Lina Smith asked:


 

The best horse agistment providers are people who get the balance just right between professionalism and personal care. The best horse agistment providers love horses and know that your beautiful individual animal will not be coming their way unless you can be reassured of TLC all the way. The best way to reassure you is with a comprehensive individual contract for you and your horse. Only with professional attention to detail can you rest assured that your horse will get the best of attention.

 

The emotional and financial value of your horse make the days of a horse agistment deal on the strength of a handshake a thing of the past. The best horse agistment providers will have long experience of all the possible things that can be called for when caring for someone else’s horse.

 

All of that experience will be written in to the agistment contract. But all horses are individual and special as are the requirements of the owner. Therefore there should be no such thing as an ‘off the shelf’ agistment contract. As the careful loving owner of your horse you should be equally professional and have the contract checked and cleared by your legal advisor.

 

A horse agistment contract is a ‘what if….then’ document that clarifies who has responsibility to do what, in every conceivable situation that may arise while your horse is in agistment.

 

Ø What if your horse becomes ill? Then who is responsible for calling which vet and how will the vet expenses be covered and by whom. The agistment provider must inform owners at the earliest signs of a problem. All this must be specified within the contract.

 

Ø What if your horse damages the property of the agistment provider or injures another horse while in agistment? Then who is liable and what insurance must be in force during the agistment. All parties and contact details must be in the contract.

 

Ø What if the agistment site became unfit for use due to say infestation or drought? Then the responsibility for notifying horse owners is with the agistment provider.

 

Ø What if the horse is injured during its stay? Then, who is responsible for what actions?

 

Ø What if you cannot make a welfare visit to your horse due to some unforeseen circumstances? Then, who is responsible for caring for the animal and how far should they go in substituting for the owner?

 

Ø What if you have some specific and special requirements of your horse agistment? Then what are they in detail and who is responsible for carrying which aspects of them?

 

Ø What if you fail to pay your agistment fees in part, whole or on time? Then there will be a lien on your horse to enable the provider to recover all debts owed. This is a legally enforceable right but all good professional agistment contracts would include this ‘non-payment’ clause anyway.

 

Both the agistment provider and the horse owner under their contract are liable for checking and maintaining the horse’s welfare on a daily basis. Blame for any neglect or cruelty will go to both parties. You should read and understand ALL of the clauses of your agistment contract. Detailed and comprehensive contracts are a reassuring sign of an experienced and caring agistment provider.

 



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Lina Smith asked:


 

When considering horse agistment the most important thought to keep in mind is the welfare of the horse. Horse agistment varies considerably and can be for just grazing on someone else’s land or include a huge range of related services.

 

Generally the lowest and cheapest level of agistment available is for shared agistment in open paddocks with an open shelter. You would be expected to supply your own food for the horse, manage the welfare of the horse including exercise and any veterinary or dental treatment yourself. You would need to have plenty of spare time to look after your horse correctly, as daily visits would be a necessity. Occasionally, even at this level of horse agistment the tack room is available to you to store your saddle etc. However, this is not always the case and if the tack room is not available to you any saddle or additional equipment will have to be removed after each visit. Your horse will need exercise and this will be your responsibility. There may or may not be an exercise arena available to you.

 

The next level of horse agistment usually includes a tack room facility. Some properties have a tack room, which is shared by a number of horse owners. Other properties have individual tack lockers with personal keys. A tack room would normally be locked after hours keeping your saddle and other equipment safe and secure. You may also find horse agistment at this level including an exercise arena, which you can use. Some properties will even have a covered menage available. This can be very useful if the horse agistment is in an urban area. More and more horse agistment facilities are now offering a "Rider’s Lounge", where tea and coffee can be made and toilets are available. Some offer mini shops where snacks can be purchased.

 

The additional services cover a huge range and you will need to check out each individual horse agistment facility to find out exactly what is on offer and what the cost is. Extra services vary in price from establishment to establishment. Some horse agistment properties will allow you to pick and chose which services you want whereas others have set packages at a fixed fee. Services cover feeding or even horse washes. Outdoor horse washes normally use cold water and indoor horse washes use hot water. Some horse agistment properties have private paddocks with a permanent supply of fresh water available and paddocks with electric security fencing can protect your horse from theft etc. Even more services can include bringing your horse in for veterinary or farrier attention.

 

Riding lessons are frequently offered as a related service. Check with your horse agistment provider to find out if lessons are available for beginners, intermediate or advanced riders and what the costs are.

 

Obviously, the more additional related services you require or request the higher the fee you pay for your agistment but you know your horse is worth it.

 

 



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Lina Smith asked:


 

A horse agistment lien is a legal claim made against the owner of a horse as security for unpaid agistment fees. This kind of arrangement is common wherever horse agistment is carried on but Australia is a good example to look at.

 

The Impounding of Livestock Act 1994 was amended on the 20 October 2004 to allow property owners to originate a lien over a horse agisted on their land if the owners of the horse had fallen behind by more than 14 days with the agreed horse agistment fees. The horse agistment lien enables the landowner to recover these costs.

 

For many years landowners entered into agreements with horse owners on a verbal basis and allowed horses to be grazed on their land, housed them and provided services without having a written contract. This frequently caused major problems if the agreed fee was not paid. The owner of the horse may have had various personal reasons for not paying and occasionally the horse had been abandoned. If these problems occurred, the owner of the land not only had to look after the horse but also had no legal way of getting rid of the horse. Now, with the amendment to the Impounding of Livestock Act 1994, landowners can use a Horse Agistment Lien to either sell or otherwise get rid of a horse. When the owner of a horse has fallen behind by more than 14 days a Default Notice, under the Impounding of Livestock Act 1994, can immediately be served and payment must then be made within the next 28 days.

 

After a Default Notice has been served on the owner of a horse, they will frequently then get in touch with the landowner or holder of the lien. At this point it is advisable to make an effort to arrive at a mutually agreeable outcome. If the owner of the horse wishes to contest the Default Notice the legal procedure carries on. Therefore it is advantageous to both parties if the problems can be solved as soon as possible.

 

In recent years landowners have become wiser and written contracts have been made. This is a good idea because it means that both the landowner and the horse owner are protected by the horse agistment contract. It also encourages responsible ownership of the horse. The parties are compelled to enter into detailed discussion to agree the content of the written contract and this saves misunderstandings from arising at a future point in time. It can be made clear just what services are to be provided by the landowner or horse agistment provider as well as covering the payment of fees subject. If a horse agistment contract is in place and it has a late or non-payment clause, then that clause would take precedence and you would not be able to implement the Impounding of Livestock Act.

 

Nobody wants to be in the position where they are forced to implement a horse agistment lien and it is for this reason that written contracts should be arranged and signed, prior to the commencement of any horse agistment arrangement.

 

 



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Lina Smith asked:


 

Getting a horse agistment contract drawn up and signed before you commence using a particular facility has become normal practice in the last few years. You may ask yourself do you really need to go to the expense of getting one. The answer, most definitely, is yes. It is recommended that you get a legal adviser to draw up the contract, especially if you have any particular requirements, but there are standard contracts available and further information can be obtained from a number of websites on the Internet.

 

For many years landowners and horse owners would only have a verbal agreement between them. This gave rise to many problems for example, if the horse fell ill or the horse owner defaulted on payment of agreed fees. With a horse agistment contract in place these problems do not arise as the contract can deal with all these eventualities and both parties know what is expected of them. To enable the horse agistment contract to be drawn up to adequately cover all likely problems the correct information must be given to your legal adviser.

 

A basic horse agistment contract would normally include clauses covering horse owner’s responsibilities for example, welfare of the horse, payment of veterinary fees, insurance against the horse damaging the landowners property etc. Clauses covering landowners responsibilities would generally be, advising the owner of any injury to the horse, advising the owner of the horse if the land or facility has become infected by disease, water quality and availability etc. Obviously, if you have any particular requirements pertaining to your own arrangement you should include these.

 

Horse agistment contracts normally also include a clause covering late or non-payment of fees. Should this problem occur the landowner would have the right to a lien over the horse in question enabling the landowner to recover any fees or costs outstanding. If a horse agistment contract has not been signed it is possible that a landowner can claim a lien under the Impounding of Livestock Act 1994. However any clause dealing with late or non-payment of fees, in a horse agistment contract would take precedence.

 

Although the horse agistment contract is between two people, additional information for example, the full name of the horse and any distinctive markings or scars of old injuries should also be included to clarify which specific horse the horse agistment contract is for.

 

The horse agistment contract should stipulate that the management of the horse should be of an accepted standard and may cover such items as accommodation, quality of pastureland and food, veterinary and farrier attention, vaccination against disease and pest treatment etc.

 

If the landowner has taken on the management of the horse, under the horse agistment contract, the horse owner should check the horse’s welfare on a regular basis. Both landowners and horse owners can be held to account for animal neglect or cruelty.

 

Get a horse agistment contract, it can save you money in the long term

 

 



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