I'm going to peeve a whole bunch of barn owners out there but I've really heard, read and experienced ENOUGH.
D O N ' T EVER give notice when you're moving your horse. It seems like lately everyone is using the notice for crazy stuff to keep people from their horses.
Make sure you are paid up on your horse board bill. Find a new place to take your horse(s) and pay for a stall as of a certain date. Hook up your trailer or hire a hauler to go pick up your horse.
Example: June 1, pay your board bill in full. Go find a new place and pay for a new stall starting June 15. Start taking your stuff home a couple items at the time so that you don't have a huge packing job on the day. On June 15 go pick up your horse. If the anyone asks where you're going you have 2 choices. Either tell them it's none of their business or make up that your horse is going to the vet or a show or on a trail ride. Move the horse, call the barn after you're gone and tell them you're not coming back. If they scream about 30 days notice, tell them you're giving them 2 weeks (since you already paid for the whole month) and tell 'em to sue you for the rest.
They won't bother, it's not worth the time and money. Even if they do, show up and argue why you shouldn't have to give notice and cite these crazy threads and stories about people who have given notice and had nothing but heartache because of it. They probably won't prevail.
AAAAAA!!!! I'll tell you what I would have taken pictures and turned that BO IN!! YOU DO NOT EVER TAKE IT OUT ON THE HORSE!!! I cant stand that crap, I dont care how mad I am at someone, or how much I'm getting ripped off, I would never ever ever take it out on the horse!! I dont care who they are, what their excuse is...there is none NONE!! I mean turn them in!! word of mouth whatever it takes to ruin their business!! This is the epitomy of passive aggressive behavior and they should go to jail for it!
I did not know barns tried to keep horses! Mine just says okay thats fine... but the great thing is that no horse is leaving without the owner of the horse present, not the husband, ex-husband, daughter, ect. So I feel really safe with my horse there.
I moved barns this summer. I gave notice 7/18, I was ideally wanting to wait to move until 8/17 so I wasn't paying double board, however I felt that I had to move sooner than that for reasons I don't care to share, as I am trying hard to rise above her sharing her side of the story with someone I board with at my new barn, and not make it public knowledge.
I moved around 7/20. July had already been paid as of 7/1, so after I had moved out with my horse I went back on 8/1 and paid what I owed for the remainder of the notice period. I removed my tack and supplies the day before I moved my horse, and I left her tack room key at that time. When Lucas was in the trailer, I sent her a text message to let her know that he was no longer on her property.
It sucked to have to pay double board. And it sucked to have to pay the full costs for the month when the barn owner does not have the expense of having the horse on site. My former BO does not take in boarders, (except for me) so she didn't need time to fill the stall again. But I had no intention of screwing her out of the money that I was contractually obliged to give her.
I felt the situation was serious enough to end a close friendship and move Lucas, however I was both morally and legally obliged to pay her for that period of time.
If you want to move your horse before the end of the notice period, or in fact not have the horse there at all for the notice period - fine, do that, but pay for that time.
Crimson: just do some research - first, about your state's agister's laws, then the actual barn you are going to, and finally, the contract. Go over it with a fine tooth comb. If there is anything you don't like, don't move there. DEFINITELY don't move without a clearly written contract that states exactly what you are paying for. Don't be scared, just be very diligent. No one will ever take care of your horse exactly as you would, but someone might come close Posted via Mobile Device
Am I getting this right?... When yall say 30 days notice are you referring to a heads up Or are you talking about paying for an additional month? From what Im concluding yall are saying pay extra which is very bizarre if thats right. I understand its the start of the month and saying "Hey Im moving my horse by the end of this month" and you pay it up but leave in the middle of the month there for you arent using the rest of the month so you lose it. But I dont see why you would pay extra even if you stayed till the 30/31st before moving your horse.
When I was going into 6th grade me and my mom moved back to TX from KS for a job she got. We had been in KS 3yrs and had our 2 horses on a 100 acres but the old couple were moving to town and selling the place so we moved the horses to another 100 acres on the other side of town. My mom had been layed off right before having to move the horses and was looking for jobs back in TX. So when we moved the horses and the owner of the new place was well aware that we might not be there long if my mom found a job in TX which he said was fine. (She found this place by word of mouth from some old timers who knew of this guy who would maybe board. It wasnt a business) Well my mom did find a job in TX and gave notice to the guy which was a couple days less then a month. We packed the house and mom paid up for the next month for the boys and we headed to TX. We stayed at a suit till we found a house. The month passed and my mom had to mail payment for another month. A month and a half after being here we found a place with acreage so we let the guy know and headed up to KS to get the horses. When we got there the trailer had a pad lock on it where we couldnt hook it up. My mom called the guy and he said he would be there. He said we could take the horses but not the trailer. My mom was PO! His reason for keeping it was non payment of storage for the trailer. My mom was like WHAT?! It was a very heated argument where the sheriffs were called out. He changed his storying saying he was holding it for non payment of rent then said she sold him the trailer. Finally after my mom showing proof of everything he finally said "Whatever let her take it!" We loaded up the horses and headed back to TX hours behind schedule. Still to this day dont know what crawled up his butt. He was always a strange one though.
Westernjake: many BO's have already paid for all if the expensive supplies to maintain your horse through the month, at the beginning of the month. Most bills related to farming (mortgage, electric, etc) are paid then, too. Farm stores often offer slight discounts when you buy feed/bedding in bulk. So basically, by not wanting to provide thirty days, you are saying you should be refunded for what has already been paid on your horse's behalf...
You can't compare dog grooming, which has virtually no overhead and far less responsibility to horse boarding, which is all consuming and expensive. That is an irresponsible comparison, at best... Posted via Mobile Device
I was totally paid up and told the manager I was THINKING about changing locations due to gas prices rising and wanted something a little closer to home. Within a few days I get this rude email saying I'm 3 months behind and in 10 days if I don't pay amount IN FULL they will sell my gelding at auction. Infuriated I went with all my back statements showing them cashing the checks I wrote each month. They said it wasn't enough "proof" and come again when they have a lawyer present. The next day was a local polo tournament (which is what most of the barn comprised of) so I went and picked up my horse and never heard from them or their lawyer since. technically I didnt give 30 days BUT can you blame e? They were going to try to steal my horse even though I had paid board. One person did inquire where we were headed and I said to the beach. case closed.
Thought we knew the person because they were recommended by a professional. We were told someone was on site 24/7. What they didn't say was it was a quarreling, drunken couple who had nothing to do with the horses.
No one seemed to run the barn. Boarders cleaned, fed and turned out horses. Could never reach owner even when we had emergency. Folks, the board on this facility was $1000/mo.
Finally caught him at barn and said we were moving and asked what we owed (we'd been there 3 weeks, owner kept saying they'd let us know board due). Sometimes barns charge a higher daily rate and that's what we didn't know. Anyway, he sent text with total and said just leave check on counter when we leave. Got to barn and horse was padlocked. Cut the lock and sent a text check was at the barn. Psycho!!! Posted via Mobile Device
This all is why we take first and last month's board up front. Had one bats-crazy yank 3 horses is the dead of night on the 3rd day of the month. Worked out great for us - $$$ in the pocket and a cleansing of some ridiculous baggage! Posted via Mobile Device
This really depends on the barn you board at, and you should know your barn owner/staff's reaction to people leaving, having probably seen other people leave. At my barn, people come and go for different reasons.....sometimes seasonal, training reasons, or they think they found a better deal. Our barn owner would never intentionally burn bridges with people, because oftentimes they come back.
We did have this one lady who gave a month's notice and got really paranoid. She started asking people to keep an eye out for her horse to make sure he wasn't neglected during that last month. Seriously? At a big barn, people come and go. This lady had been there long enough to know that our BO would *never* mistreat a horse because the owner wanted to move.
I have heard of some really looney barn owners where you would want to maybe spend the extra money to pay for that month or several weeks in advance and, as the op said, get the heck out of there one day. So long as you have paid for that month and that gives them time to find a new boarder, that is fair. I wouldn't expect to go back to that barn any time soon though...lol
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