I just want to pick your brains on how much barn owners/trainers charge clients to hold well-behaved horses for vaccinations? Not full-training, just the individual service.
At barns where the entire group of horses is being vaccinated in one visit by the primary barn vet - $0.
Otherwise $0-30 depending on how inconvenient the timing of the appointment was and whether holding also entailed retrieving a horse from turnout and returning them there afterwards.
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I’ve always done it for free as a courtesy to the vet if done on a “clinic” day. That means set up in advance, 90% of the horses enrolled and payment arranged by each owner with the vet’s office in advance. Other random visits, I’ll help if asked/ needed but otherwise not.
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That’s what I thought. I was recently charged $60/horse to hold my two well-behaved boys, which was more than the vet charged to come out and do their vaccines. The whole barn was getting vaccinated.
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$25 seems to be industry standard in my neck of the woods.
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A barn can charge whatever they want but I feel like it’s only fair to be super up front with any and all charges.
It’s always been free for me but I’d expect around $20 if I was off cycle and needed someone to bring one in for the vet.
A farrier hold is way different to me since it could easily be a solid hour or more of time where it’s the only thing that person can do.
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Agreed
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Good lord. I know of a barn in Ocala that charges insane fees like this. But it certainly hasn’t been the norm AFAIK
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I don’t charge anything, but I only offer “full care.” This is one of the included services.
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My vet will just do it himself if I’m not available (though I usually try to be in case I have questions). My horse loves him! He’s a sole practitioner and has been my prinary vet for almost 10 years though and knows the horse well.
My shoer always just comes and takes care of everything with his own assistants/apprentices. 
. It’s probably built into his rates.
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Hopefully no one charges a holding fee if the vet is not giving the vaccinations.
I had my horses at home so obviously I held them.
At the barns and breeding farms where I worked , albeit a long time ago, there was no charge for holding a horse for the vet to administer vaccines. It was a scheduled appointment, we were at the barn and it was not at an odd hour, so it wasn’t a big deal.
It’s late and I realize that my contribution to this question is not at all helpful. Sorry. 
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$10 to catch from a field and hold for vet/farrier. Usually goes to a working student if they do the task.
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$10
What does your boarding contract say the fee will be?
This, in my opinion, is a barn owner charging a fee that makes it worth their time to do something they do not really want to be doing. Which is fair if that is the pricing everyone agreed on.
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Some barns no holding fee if using the barn vet. If using your own vet - $25+.
$0. When I boarded, I hated being nickel dimed, so when I kept boarders, I just offered ”full care”.
I was once charged $100 for a sheath cleaning I didn’t ask for…because every horse was on schedule, shipshape Bristol fashion! 
That BO would also charge $10 if she caught you giving a flake of hay.
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