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Trimming (Time and Pricing)

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#1 ·
Just being curious but how often do you have your horses feet trimmed? What does it run you for a trim?
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#3 ·
When they need it. I know it's vague. But where and how often we ride makes a big difference. Non of ours are shod (anymore, one had fronts when he was roping). I'd say 2 or 3 times a year. $25 a horse. I do keep up on chips and such myself though. And our farrier is showing me the basics. I have trimmed our pony once but he watched. Safer that way!
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#6 ·
I charge $45 for a trim & that's about average around here. Time taken - I like to educate my clients & take detailed notes & pics on first visits, so I may be there for up to an hour, but for straight maintenance trims(excluding seedy, etc), generally takes me about 10-15 mins for a trim.

Ideally horses should be trimmed frequently enough to *keep* them in good shape rather than allowing them to overgrow before 'correcting'. If the farrier/trimmer needs the nippers, the horse is 'overdue'. Generally I find for most horses that's about 2-4 weeks, but 4-8 weeks, depending on the horse, the environment/work, the time of year etc tends to be frequent enough for them not to get too overgrown & most of my clients are on 4-6 weekly trims. I generally give my own a quick once over every fortnight.
 
#9 ·
My horse is done every 8 weeks. $35 for three hooves. She walks me through doing the fourth one, LOL. Takes her maybe 15 minutes for the tree hooves, if that long and around 20 for the last one since I'm always afraid I'll break my horse.
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Trims range between $35 - $60 per horse in my area.

I pay The Backyard Brothers $50 per horse because:

1. I cannot stay bent over to trim anymore. It's getting to be dangerous pain where the legs meet the hips:-(

2. They do exactly as I ask because they are already full aware of what the two previous well credentialed trimmer and farrier did to one of my horses.

They are young enough to be my grandsons and thankfully had a proper Southern "raisin'.

If they don't do precisely what I ask, they know the hair on the back of their necks will be the first thing in serious jeopardy. Then because shooting people really isn't my M.O., I'll take aim at their truck and trailer tires:shock::lol::shock:

Oopsie, forgot to add, they get trimmed every four weeks because the horse in my avatar grows enough hoof in that time to donate to a needy TB. Another one is foundered so needs constant attention, a third one has a mild club hoof so he needs constant attention. The fourth is an Arab with "Arab tough" hooves that I wish all the Walkers had. His hooves are just along for "the filing ride" at 4 weeks - lol

If there is an issue in-between trims, I am still able to do some fixing, myself.
 
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#11 ·
My horses are done every 6 weeks, mostly because JJ has front shoes and needs them reset within 6 weeks.

$25.00 for a trim for each of the barefoot Arabians, and $45.00 for a trim and front shoes for JJ. I add another $5.00 in as a travel fee, even though my farrier hasn't asked for it.
 
#12 ·
My two horses are done every 6 to 7 weeks. During the winter, I stretch it out another couple weeks, as their feet don't grow as much in the cold winter, and they aren't getting ridden on a regular basis.

Barefoot trim is $30

I will be putting shoes on Red next year, for traction purposes, so we'll see about that next year.
 
#13 ·
Just was wondering :) My gelding goes every 12-15 weeks before he needs a trim. Can't do it any sooner bc his feet don't grow very fast. But one farrier I uses charges $28 another is $35 and the other is $50. I think $50 is a little ridiculous for just a trim in my opinion. Lol
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Just was wondering :) My gelding goes every 12-15 weeks before he needs a trim. Can't do it any sooner bc his feet don't grow very fast. But one farrier I uses charges $28 another is $35 and the other is $50. I think $50 is a little ridiculous for just a trim in my opinion. Lol
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$50 per trim is only ridiculous if the $28 guy is giving you as good or better quality of trim. There is no replacement for, nor any amount of value on, that "gut instinct" that not every Keeper of Hooves might possess:-(

Poppy 1356 said: "Lowest I've seen here is $30 but those people are a huge gamble".

There can be a lot of truth to that, too.

I do know some farriers in my area that still charge their "10 years ago rates" to the customers that have been with them that long. The new clients pay for the increased costs of gas, farriers tools, shoes, nails, etc.
 
#14 ·
I pay $50 for a trim every 8 weeks. Lowest I've seen here is $30 but those people are a huge gamble average is about 40-45. I will never leave my farrier and I have no problem paying the $50 he deserves it my horse is kind of a twit sometimes. But in summer when she gets front shoes its $100 for fronts with trim all 4 and they still go 8 weeks.

He has shown me how to rasp to fix them up if there are chips or if I think they have grown more than normal but I'm terribly afraid to do it myself.
 
#15 ·
I pay $45 for a trim every six weeks. My mustang grows hoof like crazy, we're working on lowering his heels, and the ground in this area is so soft that there's really nothing to wear down his feet.

My mare also gets hers done every six weeks. She's full shod right now, but we'll be transitioning to unshod in the back soon.
 
#16 ·
Our girls are trimmed on a 6 week schedule (we do touch up work in between). He charges $40 a horse (it was lower when we were able to split the farm call charge with our neighbor's but they have moved) - we end up paying $45-50 including tip because I love our farrier and he has never failed us, always gone the extra mile if/when needed, etc. It is money well spent because I like his work.
 
#18 ·
I just had my new filly's feet trimmed this morning by a new to me farrier. I ordinarily do them myself, but the filly's feet were in awful shape, she has no training, and I wanted them done pronto. It was $50 for the trim. My old farrier moved, she charged $45 for one and 80 for two and she has a degree in equine podiatry and multiple certifications. It is/was a relatively long distance for both to my residence.
 
#23 ·
Yes the $28 guy gives me a better trim. Only difference is the $50 guy goes to the expensive barns and charges that even though they do the same quality work. Kind of like brand name vs off brand lol
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I don't see farriers as being brand name vs not I see them as capable or not. We had a farrier that someone at my barn swore by that he was awesome and did all these top race horses. Took 6 months for my horses hooves to grow out enough she could walk comfortably without shoes. He completely gouged the bottom of the hooves on 7 horses and lamed up 4. That is a terrible sucess rate if you ask me.

Could I save money and possibly get the same type of work? Maybe but quite frankly I like the way he handles my horse, he won't put up with her crap yet he is still patient. He was out in 3 days when I called in the middle of summer and told him my horse needed shoes. In the middle of show season for one horse.

And how do you know they do the same work?
 
#21 ·
Average here is $30-40 / horse for a trim.

I pay $35 and my gelding is trimmed about every 4 weeks during the summer and every 6 weeks in the winter. I let his hooves tell me how often he needs to be trimmed. It takes her about a half hour to trim him. I stick to a very strict schedule because he is likely to go lame if I don't and its not something I'm willing to chance (previously diagnosed with "navicular" as the result of bad farrier work).

Every horse is different and will need a different schedule depending on certain factors.
 
#24 ·
Depends if they need it. Both my 2 horses are barefoot, and we live in Missouri(which is all rocks, really). And because of that their feet are extremely strong. Their feet are very healthy. I condition them and clean and disinfect them all the time. So their feet are well conditioned and no one gets thrush or whiteline disease. I have Charm's done usually every 5 months, but we board-so they're checked every two months. And Boston's usually every 3 months.
 
#25 ·
Yes there are alot of unable farrier out there. And no I do not cheap on my horses health in anyway. All farriers are entitled to what they want to charge whether they can do the job right. I have a guy that does the job very well for a good price $28. The farrier that does the barn where I board at charges $50 per trim but at the same time board there is high (I work mine off) and for the same quality of work he charges $22 more. That's the only reason why I used off brand vs name brand. Lol
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