Posted: 11th June 2024 | Back to news feed
Livery yards are a vital part of the equine infrastructure and we would be lost without them, but many livery yard businesses are being forced to close, because the running and management of a livery yard is becoming increasingly difficult, with rising feed and transport costs. In fact, there are some parts of the country where there are no remaining livery yards and people are having to drive for over an hour to visit their horse!
LIVERYLive has been developed to help improve livery yard management. Yards that are using LIVERYLive are safer, more organised and more efficient. Communications between horse owners and the yard team are clear and immediate and requests are recorded so that everyone knows what is going on and what has been done.
Most of us have our mobile on us at all times, particularly when we are at the yard or hacking out. We use our mobiles for so many horsey-related things; checking the weather forecast for rugging and turnout; paying for competition entries; window shopping for new horses; contacting the farrier and speaking to others on the yard and beyond. Now with LIVERYLive - the complete app for equine yard management, we can use our mobiles to make life at the yard safer, more organised and happier.
LIVERYLive is three years old this month and some of our yards have been with us from the start. The yards that have been using LIVERYLive for a while tell us that the to do list has revolutionised the way their yard operates – nothing is missed and everyone can see what is going on. Yard staff love having a clear list of daily tasks to help them manage their day and horse owners can see that their horse is being cared for as they expect.
New features, like the stock check, help yard managers monitor supplies of feed and bedding, so that they can re-order in good time and the updated horse record section makes it easier to monitor and manage vaccination and worming programmes.
When new people join the yard LIVERYLive helps them to get up to speed with yard rules, feeding requirements and turnout routines instantly. Everything is recorded and accessible via the app and nothing is left to chance.
Yards that use the app have told us that improved communication between horse owners and the yard team has resulted in less tension, because everyone knows what they need to know. Additional charges are clear and unambiguous and liveries can see and monitor their costs, so they don’t get any surprises on their bill at the end of the month
So, even though LIVERYLive was already good three years ago, it is now even better and we will continue to make changes to accommodate and help improve the livery world. We provide online and mobile tech support for all our yards – big, small, private, retirement and competition and the user feedback we get means we can update the app with new features that benefit the yard.
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