Missingpunctuation
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I wasn’t quite sure which sticky to post this in but as I’m relatively new to owning my pony (gelding, Fell) then here should be the place(?) so if not delete if necessary mods! That being said here’s my issue;
I’ve had our pony for about a year now at my current yard. He’s a great little pony, perhaps more of a project than I’d have liked given I’m a novice rider but with more experienced riders he’s a little goer. However I’ve run into some yard issues, since this is my first and only experience so far I wondered if these issues are common for others too...
1.) My yard manager is difficult. They often book my pony in for the farrier/dentist/worming without my prior consent and then later spring a charge on me rather aggressively. Our pony is on full livery but the standards he’s kept at compared to the other horses on FL are very poor. The YM is rather difficult to confront as a person and therefore I’m unsure what to do as these unexpected expenses keep adding up. I’m concerned that if I confront them I risk our placement at the yard.
2.) The trainer I use associated with the yard often exercises my boy weekly when I’m working, his temperament afterwards is lovely he becomes very affectionate which is sweet but the Trainer themselves never provides any feedback, evidence of him being ridden or prior warning if they cannot ride him as arranged...they even took a holiday/break without us knowing an as a result our pony wasn’t ridden as agreed. There’s never any communication, once they took a week to get back to me on some matters despite being active at our yard! We’d ideally like a lot more feedback on how our boy is coming along in his lessons but even after requesting some we’ve been given next to none.
3.) Alienation. Sadly we don’t fit in at the yard, I know a lot of people suffer this issue but for us we seem to be targeted by some of the others. The YM and her stable hands don’t seem to take care of our pony as well as the others, with him on full livery we expected and were made to believe they would upkeep a certain level of care but sadly we’ve often found out pony turned out inadequately; eg, no rugs, hooves not picked, left him unkempt and his hay often left until last minute...which were all agreed upon taking up the livery space. Because I’m a novice my opinions are often discounted by those around me and any choices about my pony are taken from me. I’m not sure how to approach anyone this.
It’s gotten to the point that we’re considering moving yards (sparse around us) due to the stress or perhaps letting our boy go out on long term loan.
Has anyone else had any similar issues on their yards and if so how have you tackled them?
I’ve had our pony for about a year now at my current yard. He’s a great little pony, perhaps more of a project than I’d have liked given I’m a novice rider but with more experienced riders he’s a little goer. However I’ve run into some yard issues, since this is my first and only experience so far I wondered if these issues are common for others too...
1.) My yard manager is difficult. They often book my pony in for the farrier/dentist/worming without my prior consent and then later spring a charge on me rather aggressively. Our pony is on full livery but the standards he’s kept at compared to the other horses on FL are very poor. The YM is rather difficult to confront as a person and therefore I’m unsure what to do as these unexpected expenses keep adding up. I’m concerned that if I confront them I risk our placement at the yard.
2.) The trainer I use associated with the yard often exercises my boy weekly when I’m working, his temperament afterwards is lovely he becomes very affectionate which is sweet but the Trainer themselves never provides any feedback, evidence of him being ridden or prior warning if they cannot ride him as arranged...they even took a holiday/break without us knowing an as a result our pony wasn’t ridden as agreed. There’s never any communication, once they took a week to get back to me on some matters despite being active at our yard! We’d ideally like a lot more feedback on how our boy is coming along in his lessons but even after requesting some we’ve been given next to none.
3.) Alienation. Sadly we don’t fit in at the yard, I know a lot of people suffer this issue but for us we seem to be targeted by some of the others. The YM and her stable hands don’t seem to take care of our pony as well as the others, with him on full livery we expected and were made to believe they would upkeep a certain level of care but sadly we’ve often found out pony turned out inadequately; eg, no rugs, hooves not picked, left him unkempt and his hay often left until last minute...which were all agreed upon taking up the livery space. Because I’m a novice my opinions are often discounted by those around me and any choices about my pony are taken from me. I’m not sure how to approach anyone this.
It’s gotten to the point that we’re considering moving yards (sparse around us) due to the stress or perhaps letting our boy go out on long term loan.
Has anyone else had any similar issues on their yards and if so how have you tackled them?
