovey dovey when the girls are in heat. There is never any damage done, both gelding and mare owners know the situation and are fine with it. If any damage was being done then the horses would be split up but as they've shared a field for the past 5 years there's no need.
 
Billie1007 said:
You. It's your horse and our horses get themselves into these scrapes all the time. She may have acted inconsiderately, but she had told you that there was a problem in the field, so you have the information but you chose to go down two days later... If I had a call telling me there was an issue in my field with a pairing then it would have been sorted within the hour in order to stop accidents and injury! She did what she had to to protect her own animal I assume?
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Agree too
 
the mare had not been mounted by my gelding,the mare was in season and it was a discharge on her legs,i was on holiday so couldn't get there until the Monday.the people at the livery had attended to the wound! the girl who owns the mare couldn't handle the mare in question as she is so bargy and she still cant! had she waited until the Monday it all could have been avoided..lessons learnt
 
So she should have left her horses in the field until it was convenient for you to take them out (for any reason)?
 
Just because her mare didn't turn out to be injured doesn't mean your gelding wasn't mounting her. I assume the mares owner or someone else witness your gelding mounting her. Not saying gelding wasn't encouraged (as an owner of a slutty mare), but not way would I leave my mare in with a gelding that was mounting her for 2 days.

Goes without saying you are responsible for your horses vets bill.
 
Agree with everyone! I have a gelding who gets a bit fruity with mares (only dark bay TB ones - for some reason!) and I am very cautious about who he goes out with. If someone called me and said there was a problem, I'd tell them to get the mare out asap, and leave him to get a grip on his (lack of) hormones. I certainly wouldn't want him out for two days with a mare that he's got a pash on - the risk of one of them getting hurt is far too great. I wouldn't expect them to pay for any injuries sustained, and I wouldn't leave my horses with no-one to take responsibility for getting them in if necessary while I was on holiday either.
 
Agree with everyone. The bill's yours.

If you were on holiday and couldn't get down for a few days, surely someone must have had responsibility for your horse. Why did you not speak to them to ensure the situation was sorted and that your horse would have company ?
 
And that is the reason why my mares and my geldings are kept separate, if you are on a livery yard then it's the YO problem about turn out, why put mares and geldings together beats me. but the vet bill I'm afraid is yours and have a word with YO about mixing the sexes.
 
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