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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 DIY assisted livery?
Assisted livery – this is basically an enhanced DIY arrangement, with most of the work still being the responsibility of the horse keeper. The livery manager/staff help out, perhaps by putting in feeds or bringing in and turning out the horse on behalf of the keeper.
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..
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.
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.
What does horse livery include?
In addition to providing the horse owner with a stable in which to keep their horse and a field in which to turn their horse out during the day, full livery usually also includes bedding, hay and feed. Some livery yards may include exercising of the horse within their full livery service.
What are the different types of livery?
There are four main types of livery; grass, DIY, part and full.
Is stabling good for horses?
Stabling your horse overnight can give both the horse and the field some much-needed recovery time. Your horse doesn’t have access to shelters in the field. Horses that are exposed to the elements all night long will often fare better when kept in a stable.
How often do you visit your horse on full livery?
Usually 4 or 5 depending on work.
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.
What is grass livery?
Grass livery around here, means that you get the field, maintained etc. with water, and most yards will look at your horse daily.
What is full grass livery?
LIVERY – Full grass livery service Your horse will be fully attended to – turned out, brought in, fed, rugs changed, feet picked and brushed off. Every horse is checked over daily, and a record kept to monitor their health. Any injuries will be attended to as necessary. Good quality hay or haylage is provided.
What is a working livery?
Basically it means you pay them for the privilidge of making money out of your horse. Or to put it another way, they’ll knock £30 a week off your livery bill and and make £150+ from using it in lessons for paying customers.
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.
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.
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 the difference between a stable and a livery?
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.
Why is it called livery?
The word itself derives from the French livrée, meaning dispensed, handed over. Most often it would indicate that the wearer of the livery was a servant, dependant, follower or friend of the owner of the livery, or, in the case of objects, that the object belonged to them.
What does a livery stable look like?
A livery stable was a place where pioneers could hire horses, teams, buggies, and wagons. The stable was often attached to a hotel or boarding house. Full board included shelter, water, stabling and twice daily feedings of hay; the animal would also be turned out a couple of times per day for exercise.
What are livery services?
livery service means a passenger vehicle for hire that provides transportation services using livery vehicles. Sample 1. livery service means a limousine transport service, tour transport service, shuttle transport service and a community transit bus transport service; Sample 1.
