rharvey92
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I'm trying to make a list of all the hidden costs I will incur if I decide to bite the bullet and get a horse, I had one 2years ago but for the life of me can't remember how much the dentist was?! Help!
Hidden costs: dentist
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touchstone
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I pay £50 for mine, slightly more expensive than some others I think, but he only charges if the horse actually needs work doing. A really good dentist too, so worth it.
asmp
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Just paid £40
Mancha
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Ours was 60 for just a standard tidy up, and 65 for one that needed a bit more done. That was last year so probably gone up! I think it's cheaper with the vet, as my vets does free call out days so i just get them done when i have jabs done.
forestfantasy
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I'm in Derbyshire and pay £40 for a general float. Extra for ramps/hooks etc but no more than £50.
Miss L Toe
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Round here the EDT is about, £35 cheaper and better than the vet.
I costed my horse at £50 to £60 per week summer and winter:
Per summer week
£30 stable and turnout
£10 shoes
£5 vet
£5 feed including a few haynets
Winter per week
£30 stable and turnout
£10 shoes
£5.00 vet
£10 haylage
£10 feedstuffs and others, shampoos lotions and potions.
Annual costs
£300 insurance
£150 rugs and tack
My clothing:
£150 boots
£100 breeches
£100 jackets
£60 hat
Potential savings: insurance and shoes £800 per annum, but I would keep back £30 per month for vet bills in a separate account.
The first horse you buy, you will find all sorts of reasons to pop down to local tack shop, and buy : brushes and combs, de-tangler and coatshine, padded headcollar, lunge rope, new leadrope, sweat rug, two haynets, stable rug, outdoor rug, boots front and rear, new boots to use every day [£200], four feed trugs, two feed bins, a yard brush, a shavings fork, a wheelbarrow, a feed scoop and so on.
A month in to ownership you will be looking at a new, bespoke saddle £1000, and bridle for showing £150, plus a new bit £65!
Be aware that in many yards with teenagers you will find loads of abandoned articles, this can include feed bins abandoned by someone who has left, so ca' canny as we say in bonnie Scotland, and do wait for a bit, also look on the noticeboard for rugs and other things, and put up a list of things you need.
Essentials: a brush, a hoof pick, a bag of feed, and a farrier.
I costed my horse at £50 to £60 per week summer and winter:
Per summer week
£30 stable and turnout
£10 shoes
£5 vet
£5 feed including a few haynets
Winter per week
£30 stable and turnout
£10 shoes
£5.00 vet
£10 haylage
£10 feedstuffs and others, shampoos lotions and potions.
Annual costs
£300 insurance
£150 rugs and tack
My clothing:
£150 boots
£100 breeches
£100 jackets
£60 hat
Potential savings: insurance and shoes £800 per annum, but I would keep back £30 per month for vet bills in a separate account.
The first horse you buy, you will find all sorts of reasons to pop down to local tack shop, and buy : brushes and combs, de-tangler and coatshine, padded headcollar, lunge rope, new leadrope, sweat rug, two haynets, stable rug, outdoor rug, boots front and rear, new boots to use every day [£200], four feed trugs, two feed bins, a yard brush, a shavings fork, a wheelbarrow, a feed scoop and so on.
A month in to ownership you will be looking at a new, bespoke saddle £1000, and bridle for showing £150, plus a new bit £65!
Be aware that in many yards with teenagers you will find loads of abandoned articles, this can include feed bins abandoned by someone who has left, so ca' canny as we say in bonnie Scotland, and do wait for a bit, also look on the noticeboard for rugs and other things, and put up a list of things you need.
Essentials: a brush, a hoof pick, a bag of feed, and a farrier.
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flying solo
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I paid £35 for the dentist he was with each pony for a hour doing hooks etc. He was a EDT not a vet x