The Price You Pay....

[friedmas]

My costs are way different then yours! Im in lower Michigan at a full service boarding barn

Board including daily stall cleaning, blanketing, large 16-24 hour turn out, grain, hay, arena use: $400
Trim: $50 (4-6wks)
Full set of shoes: $150 (6wks)
Supplements: $200 (monthly)
Legend injections : $150 (monthly)
lessons and showing: ~$700-1000 (yearly)
Chiropractor: $200 (3-6 months)
saddle fitter: $150 (2x per year)

i total out at about roughly $1500 per horse monthly when everything else is considered (other vet bills, tack, etc)

[Somantu]

@Lucassb

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It’s really not a defensible amount of money from a purely economic standpoint. As my husband says, though, it’s that or therapy… ;>

My provincial health plan pays for my therapist… so I can spend thousands of dollars a year on my pleasure pony who I ride twice a week and never show. A barnmate, who is retired, cited that CPP (Canadian Pension Plan) pays her board and OAS (Old Age Security) covers her lessons.

[luvmyhackney]

I’m in NoVA and pay for my now kids pony.

Outdoor board + additional hay/dry lot fee - 425.00 per month - $5100.00
Farrier 50.00 every 5/6 weeks barefoot x 10 times a year - $500.00
Vet - Approx. 1k a year
Supplements - Vitamin E, Allergy meds, and MSM - 45-50.00 a month - 600.00 per year

So grand total is $7,200.00

I don’t count my daughters lessons as she works them off at the barn. I pay all the horse expenses from my salary and am looking at moving to a new position to allow me to purchase another horse guilt free.