what is full/part livery and horse share mean

[missmare]

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i was just wondering what full and part livery means and what it includes?

also how much do you pay weekly or monthly?

so i no roughly what a horse share is but can some one explain to me a lil bit more in depth please
as paymant, when ur turn is, what you have to do and what responsibility you have?

i no it may sound silly but its never really been explained to me.

thank you xx

 

[c_and_b]

Full livery is basically when a horsesowner pays a yard to do everything for the horse, mucking out, turnout, rugging, grooming, bringing in, feeding, and riding. Part livery is where the horse owner pays the yard to muck out, turn out, bring in and feed their horse(s), this service may vary depending on different yards, depending on what is and isn't included in the part livery price, but mucking out definitely is. Having a share horse is when you pay the horses owner x amount a week/month to share their horse with them. You and the owner will discuss suitable days to fit around both of your schedules. Depending on what livery the horses owner has him/her on depends on your responsibilities. If (s)he is on diy livery and has a stable, on your days, you will need to feed, muck out, turn him/her out, ride or exercise the horse, bring him/her in, groom and pick feet out, change rugs, and out to bed and evening feed. However, if the horse is on part livery, you will possibly have to bring the horse in depending on services offered by yard, groom and pick out feet, ride or exercise horse, and either put horse out again or leave in box, or whatever the yard want you to do according to their schedule. I'm not 100% on having a horse on livery as have only ever worked at 1 livery yard so only have their routine to go by and am at a diy yard myself. The amount charged for part and full livery varies between yards depending on their facilities and services offered. Full livery is often more than part livery though, and diy is obviously the cheapest option, although most time consuming. The amount demanded for a share horse will vary to, depending on the horses abilities, and the horses livery costs.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

I suspect it depends on which area you live in. Most full livery that I've known doesn't include riding or grooming, you'd be charged extra for that. Part livery that I'm used to is either: the yard taking care of the horse totally, as if for full livery, but the owner buys hay/feed/bedding; or the yard provides some services eg feed breakfast, change rug, turn out horse and skip out stable, with the yard also providing hay/bedding, with the owner buying feed and making up feeds, haynets, bringing horse in and doing a proper muck out at weekends. A lot of DIY yards I've been on give horse breakfast and turn them out Monday to Friday as standard, but some people would call that assisted DIY or part livery.

 

[mandwhy]

To me, full livery is the horse taken care of for everything except exercise, if you wanted them exercised you could pay extra, but having read this forum some people consider that is part livery as full should include exercise/schooling! I have always known part livery to be taking care of one end of the day for you, usually morning (it seems most people call this assisted DIY), but sometimes it means as above for full livery but only Mon-fri.... its quite variable down to region and specific yards.

A share is what c and b said. You normally pay a contribution to be able to ride the horse on specific days, say 2 or 3 days a week, and usually take care of chores too I.e. turnout/bring in, muck out, groom, rugs, feed - in my experience of sharing I have only done chores my end of the day, like I wouldn't have to go down in the morning if I wasn't riding til evening etc. You could share a horse on full livery and not have to do any chores, but that would probably be more expensive.

Some share arrangements might not require financial contribution, just to do some chores in return for riding as a lot of horse owners simply don't have time to exercise their horses as much as they need, and that makes the horses become a handful!

 

[111ex111]

im a sharer and this is what my share includes:
I pay £20 a week for 2 days which are set to Tuesday and Saturday but at the moment owner is pregnant so If I want to swap its completely fine. Horse also has another sharer who rides on sundays.
On Tuesdays I go in the afternoon, bring him in, take rug off, groom etc, tack up, school him for about 45 minuets, untack, put stable rug on, give him his dinner etc.
On Saturdays I go in the morning and hack out with the owner's mum and her horse so there is always someone to hack with, take rug off etc, tack up blah blah, hack for about an hour or longer, untack, put turn out rug on, turn him out.

I dont have to muck out but if I had to I wouldn't mind! the yard has really good facilities, massive school, really good hacking etc

 

[Starzaan]

I charge £650pcm for full livery, which includes all bedding, ad lib hay/haylage, hard feed (minus supplements), grooming, tack cleaning, clipping, trimming and pulling,preparation for competitions or hunting, all daily care of the horse and exercise six days a week.

Part livery is £475pcm for all of the above minus exercise.

 

[criso]

Part livery - yard undertakes all basic care, mucking out, turning out and bringing in, feeding, changing rugs etc
Full all of the above plus grooming and exercising.

Both of the above can be 7 day or 5 day where the owner does the work at the weekends.

Then you have assisted DIY where some chores are included usually either turning out or bringing in so the owner only needs to come up once a day.

Some yards charge a package price as Starzaan says but others break it down to services, box rent and feed/bedding package.
I have been on 2 yards where box rent went directly to the owner but the amount for part livery services went directly to the yard manager who was operating on a self employed basis.

 

[kc100]

Full and part livery can vary by yard, but generally full livery is basically doing EVERYTHING for the horse, including mucking out, grooming, turning out, feeding, exercising etc. The owner can still exercise and groom, but the yard does everything for you. Again cost is going to vary widly by region and by yard.

Part livery is full livery minus grooming and exercising, again costs vary massively by yard and by region.

Then at the bottom of the ladder you have DIY livery where you do it all yourself with no help from the yar. Then there is assisted DIY where the yard will feed in the mornings and turn out Monday - Friday, at my current yard this costs £45 per week. If you need them to bring in or turn out at weekends it is £1.50 per time.

Horse sharing is what I do currently, some people also call it part loan. The horse stays at its current yard, and the 'sharer' has the horse set days per week, and the owner has the horse for the rest of the time. I have my current share horse 4 days per week and pay £120 per month. I dont do any chores as the owner enjoys doing all that side of things so I just ride and feed him after I've ridden. I also am allowed to compete him and his owner has a box so we will be going out in the new year to do some dressage.

With my previous share, I paid £110 per month plus half his shoes every 6 weeks, and I had him 4 days per week and did all the chores on my days too.

With shares it is up to the sharer and owner to agree how many days each person does, and it is down to the owner what you can and cant do with the horse. It also depends on the owner whether the sharer does any chores or not, and that will depend on the type of livery the horse is on as well. If the horse is on full livery all you will be doing is riding, but if the horse is DIY then you might be doing all the chores on your days.

 

[missmare]

thanks every one for you comments i really appreciate it. im looking to share a horse this time next year, but u can never start researching too early.

thanks again at least ive got a rough idea now