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with the horse next door in its stable?
I have had to try and not lose my temper tonight when one of the girls jet washed her stable tonight with my 2 year old in her stable whilst I was hacking my other horse. Am i over reacting?
 
I might be of if it was hosing out, as long as the water did not go into my stable and wreck the bedding, but I would be cross with an actual Jet Wash.
 
well I am glad i am not alone, they are breeze block to about 4ft ish and then mesh, my youngster was stood quietly with her eyes a bit agog, but she did try make a run for it when i took her out, she actually has conjunctivitis in both eyes that started last night/this morning which coincides with the removal of all the foisty bedding thats been in there since last winter and the sweeping down of all the dirt and cobwebs, anyway i twigged pretty quickly when i heard the noise and rescued her and put her back out in the field, sigh!!
 
Agree 100% with CinnamonToast and Honey08,...I'd be gunning for the 'user' of said Jet Wash and having a quiet word with the YO too to explain WHY I was angry and upset at the livery. what an irresponsible and downright dangerous/stupid thing to do.
 
I'm the odd one out then though I would have liked to have been warned so I could make sure she had a haynet to keep her occupied. They have to get used to noises that they can't see; my family often pressure wash the tractors and cars on the yard right by their boxes, the horses never bother with it and they are youngsters.
 
I think it is different to do it near your horse/family know you don't mind rather than another livery not mentioning it to another though.
 
mjcssjw2 said:
with the horse next door in its stable?
I have had to try and not lose my temper tonight when one of the girls jet washed her stable tonight with my 2 year old in her stable whilst I was hacking my other horse. Am i over reacting?
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Yes I can and do though they are not internal ones but I still jet wash my stable out with a horse next door.

I would only complain if they sprayed my horse or soaked my stable in the process, or if I had
pre-knowledge that the horse next door is highly strung and we as a whole yard had to be careful, otherwise, I would not create as there would be times I would need to wash mine out too, and do not expect to ask permission each time.

My son has to keep his ponies stable washed and clean due to the pony having COPD and keeping it cobweb free and clean seems to help the breathing.
 
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When I was in equine nursing we periodically pressure washed the boxes out ( American barn layout ) and had one died/ been euthanased in the stable then this was gutted if all bedding and then pressure washed down. Wee didn't have enough empty boxes to move the next door patients and all were fine with it, though we never sprayed over the walls. We also used to pressure wash the central walk way. They rarely seemed to bother and usually got more unsettled at the sound of the whine of the knacker mans winch when removing dead horses from stabled. As long as my mine wasn't sprayed with the jet it wouldn't bother me if next door stable was pressure washed, its no different to anything they might come across out hacking and I have to ride on busy main roads, past garages with jet washes and even resurfacing lorries scraping up the road surface all within a few feet. It just makes them more bomb proof.
 
Should think its only common sense to Ok with neighbouring owners. Otherwise wait until horses had been moved. Rather thoughtless thank goodness youngster ok. Still would have words and with yo.
 
wow, there are other reasons that I would not leave my horse in whilst jet washing as well as the noise and wet- jet washing creates aerosols and dusts, whilst my horse doesn't have pneumonia/ COPD/ allergies etc I don't want her to get them.
I wouldn't knowingly have left her in there whilst the mucking out of the old straw and sweeping down of all the walls went on for the same reason.
The foisty straw contains spores and fungi - I don't fancy extrinsic allergic alveolitis" or "hypersensitivity pneumonitis and don't think my horse would fancy something similar.
Anyway the conjunctivitis looks somewhat better this morning - so hopefully she is improving
 
I jet wash my indoor stables all the time, and the mess is horrific. I would nevevvvvevvevrr do it with another animal in the building.
 
No, not worried. Mine were in the american barn Saturday morning when one of the boxes was being jet washed. None of the horses batted an eyelid. They quite enjoy something different to watch. I'll be doing mine at the weekend, don't think there's a horse in there that would be bothered.
 
equi said:
I jet wash my indoor stables all the time, and the mess is horrific. I would nevevvvvevvevrr do it with another animal in the building.
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Not sure what you mean by the mess ? Concrete isn't messy, unless the stable hasn't be cleared and swept properly out before.
 
I'm a bit surprised that the YO didnt have anything to say about it to be honest. Like you, I would be furious. We are in an L shaped block of about 9 horses, and its a brick built block at that, and our YO makes sure everyone is aware if the stables are being jet washed. She redid the tiled roof recently as well, and we all knew we were going to have scaffolding outside of our stables and were given the choice to turn our horses out or not - the most important thing was that we knew in advance.

Hope your mare's eyes are a bit better soon, and like you I would be utterly furious.
 
Mixed opinion. Again I am sure it is again just a question of good manners surely if there is any risk of upsetting someone else's horse it its only polite to inform the said owner. Oh dear me being old fashioned again
 
Flaxen to be fair, I am sure your boxes at the vets would not be as dirty as some people keep theres at home and would not expect the straw to have been there since last winter ;-) but still I would like to be told if someone was going to jet wash there box so I had the choice.
 
I'm amazed how many of you said you'd be 'furious'. Maybe I'm too laid back. Yes I'd be annoyed at her thoughtlessness and I'd ask her to wait until the horse was out next time or at least let me know so I can choose what to do, but isn't 'furious' a bit of an overreaction?
 
I'd be less bothered if the stables were full walled but not with the aerosols created when they are only 4ft high.
 
I pressure washed mine a few weeks ago while the 3yo pony next door was in. We switched it on and she was totally unbothered by the noise/water so just carried on. Had it upset her then I would have turned her out, and I was very careful not to send the jet directly towards her box.
 
A pretty thoughtless thing to do, and would tell her that, and also next time please let me know so i can make sure the horse is out thanks.
The muck, dust and spray that gets kicked up would be what peed me off more than the noise though tbh
 
Wouldn't hugely phase me. If they had upset my horse and carried on, or soaked my box, then I'd be annoyed - but not otherwise. It would be courteous to let you know, but I wouldn't be fuming about it tbh. There is far too much overreacting on livery yards... There are More important things.
 
It's just general good manners to ask though, surely. I'm all for youngsters getting used to things, but in a more sensible way.

As for jet washing not making a mess, in my experience it's always made a horrible mess with whatever I was wanting to jet wash off splattering everywhere. If it doesn't make a mess it probably didn't need to be jet washed and could have been simply hosed down. We have well water, so don't jet wash for nothing..
 
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