Clipping - How Much?

[Elf On A Shelf]

Just curious - how much do you charge/pay for clipping?

 

[Tiddlypom]

The most dangerous job in horses!

Don't know what the current going rate is (I clip my own), but do not undersell yourself.

 

[asmp]

slightly off topic, I was wondering yesterday how much electricity my mains clippers would use doing a clip?

 

[Auslander]

I charge £50 a horse. I don't charge less for trace/blanket clips, as clipping lines takes more time and skill than whacking the lot off.
I am a big fan of taking everything off, even though I am perfectly capable of clipping straight lines!

 

[Tiddlypom]

Clipping everything off is defo easier than straight lines! Trace clips are a nightmare.

£50 should be a minimum charge for the expertise and time needed to do a good job.

Also refuse to clip a dirty horse. Horses should be presented for clipping clean and dry.

 

[Barton Bounty]

I dont charge I actually love doing it! Weirdo … yes I know ? but if I were to charge then £50 is probably fair

 

[meleeka]

£50 is the norm here. I do my own (badly), so it seems a lot for someone to pay, but not when you consider the time, wear on the clippers, blade sharpening, fuel, not to mention the risk of injury and patience required!

 

[Flowerofthefen]

£50 has been the going rate round here fir the last few years. I would expect it to be more this year due to fuel costs etc. I have always done my own with battery clippers, works out so much cheaper. The clippers pay for themselves after one winter!!

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Oh I don't plan on clipping other peoples horses! It's not the horses that's the problem it's the people I can't be bothered dealing with ?? I haven't done it for many years, I just clip the racehorses and I do quite enjoy it for the most part.

No I was curios because I have just seen someone advertising that they will clip any horse, no matter how badly behaved, for £20. And I didn't think the price of clipping would have down THAT much in the last few years. So it leads me to believe that they are truly awful at clipping or have never actually done it before.

 

[Abacus]

It's one of the few things I love to outsource, especially the first clip - I do the later ones myself. I pay 45 but expect it will go up this year.

 

[TheHairyOne]

I hate doing it so much so made enquiries this year. Was quoted £55 to £70 for all the body off, half head and leave the legs.

I did the clip myself last night.

 

[Gloi]

I usually do my own but have been a bit busy and have just paid YO £20 to bib clip a quiet pony.

 

[Fabel]

£10 for the electric

 

[Pippity]

Staff on my yard charge £25 for a full clip; £10 for a bib clip; and others on a scale in between.

 

[Sprout]

I pay £65 for a full clip including legs.

 

[dogatemysalad]

I always did my own, until I discovered the joy of paying £50 to be presented with a fully clipped, bathed, dried horse, with pulled/trimmed mane and tail, happily tucked up eating his tea in his stable.

 

[Gallop_Away]

I finally bought a pair of clippers this year, but in previous years I paid to have them done.

Both my welshies got a chaser clip in October which was £30 each, then full clips (half face and legs left) after Christmas at £50 each.

 

[ihatework]

Seems to be around £40 for a chase/trace, £50 for blanket or hunter, £60 all off

 

[Starzaan]

Since breaking my back, clipping is just too sore, so I pay a WONDERFUL person to do mine. I pay £70 a horse, for everything off including legs, and blending of the triangle above the tail. She does a beautiful job, and I make sure that I prepare them as if I was clipping myself. I give them both a thorough bath the day before, and they’re clean, dry, and with tails plaited and folded up in bandages out of the way. Makes all the difference when you’re clipping lots to have clean, dry horses. And makes the quality of the clip and the experience for your horse far better!