what is part livery?

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As title really? just musing whether i would benefit from it...
i would like to do all jobs myself in the morning but would like someone to bring in and put to bed. Would that be what part/assisted livery would be?
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Depends where in the country you are.

My definition of part livery is 5/7 day full care, no riding, to include feed/hay/bedding however others define that as full livery.

My definition of a situation whereby a yard does one side of the day is assisted DIY, for other people that is part livery
 
I would call that assisted DIY too. Part livery would involve the yard having sole care for your horse for a complete period of 24 hours (or more.)
 
That's assisted DIY. Part is all the care, no riding/exercise, tends to include things like popping on the walker though. Full is everything included. Comp is full + prep for comps and sometimes a groom to accompany, things like mane pulling, trimming, clipping often included.
 
I agree with what the others have said. If the yard does all the day to day care of your horse including the provision of hay, feed and bedding and no riding then that is part livery (some yards now do that Monday to Friday with the owner doing Saturday and Sunday). Assisted DIY would be where the owner does most of the work and provides their own feed, hay and bedding (some yards do include hay and bedding in their charge) but pays for say the horse to be caught in. This can be on a regular or irregular basis and would normally be charged on a per item basis.
 
Any kind of livery is whatever the horse owner and YO have agreed, for the fee agreed. So long as you both mean the same thing, it doesn't matter what you call it.
 
The definition varies depending on location. That would be part here.
Full here is all of the horses basic care no riding. Schooling/ competition is full with riding.

But it's not set in stone, so if you've found a yard you like just call and ask what is included :)
 
Round here what you describe would be called assisted DIY. Part livery tends to mean muck out, skip out, turn out and catch in or putting on the walker, changing rugs, picking out feet after turnout etc. and includes hay, basic feed and bedding. Full would include all the above plus grooming, tack cleaning and exercise riding or lunging by a groom. Schooling livery would imply to me the horse is being brought on and educated by a professional, rather than just exercised. And I have never understood whether competition livery means the client is paying someone else to take their horse out and about to compete it, or whether it means it's being schooled by the yard and plaited up ready for the owner to whisk the horse off to a show.

Everyone has different names for the same thing, and even in the same area yards can include slightly different services in livery packages called very similar things, so I think it's easiest to just explain what services you want to pay for and ask whether/how/for how much money a yard would be able to help.
 
The definition of part/full/assisted livery will vary from person to person, yard to yard, county to county! What matters is your agreement with the YO/YM about what is included in your fee and exactly what you would like done with your horse. If you are both happy with the expectations then call it tailor-made livery! I keep my pony on assisted livery - he didn't cope with stabling so is out 24/7, but some days I'm not able to get there to feed hi, check rugs, etc. so I pay a basic livery fee with any extras added on top. Hope you find your ideal!
 
Comp livery defends. Some are get ready for owner to take away (one I know travel the horse and it meets owner at the comp!) and some are competed for you. Some are a mix of both.
 
Part livery means different things depending on the yard. I've known it to mean hay and bedding is included in the livery price but no chores are done. I've known it the other way round where it means horse turned out/brought in, mucking out done, haynets/waters/feeds made up, but the horse owner supplies the hay/feed/bedding. Last yard I was on did a bit of both, part livery there was rug change and turn out daily, skip out daily, waters done, hay included in livery price and 1 bale shavings per week. The horse owner did the rest of the chores of an evening and bought feed.

Full livery I class as all the daily chores and everything supplied but no grooming/riding, usually 7days/wk but sometimes only 5days with the horse owner doing weekends. Designed for those who can't come to the yard every day or who can, but lack the time to both ride and do the chores (and who aren't prepared to sacrifice riding).

Riding, grooming, tack cleaning etc would be competition livery to me, but that wouldn't include taking the horse to competitons, just daily care, plus keeping a basic fitness and level of schooling going. Designed for those who can't ride regularly enough to keep their horses fit enough to do what they want to do with them.

Assisted DIY generally means paying for whatever you want done, just letting the yard know a day or 2 in advance. It can work out more expensive than part or full livery if you're frequently needing help, though you do retain a level of control over the horses care that you can't generally have on part/full livery. Some yards offer assisted DIY as standard, often it's giving morning feeds left out by the horse owners and turnout (possibly charging extra for rug changes), sometimes bringing in is included too. This is often yards that want to control the turnout times to stop the fields getting trashed. It makes an amazing difference to your life to only have to go up once daily.
 
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