Apologies in advance if this goes on a bit.
I currently have a miniature horse on a yard which is just DIY and we do everything for him, I have also had experience working on livery yards and at riding schools in the past.
The landlady has made another owner "yard manager", herein lies the problem.
This manager seems to think that she has every right to tell people what to do with regards to how they look after their horses, she told me that she threw some hay into my horses stable as he was shivering and looked cold, despite us constantly asking for people not to feed him as he is so small and we didn't want him getting fat.
She seems to have an opinion about everything and pokes her nose into everyone else's horsy business to the extent of drawing up a worming plan and telling us what products to use even though we are up to date and telling us what we need to buy for our horses.
Her husband does odd jobs on the yard and I suspect they are getting a reduced livery rate which I don't mind but they think they are better than everyone else on the yard, they allow their kids to run all over the place unsupervised and constantly smoke on the yard and in the stables, he was ranting today about the fact that the landladys father had come onto the yard and had shouted at his wife about yard stuff yesterday and he has taken exception to it by saying that people need to go through his wife as she is the manager etc not go to the landlady, I suspect that the definition of yard manager has not been clearly defined and they don't know what is expected of her.
When she initially came to the yard, she didn't even have a horse but she bought one from an owner who was on the yard and then bitched about him until he left, she claims to be very knowledgeable about all things equine due to the fact she had a horse when she was a child.
Would I be unreasonable to tell her to jog on and mind her own business bearing in mind that I am an owner and customer and imo, all she is there for is to make sure the yard stays tidy.
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princesspuds · 28/03/2014 17:04
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