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T.G

Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 12 2:34 pm Post subject:
Why not just walk them to the owners place and put them in their field or tell the owners you will be returning the horses this evening or tomorrow regardless of their setup?

touchwood

Joined: 12 Jul 2009
Posts: 116
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 12 2:35 pm Post subject:
I know where their land is and it's walking distance...about 1/4 mile.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 12 2:38 pm Post subject:

Ty Gwyn wrote:

And demand payment before Horses leave

That's IF they want them back

T.G

Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 12 2:48 pm Post subject:

In your situation, to bring the situation to an end, which I suspect niggles you more than the financial side bothers you, I'd just walk them back, put them in the field with a bucket of water each, pop a note through the owners door (with or without a bill) and walk away.

At the end of the day, they are their horses, their problem.

We've had horses left with us in the past to cover payment, we even had one left with us which we were interested in buying and wanted a trial, the animal was left with us over Christmas, I knew I was being a bit of a mug but it meant we had an extended trial. Anyway the long and short of it was we ended up with the animal, the owner refused to come for it and had left the passport with us originally, probably a bit of a HUGE hint they were glad to see the back of it.

I'd have returned it except they'd driven it up from Southampton, crazy bsj'd creature found a lovely home for it locally in the end where i do believe it's still competing.

So I've had experience of a similar situation.

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welsh veg grower

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 2030
Location: here today but tomorrow...

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 12 2:49 pm Post subject:

I think I would say that you offerd a few weeks and now that it has become a more perminant thing you would like payment. You could suggest say £40 a month and that you would like it from this month please, in advance (i think you may have to accept that the previous months are unpaid for as it wasnt really a formal agreement). Say if this isnt acceptable to them can they please remove the horses by the end of the week, otherwise they will be encuring costs.

seems reasonable, especially if they are local and you dont want to fall out.

Bungo

Joined: 21 Dec 2011
Posts: 354
Location: Wye Valley

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 12 3:19 pm Post subject:
We pay £10 a week to graze our horse in a field ajoining our land, there is no laid on water. I think it would be more than reasonable to charge that much.

touchwood

Joined: 12 Jul 2009
Posts: 116
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 12 3:39 pm Post subject:
Oh well....I've taken the bull by the horns..or should I say "horse by the forelock" and told them the horses have to be gone by the weekend. Reading your comments I realised the money isn't really the issue, it's the principle thats annoyed me and I really don't want the responsibily. I'll keep you posted on the outcome.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 12 4:02 pm Post subject:

touchwood wrote:

it's the principle thats annoyed me and I really don't want the responsibily.

Same here, we upset a neighbour this year by refusing to have their horse, he wanted to bring it over as a matter of urgency as he had no grass. It died a few days later!

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 12 5:20 pm Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

Since the owners aren't looking after them, tell them you're going to contact the RSPCA.

Ty Gwyn wrote:

Ideally,you d like some money,and the Horses gone.

Do you know where these peoples land is?
Are you able to catch the Horses or have a suitable loading place?

In that order, if threatening them with the RSPCA doesn't work deliver them their horses early one morning & post a bill for their keep through their letter box.
Also let everyone in the village now what these new residents are like.

gritstone

Joined: 11 Jul 2012
Posts: 150

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 12 8:02 pm Post subject:
Oh dear you're the same as me tried to help someone out and they've screwed you. I keep helping horse folk out and end up footing the bill. I charge £10 a week per horse and I'm cheap. Hate to stereotype but horse folk are a complete pein in the a--e

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 12 9:40 pm Post subject:

gritstone wrote:

Hate to stereotype but horse folk are a complete pein in the a--e

Good & bad in all walks of life.
I let fields to two horse owners one phones me up & reminds me the rent is waiting for me, the other I have to chase.

gritstone

Joined: 11 Jul 2012
Posts: 150

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 12 7:27 am Post subject:

It might be me being known as a soft touch.

Most disappear owing money or leave their horses for me to sort out, the one I've got at the moment has been known to open the gate into my mowing grass when he's run out of grass. I've had 5 different horse owners asking me to help them because they've nowhere to put their horse, so I've tried to help and then realised why no one else wants them.
But you are right there's good and bad in all walks.

Dogwalker

Joined: 20 Mar 2007
Posts: 1231
Location: Mid Wales

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 12 8:40 pm Post subject:

I had trouble earlier this year with some goat owners whose two young goats had over stayed the arrangements, complicated by the fact the man was ill and having chemo. Ended up finding someone interested in buying them and asking the owners if they were ready to sell or if they were going to get on and sort the alternative grazing they'd talked about for months. the goats were moved in a fortnight.

I've now got a friends goat here as a long term visitor because friend had to move to a council bungalow. I get £2 a day to look after her which is no bother with mine to do anyway except she's a cantankerous(?sp) beast. She's slowly learning I mean it when I tie here up to do her feet etc.

Rosanne

Joined: 21 Aug 2006
Posts: 12
Location: west wales

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 12 8:47 pm Post subject:
You have not mentioned passports. Did you have them when you received them The horses should not be moved without the passport going with them, where ever they are going.

gritstone

Joined: 11 Jul 2012
Posts: 150

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 12 6:49 am Post subject:
You can move on grounds of welfare, if they're not coming to see them that's neglect, phone RSPCA and animal health and ask them your options.

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