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Enfys

Enfys

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Oh, for flips sake.:mad:

Why do Boarders think they have the right to demand (not ask) that I move a horse to a smaller paddock, disrupting an established group to give him a companion and then get shirty when I explain that it isn't going to happen because:

a) the paddock concerned is resting and therefore not available (plus it is terrible for flies at this time of year) it is also a quarter of the size of the one he is in now.

b) that I am not moving one of my yearlings out of his group as a companion, so the yearling concerned would be alone (he'd be miserable), and

c) that I cannot see the benefit, or the need, because the horse is happy where he is, with a group.

She wants him in a smaller paddock. The horse isn't difficult to catch, in fact he comes to call, the others are not a nuisance when you go in there...I don't see the problem :mad: Do you? Should YO's cater for the horses, or the owners whims? T'is a fine line we walk.

Owners pay me not only for the facilities, but also to look after their horses (full board not DIY) and as far as I am concerned, that is their mental as well as their physical welfare. I am not unreasonable, if the horse was being bullied, was unhappy or suffering then I'd be moving him pronto, but he isn't any of those, in fact he hasn't been happier.

Do these youngsters look unhappy to you? Would you want one of them moved to solitary splendour? They even have a lovely old Uncle who is the perfect mentor.

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I am SHOCKED, you have clearly been making them run round and round and round to the point of collapse!:eek::mad: You naughty, naughty YO:mad:

:p
 
I used to work on livery yards and it was very similar to this.
People demanding different trearment for no reason they getting very rude when you say you can't do that!
I think people are just akward for the hell of it :(
 
I think one is very unhappy at being made to wear a purple headcollar, two have obviously died from stress and another two are so starving they have resorted to eating each other.
Very poor YO imho.
Have you not yet learnt your first duty is to pander to the owners of glass horses?
 
poor darlings, i think someone should call the authorities, i've never seen such a sad looking bunch of horses...
to be serious for a second - why does the owner want her horse moved to a smaller, fly-infested, resting paddock, disrupting the herd etc? does she have a reason?
 
I would love for my horse to be turned out with others! He's only a baby really himself - okay, he's 7 now but he's got the mind of a baby still at times and loves to play & groom/be groomed etc. Everyone where I am has horses that are clearly 'too precious' to be together, or refuses to put their horse with him. Yes, he's usually fairly dominant in the group but is not a bully or an annoyance - wont kick etc :( (they only tend to have an issue because they're far too soft with all horses!) He has been turned out in a small group before perfectly fine. I do feel sorry for him. Can he come and live at your yard? :p People are quite odd :rolleyes:
 
Rowreach said:
Oh no!! You've killed some of them!! :eek::eek: You must be a terrible YO :mad:


So am I btw ;)
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and Spudlet, LMAO:D

I do that a lot! Sometimes there can be a dozen horses down at the same time and it does look rather suspect;)

These were in an adjoining paddock at the same time...:)

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:) Re the stupid purple halter, that keeps mysteriously 'falling off' ...;)
 
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JunoXV said:
I think one is very unhappy at being made to wear a purple headcollar, two have obviously died from stress and another two are so starving they have resorted to eating each other.
Very poor YO imho.
Have you not yet learnt your first duty is to pander to the owners of glass horses?
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That made me have a good laugh.
Seriously they look happy as larry.
 
Have you asked the livery why she wants her horse moved? There may be a very good reason and if not surely you then reason with your paying customer?
 
It's always so nervewracking when you go to get them in and they're laid out like that, and you walk towards them thinking 'please get up, please get up, please get up...':o:D
 
On the contrary, I wish more yard owners were like you who actually consider the well-being of the horses in their care. I can't begin to count how many yards I turned down because of these stupid strips of solitary grazing they seem to insist on.
 
kerilli said:
poor darlings, i think someone should call the authorities, i've never seen such a sad looking bunch of horses...
to be serious for a second - why does the owner want her horse moved to a smaller, fly-infested, resting paddock, disrupting the herd etc? does she have a reason?
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Not that I can get out of her :( She just says "as we discussed earlier" which we did, in the depths of winter, when she was having problems catching him...those problems no longer exist.
 
Spudlet said:
It's always so nervewracking when you go to get them in and they're laid out like that, and you walk towards them thinking 'please get up, please get up, please get up...':o:D
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Really? You walk? I tend to run down as fast as I can in a panic!
 
Dizzle said:
Have you asked the livery why she wants her horse moved? There may be a very good reason and if not surely you then reason with your paying customer?
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I do reason with the paying customer, I did list my reasons and have discussed them, tactfully and reasonably, I also reserve the right in the contract to rest paddocks (they are mine after all, and I, maybe foolishly, assume owners would rather their horses had some grass and weren't standing in mud) and move horses as I see fit.

If she wants him moved then she can, but it won't benefit the horse, she'll get bitten to shreds, he'll get bitten to shreds and spend all day running from deer fly (which have teeth), he'll drop weight, be miserable and that will be wrong too. I know my paddocks, she doesn't, and the one she wants is not suitable for any horse at this time of year, it is too close to the forest.

I do my best for horses, and if owners don't like it then I am more than happy to re-direct them elsewhere, maybe up the road to my friends barn who keeps all horses in half acre individual dry lots. If someone is unhappy and it can't be resolved then it is best they move along to a barn where they are happy, barns are two a penny here . Horses are too expensive a hobby to be miserable where you are.
 
I dont think you're unreasonable at all. As you say if there was a specific reason - bullying, vetinary etc then fair enough, but you can't please everyone. Stick to your guns and if they disagree that much they'll have to find somewhere else
 
Enfys said:
and Spudlet, LMAO:D

I do that a lot! Sometimes there can be a dozen horses down at the same time and it does look rather suspect;)

These were in an adjoining paddock at the same time...:)

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:) Re the stupid purple halter, that keeps mysteriously 'falling off' ...;)
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You could at least have given them somewhere clean to lie down - the nearest one's got all muddy now! :rolleyes:
 
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