Pferde Füße
I might just start doing my horse's feet again.
Jasper and Zeke went eight weeks between trims. Technically Zeke had a touch-up trim abojt four or five weeks, but Jasper hadn't been touched for eight weeks because I kept waiting on FarrierChris to stick with a day/time and show up.
He charges $65 for the small horses, $75 or $80 for the big ones and more if they're being jerks. Last time he charged $120 for Jasper's wiggling. I still had to hold him, too. So I'm spending money, but also losing time having to hold horses. My current rate for private lessons is $65. If I have a group lesson with two people in it I make $70 and I will do up to four in a group. Basically a roundabout way of saying if I have to hold a horse I'm out over $120, and if I have to hold a horse who wiggles it pushes $180+ because I'm not working for that hour plus and I'm paying someone else to do it.
I managed Jasper's front feet in a little under an hour. He wiggles and moves, but he isn't really bad. It would take me 30 minutes if he STOOD STILL, I'm sure, but whatever. I don't have to have someone hold him and I do it by myself. I'll do his back feet another day and I'll still be ahead if it takes me an hour to do those, which it shouldn't.
I could save $500 or more a month doing it myself. Small horses take me about 30-45 minutes, the big ones an hour and a halfish, depending on how well they stand. The three small horses would be about a two hour commitment. The four drafts about six to eight. Less than 10 hours in a month. If I didn't have to hold the big ones for ChrisFarrier I would be ahead having him do it, but I have been holding them so I'm losing that time anyway. Might as well just go full bore, right?
We'll see.
Jasper and Zeke went eight weeks between trims. Technically Zeke had a touch-up trim abojt four or five weeks, but Jasper hadn't been touched for eight weeks because I kept waiting on FarrierChris to stick with a day/time and show up.
He charges $65 for the small horses, $75 or $80 for the big ones and more if they're being jerks. Last time he charged $120 for Jasper's wiggling. I still had to hold him, too. So I'm spending money, but also losing time having to hold horses. My current rate for private lessons is $65. If I have a group lesson with two people in it I make $70 and I will do up to four in a group. Basically a roundabout way of saying if I have to hold a horse I'm out over $120, and if I have to hold a horse who wiggles it pushes $180+ because I'm not working for that hour plus and I'm paying someone else to do it.
I managed Jasper's front feet in a little under an hour. He wiggles and moves, but he isn't really bad. It would take me 30 minutes if he STOOD STILL, I'm sure, but whatever. I don't have to have someone hold him and I do it by myself. I'll do his back feet another day and I'll still be ahead if it takes me an hour to do those, which it shouldn't.
I could save $500 or more a month doing it myself. Small horses take me about 30-45 minutes, the big ones an hour and a halfish, depending on how well they stand. The three small horses would be about a two hour commitment. The four drafts about six to eight. Less than 10 hours in a month. If I didn't have to hold the big ones for ChrisFarrier I would be ahead having him do it, but I have been holding them so I'm losing that time anyway. Might as well just go full bore, right?
We'll see.