Price of a trim ?

[PC Steele]

Hi I have a Shetland that I have just moved to a yard in Alfold, Surrey. I enquired about the farrier and the yard owner told me he charges £46 for a trim!! Now my Shetland gets looked at every 10 ish weeks sometimes he just needs a rasp and sometimes a tiny bit of trimming. I think £46 is a bit steep? Thoughts?

 

[HashRouge]

That's very steep! My farrier charges £28 per trim (we're in Sussex).

 

[meleeka]

That is expensive. Round here it’s no more than £30 and that’s if it’s only one the farrier has to travel to. I pay £20 for each of my 3.

 

[Lady Tinseltime]

I am in Surrey and pay 35. On a yard with other horses being done at the same time

 

[Gloi]

Lancs, just gone up to £25 from £20. I think I'd learn to trim the Shetland myself if I were you.

 

[Moobli]

East Lothian and £35 here but I’m a bit out of the way so I think it’s reasonable.

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Am NW Surrey and my farrier does my mini for 25 if being done at same time as B who has a full set. Mini goes either 6 or 12 weeks, dependent on growth.

 

[Sandstone1]

I have just changed to a very good trimmer who is also a qualified farrier, very well thought of but he does charge £40. I used to pay £30 but they were sore after every trim.

 

[LadyGascoyne]

I pay £55 per horse for our Equine Podiatrist, every four weeks. We are near Oxford.

I do really rate my EP though, so I don’t begrudge a penny.

 

[Surbie]

£25 every 4 weeks for mine, and he's no mini!

 

[Flowerofthefen]

I think at that price I'd learn to do it myself!

 

[MuddyMonster]

I pay £55 every 6 weeks but worth every penny IMHO.

 

[asmp]

£45 for mine

 

[tallyho!]

What ought the price to be?

Without sounding like I'm having a go, I personally think it's reasonable. After all, a good trimmer is keeping the horse sound wouldn't you say? A good trim by a skilled person should be the main cost to pay, the shoes (if you have any) are obviously extra but they should be applied to a good trim in the first place.

Training, equipment, fuel, car costs, living etc....

 

[HappyHollyDays]

North Oxford, qualified Farrier but only trims or shoes in composite. £40 for one but it drops to £36 for two or more.

 

[Ratface]

North Kent. £25 for a trim every six weeks. Brilliant, kind farrier. Used him for years.

 

[vmac66]

North Wales £30 every 6 weeks for a trim

 

[Sky’s-Legacy]

I'm Kent and my farrier charges me £20 for a trim for my mini shetland. That's recently gone up from £15 per shetland tho.

 

[daydreamer]

Essex/Suffolk border and I get charged £25. It has been that for a few years and I am a bit surprised it hasn’t gone up!

 

[Peglo]

Orkney isles £40 a trim. Waiting for it to go up too with prices of everything going up ?

 

[Lady Jane]

Beds/Herts border £25/£30- myhorses are at two yards and have different farriers. Neither have too far to travel (less than 5 miles)

 

[Marigold4]

Sussex/Hampshire border: £50 per horse per trim by equine podiatrist. V expensive but he does a great job, turns up on time, almost never changes dates, answers communications promptly and will come over within 24 hours if there's an issue.

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

£25 per trim does three on the yard

Previous farrier was the same did about 10 on the yard

I once paid £40 for a trim, did four on the yard in the hour, for 15mins work I’d love to be paid £160 an hour for 3min journey to get there ?

Farriers are getting fewer and fewer, I honestly wish I’d went for it years ago when it crossed my mind.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

We are incredibly lucky. Our farrier has now given up shoeing and just does trimming, charges us £20 per horse. He has been our farrier for something like 40 yrs and is now I think 72, just slightly younger than me. Our horses mostly self trim and we tidy them up, he sorts them out properly 3 or 4 times a year. I dread the day he fully retires.

 

[maya2008]

£35 in Wiltshire (he is the most expensive guy locally but really knows his stuff).

 

[rabatsa]

£30 for trims here, he has just put shoeing up to £85.

 

[Burnttoast]

£40 (trimmer, just gone up from 35). I did them myself before I became ill so it's a bit of a shock paying again

 

[Nasicus]

I pay £55 per horse for our Equine Podiatrist, every four weeks. We are near Oxford.

I do really rate my EP though, so I don’t begrudge a penny.

Similar here, £40 per horse from my EP, so £80 every 7 weeks. She's great though, worth every penny!
She's here for at least 2 hours most times, so I don't begrudge her the odd time where there's less to do. She's a wealth of knowledge such a lovely person to boot!