HaffiesRock
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
some of you may have seen my thread last week about my sharer and the new contract I put together for her. Long story short, she basically was leaving the electric off, leaving the tack room unlocked etc as well as not listening to a word I said. She was a good rider and great with the ponies, but I was sick of the constant complaints that she'd not swept up, bathed on the yard and other such things.
So I wrote the new contract (due to be renewed anyway) and although all the above were already in the old one, I worded it a little more strongly and noted a warning system that would end in termination on the 3rd warning. There were also some monetary fines imposed by the YO for leaving things unlocked, water on etc (whole yard rules). I also stipulated that if she wanted to hack on the roads and away from the private woodland owned by the YO, she would need rider insurance (£6.25 a week with PetPlan) as an example.
She read through the contract and said it was fine.
A few hours later she texts me to say she wont be coming up for a couple of weeks due to lack of time and money, and that she cant come and help me at the show this coming weekend. It's no real biggy about the show, there are qualifiers on so just means I can only take one pony, but not the end of the world.
Then I see on Facebook last night she has posted an advert asking for a share horse. I sent her a polite message asking if she still wanted my ponies and she just replied she was keeping her options open and was considering moving onto horses. Now I fully understand this, if she wants to move on that is absolutely fine by me, but just feel a little hurt I found out from Facebook rather than from her. And if there is a problem with the terms of the contract, why she couldn't talk to me about it?
Anyway, I've thought long and hard and decided to give her her notice. There is quite a lot more too it than stated here, but I think it is for the best for me and the ponies. She is obviously not happy about getting rider insurance which is a must going forward, and if she can't turn up because of time and money then that's not very helpful to me as I need someone reliable.
So my question is, I have said i'd give 14 days notice to terminate. How do I word it? I don't want to just say its terminated, I'd rather explain my reasons. She was due to go home for summer from June and come back October. Her advert for a share horse was for a few weeks now and then October onwards so she obviously doesn't want to come back. She also owes me a couple of weeks worth of money (which I don't expect to see) but how do I add this in?
Any suggestions?
some of you may have seen my thread last week about my sharer and the new contract I put together for her. Long story short, she basically was leaving the electric off, leaving the tack room unlocked etc as well as not listening to a word I said. She was a good rider and great with the ponies, but I was sick of the constant complaints that she'd not swept up, bathed on the yard and other such things.
So I wrote the new contract (due to be renewed anyway) and although all the above were already in the old one, I worded it a little more strongly and noted a warning system that would end in termination on the 3rd warning. There were also some monetary fines imposed by the YO for leaving things unlocked, water on etc (whole yard rules). I also stipulated that if she wanted to hack on the roads and away from the private woodland owned by the YO, she would need rider insurance (£6.25 a week with PetPlan) as an example.
She read through the contract and said it was fine.
A few hours later she texts me to say she wont be coming up for a couple of weeks due to lack of time and money, and that she cant come and help me at the show this coming weekend. It's no real biggy about the show, there are qualifiers on so just means I can only take one pony, but not the end of the world.
Then I see on Facebook last night she has posted an advert asking for a share horse. I sent her a polite message asking if she still wanted my ponies and she just replied she was keeping her options open and was considering moving onto horses. Now I fully understand this, if she wants to move on that is absolutely fine by me, but just feel a little hurt I found out from Facebook rather than from her. And if there is a problem with the terms of the contract, why she couldn't talk to me about it?
Anyway, I've thought long and hard and decided to give her her notice. There is quite a lot more too it than stated here, but I think it is for the best for me and the ponies. She is obviously not happy about getting rider insurance which is a must going forward, and if she can't turn up because of time and money then that's not very helpful to me as I need someone reliable.
So my question is, I have said i'd give 14 days notice to terminate. How do I word it? I don't want to just say its terminated, I'd rather explain my reasons. She was due to go home for summer from June and come back October. Her advert for a share horse was for a few weeks now and then October onwards so she obviously doesn't want to come back. She also owes me a couple of weeks worth of money (which I don't expect to see) but how do I add this in?
Any suggestions?
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