Determining What It May Cost to Board Your Horse

your own feed including hay and bedding for stalls. Horses may or may not be checked every day depending upon the agreement you sign. Expect to travel at least once a day to care for your horse and clean stalls. You will have to arrange to be there for veterinarian and farrier calls. Selfcare board situations provide only the facility but not the actual care of your horse so that means work for you. Consider your schedule and how youll manage things like icy roads and bad weather when deciding to take your horse to a selfcare boarding stable.
Full Board
With full board everything will be supplied. Stalls will be cleaned the horse will be fed and watered and basic feeds supplied. Supplements may or may not be supplied and included in the cost but will be fed if you supply them. Horses will be turned out for exercise daily and blanketed usually an extra cost according to the weather. Veterinarians and farriers will be arranged by the ownermanager. You will probably have to attend visits from the farrier or vet or you may end up paying someone else to attend if you cant.
Lessons may be included in the cost or they will be extra. Youll probably want to visit your horse frequently but you will come across horse owners at these barns that may not see their horses for weeks or even months.
Questions to Ask
Between selfcare board and full board there is a wide range of services and amenities that stables provide. Before you move in read the boarding contract and make sure you understand what is and is not included in the cost what youll be expected to do and what extra expenses you might be charged. Some stables charge a few dollars extra per day to blanket horses or feed supplements. Some will look after your horse when the farrier comes but may charge you for the time. So make sure you avoid surprise additions to your board bill by understanding what is provided.
Horse Boarding Prices
You might find board for as little as a dollar per day or partial payment in sweat labor. At a very wellappointed stable with lessons included and close to a major city or event grounds you can expect to pay over 700 a month for board. Shop around. Talk to other horse owners in your area to find a stable you can afford
and that you trust to care for your horse.