Farrier prices??

Adding to the mix, remedial farriery:

Normal front shoes - £45
Heart bar (although only half way down frog) - £85

+ VAT = £150 altogether. I knew the bar shoes would be more but almost had a heart attack. Thankfully mare only needs 2 more rounds of these (I hope).

This is a new farrier. My farrier moved away and was charging me £80 for a full set. He said any new clients he was taking on he was quoting £100.

Cost of living i guess!!
 
Barefoot farrier (fully qualified farrier who now only does barefoot horses).

£50 a trim, but not sure how much of that is travel. He only does my horse at the yard, and isnt local.

But he definitely improves my horses feet, is working with recent x-rays, and doesnt take too much off or leave him sore.
 
£40 a trim and £60 for fronts. He’s expensive but he comes a long way and he’s very good.
 
£25 for a trim. Highly skilled, patient chap. I'd gladly pay more. He's done my horse for years, both shod and now unshod.
 
chocolategirl said:
I pay £82 for a new set, extra if I want stud holes, and £26 for a trim. Been with my farrier for about 25 years, I know I can get it quite a bit cheaper, but I’m happy with his work, and I’m a very loyal customer.
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Mine put his prices up on 1st April as he does every year by £2 so now £84 and £28 respectively.
 
I'm on the Devon/Somerset border and it's recently gone up to £96. Would be sort of okay if I thought it was top notch shoeing but it isn't. We moved here 10 months ago and I left behind my brilliant training farrier. There seems to be a running theme on the way farriers shoe around here and it gives me a ruddy headache, and the trouble is one persons view of what is a good farrier isn't always helpful. I did start 'door knocking' various yards explaining that I was looking for a farrier and please could I see their horses feet, and there are some dubious looking feet from recommended farriers.:oops:
 
backache ?? i was taught by my old farrier how to trim barefoot and then studied and studied, reading loads watching videos, still get farrier out once a year to check all is good but i trim them myself, having taken a shod horse never been barefoot before to now being fully sound barefoot, having had 3 ponies borderline laminitics, i have been able to keep on top of their feet with 100% recovery. i have invested in a little stool. i even use a cordless grinder for the toes and quarters to get a nice roll, horses dont mind it at all. i trimmed a friends two ponies and she handed me £10 for both. clearly doesnt know what goes into trimming correctly, whether it has thin soles, thick soles, underrun heels, false soles etc, but never mind, it was a favour
 
Getbackboys said:
backache ?? i was taught by my old farrier how to trim barefoot and then studied and studied, reading loads watching videos, still get farrier out once a year to check all is good but i trim them myself, having taken a shod horse never been barefoot before to now being fully sound barefoot, having had 3 ponies borderline laminitics, i have been able to keep on top of their feet with 100% recovery. i have invested in a little stool. i even use a cordless grinder for the toes and quarters to get a nice roll, horses dont mind it at all. i trimmed a friends two ponies and she handed me £10 for both. clearly doesnt know what goes into trimming correctly, whether it has thin soles, thick soles, underrun heels, false soles etc, but never mind, it was a favour
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You do know that tho you can do your own, it's not permitted for you to trim other people's equines? Unless you are outside the UK.
 
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