Is £20 for a trim reasonable?

[Scampi]

Phoned up a farrier today, he quoted me £40 for two ponies to be trimmed. Is this reasonable?
I am in Nottinghamshire.

 

[richjpeckham]

I am in the south and my farrier now charges £20 for a trim and £60 for shoes.

Unfortunately fuel has sky rocketed so I wouldn't say this is unfair.

 

[Flibble]

Yes I pay £23 to Farrier where my horse is a Companion and my farrier charged this when my horse was laid off before I moved him so thats two unconnected farriers both in Gloucestershire.

 

[Vicki_Krystal]

very reasonable id say.

 

[merlinsquest]

yep

 

[Forget_Me_Not]

Yes, I've paid up to £30, lowest £15 and now pay £20.

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

£20 sounds about right to me too these days

 

[Spyda]

I pay £22.00 for a trim. When my filly chipped a hoof just before the futurity, my farrier came out as an emergency to neaten it up for me - said he'd just charge me for the 'call out' which was £15.00 apparently!

 

[Donkeymad]

I only pay £10 per trim but I believe that the average is £20, so yes, reasonable.

 

[DreamerII]

I pay £18 for a trim and £30 for a front pair of shoes.

I'd say it's about right.

 

[donablue]

im in east yorkshire and i pay £15 for a trim . so i would say yes thats a good price

 

[lauraheads]

It seems alot to me for ponies, I pay £32 for 2 horses to be trimmed.

 

[amandaco2]

yep 15-25 for trim is the norm.

 

[Dogbetty141]

my farrier charges 15 for a trim and 50 for shoes but im in the north west so may be diff where you are!

 

[M_J]

I pay £25 each for mine to be trimmed but it's worth it

 

[Nic74]

That is a normal price, but we only pay £10 for a trim as he comes out to do one set of shoes and two trims at the same time, so we don't get charged the full price.

 

[Faithkat]

I was paying £20 for a trim 3 years ago (but have changed farriers since!)

 

[dufffy]

sounds reasonable to me i'm in the very north of Scotland not edinburgh at he mo like location says lol but farrier charges £20 for a trim and £65 for a set of shoes

 

[tikino]

thats about right i live in glasgow in scotland and i get charged £20 each to do my ponies and on is a welsh section a and the other is a miniture shetland

 

[cola]

Sounds about average price to me.

 

[jesterfaerie]

Very reasonable I pay 25 for a trim.

 

[sally2008]

Very reasonable I'd say. There's no such thing as a cheap farrier because the ones that charge you less finish up costing you more. Why? Because they are trying to do so many horses in a day to make a living they finish up cutting corners and not giving due care and attention to the job.

I'd rather pay a farrier double to take his time and do a good job than pay later for having the consequences of not having my horses feet properly balanced!

 

[Coffee_Bean]

Yes, I'm also in the midlands and my farrier charges £20 for a trim. Who did you phone?