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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.

Castle Farm

Joined: 17 Sep 2008
Posts: 457
Location: Powys/Hereford Border.Near Hay-on-Wye

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 12 2:59 pm Post subject:

Your being fly grazed, same, as fly tipping, but you have horses instead of rubbish.

It's a big problem in S Wales with horses been dumped in fields and the owner of that field can't move them on without the passports.

RSPCA as usual don't want to know, unless they are injured or at deaths door.

Your in a bit of a spot really, they can move them whenever they like but you can't.

I think 'short and curlies' is the expression I'm looking for.

touchwood

Joined: 12 Jul 2009
Posts: 116
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 12 4:46 pm Post subject:
The owners came and moved the horses yesterday Looks like I've got away lightly...won't be making the same mistake again.

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 12 4:56 pm Post subject:
Glad you got it sorted. You often get told to ensure you get a proper contract drawn up and you wonder if it's worth it, sounds like it is essential these days.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 12 6:35 pm Post subject:
Good news, sigh of relief time

Lulu22

Joined: 29 Sep 2012
Posts: 1

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 12 11:51 am Post subject: Same problem. Perhaps worse....

Hey everyone

My mum told me about the problem one of our family friends is having. It's a very similar issue. A horse owner went and asked for permission to use their paddock for grazing... they agreed on grazing of $20/ week... which is a really reasonable rate in that area in New Zealand However, the horse owner hasn't paid any of the grazing costs and when the family friend telephoned her, she said a lot of cuss words... and threatened to send people over to "sort them out"...

So yeah... that polite girl that asked permission for use of paddocks has morphed into some grotesque vulgar monster threatening them.... what... the hell did they get themselves into?? I don't know whether or not they drew a contract with that girl... but yeessh. They want her to remove the horse at the very least if they cannot even pay for grazing, but they are worried if they take the hardline and use force of law, afterwards she'll attack their property with vandalism while they are away overseas.... And they're going overseas soon... soo.... =S

I'm not sure if they have sorted this problem out. Any advice on how to deal with this problem??

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