Livery yards vary hugely in how medication gets handled, some have a formal system, many rely on a whiteboard or a verbal handover between staff. Whatever the yard's own process, the instructions that actually reach whoever's doing the feed round are the ones written down clearly, kept up to date, and easy to find without a phone call.
What actually needs to be written down
- Exact dose and timing, not "the usual amount," written in full each time it changes
- How it's given, in feed, as a paste, by injection, and any technique that matters
- What happens if a dose is missed, so staff aren't guessing or leaving it for you to sort out later
- Your vet's number and yard emergency contact, together, not in two different places
- Start and end dates for any course of medication, so it doesn't quietly continue, or stop, by accident
The handover problem specifically
Most missed or doubled doses at livery don't happen because anyone was careless, they happen because the person who fed the horse that morning genuinely didn't know a dose had already been given, or wasn't told a new one had started. A written record that any authorised person can check and update, rather than one that lives in a single conversation, closes that gap directly.
Building in a paper trail, without the paper
A whiteboard works until it's wiped. A note on a feed bag works until the bag's finished. What actually holds up over weeks or months of a course is a record that survives staff changes, updates instantly when something shifts, and that you can check yourself from anywhere, without needing to be at the yard to know whether this morning's dose was actually given.
Keeping the whole yard on the same page
The same handover problem exists for any pet cared for by more than one person, and it's exactly what Halo's shareable Carer's Pack solves. One tap sends a complete, current medication schedule to whoever's caring for your horse that day, so nothing depends on a whiteboard or a message thread nobody's read.