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Do It Yourself (DIY) DIY livery offers horse owners access to stables and facilities, but all aspects of horse care must be undertaken by the horse owner. These yards are rarely managed or staffed, therefore this is often the most cost-effective type of livery.
What does DIY livery include?
Do it yourself or DIY livery – A stall in the stable and paddock or field are usually provided. The owner undertakes all care of the horse and provides all hay, feed and bedding. This is usually the least expensive option. Sometimes an amount of hay and/or straw for bedding is included in the fee.
What is the difference between a livery and a stable?
is that stable is a building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses while livery is any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.
What are the different types of livery?
There are four main types of livery; grass, DIY, part and full.
Does DIY livery include hay?
Well-Known Member. usually when hay is offered in livery, you should be given the option of a reduction for grass only livery.. so yes the hay should still be included..
What is DIY livery horses?
Do It Yourself (DIY) DIY livery offers horse owners access to stables and facilities, but all aspects of horse care must be undertaken by the horse owner. These yards are rarely managed or staffed, therefore this is often the most cost-effective type of livery.
Does DIY livery include bedding?
Livery usualy includes use of field, stable, tack room and all/some of the facilities (if any are available). Sometimes also includes feed, hay and bedding.
Why is a stable called a livery?
A livery stable (from 1705, derived from the obsolete sense of “provender for horses” found in the mid-15th century) looks after the care, feeding, stabling, etc., of horses for pay.
What is a livery stable?
: a stable where horses and vehicles are kept for hire and where stabling is provided.
What does livery mean in horses?
A livery or livery stable is one that either boards horses for their owners or rents them to the public for riding or driving. A livery horse is one that is rented out, usually by the hour or the day.
What is a full livery?
Full livery – where care, exercise and associated tasks are carried out by the livery yard in agreement with, and on behalf of, the owner. Full livery can be standard care or specifically directed for individual needs (such as a competition livery or breaking and schooling livery).
What is full working livery?
Working livery the horse was treated as for full livery except the price was halved and the horse used daily in lessons instead. The owner provided tack, many of them had a separate set of tack for the riding school to use. If tack was broken by the riding school, the horse owner had to repair/replace it.
What does assisted livery mean?
Assisted livery is that the people who are assisting you will do what you need when you need it. For example, nod day they may turn out and much out and the next day they may just bring in. But unlike full or part livery where they do the same services every day.
What is assisted DIY livery?
Assisted DIY is the same as part livery except mucking out, so box, grazing, turnout, bring in, put feed in, rug change etc and is around £350 per month. Part is everything other than exercising and grooming as is around £450.
What does part livery mean?
Part livery tends to mean muck out, skip out, turn out and catch in or putting on the walker, changing rugs, picking out feet after turnout etc. and includes hay, basic feed and bedding. Full would include all the above plus grooming, tack cleaning and exercise riding or lunging by a groom.
Do I need a Licence to run a livery yard?
What licences does a livery stable need? Livery stables that simply house and care for other people’s horses do not need a licence. But you may need to get a licence if, for example, you offer a working livery arrangement whereby, in return for a reduced livery fee, you: hire out your customers’ horses for hacking.
What is a working livery horse?
Working livery Working liveries are usually managed riding stables that offer horse owners a discount in stabling fees in return for allowing their horse to be used in riding lessons. There may be the option of part or full livery within this agreement too, which offers flexibility to busy horse owners.
What is livery use?
Livery vehicles are for-hire vehicles that are used by businesses to generate revenue by transporting people. Think taxicabs, limousines, buses, van pools and even hotel shuttles. Shuttles, van pools and buses are also treated like limousines since they operate on a fixed, prearranged schedule as well.
Is loaning a horse expensive?
Usually with loan you don’t actually pay for the loan itself, but take on the running costs of the horse – ie livery, feed, shoeing, worming, vets bills etc. However, some horses (particularly competition horses) are leased – ie you pay the owner a monthly fee, plus still pay the running costs of the horse.
How much does livery cost UK?
Grass Livery can be expected to cost around of £20-£25 per week. DIY Stabled Livery can be expected to cost roughly £30-£40 per week. A full livery service can cost up to £100-£150 per week. Any extra care of the horse or tasks carried out by staff at the livery yard costs extra.
How much does it cost to own a horse per month UK?
Expect to pay between £200 and £300 per month. With full livery, the livery yard is responsible for your horses’ needs including stabling, field access, exercising, feed, hay and bedding. Costs start from around £400 a month, though near London you could find yourself having to pay almost double this.
