Horses - how much do they usually cost? Or the fee to adopt?

2 of my horses i have now were adopted from rescue shelters. they cost for both of them $1550. They are both really good too. well that isn't all that it takes to owning a horse i'm sorry to say. =( you need a place to keep it. If you are boarding it you will have to pay board and maybe feed(depends on the place) Boarding a horse can cost anywhere from $100 per month for pasture board, with no inside stabling to over $500 per month in barns with stalls, individual turn-out, arenas and other amenities close to urban areas. You will also pay for extras such as farrier and veterinary care, special feeds or care such as removing and putting on blankets and fly masks. In self care facilites the monthly board is less expensive but you will supply your own feed and bedding and travel to care for your horse daily.

but if you are keeping it at your own house-->One half bale of hay $1.50 per day

Six month supply of loose mineral supplement $25.00 or 0.07 per day

Salt block $14.00 or $0.04 per day

Two two cup servings of inexpensive concentrate per day $1.00

Farrier every six week at $25 per trim or $0.60 day

De-wormer every 3 months $0.20 per day

Dentistry once a year at $75 or $0.20 per day

Annual basic vaccinations of vabies, tetanus, equine influenza, and rhinomune vaccines at $95.00 or $0.27 per day

Minimum cost per day to keep one horse $3.88 per day or 1416.20 per year.

The costs quickly increase with:

feeding more expensive concentrates or supplements

immunizing for other diseases such as West Nile Virus

a horse that requires shoes.

competing with your horse,

a horse that is ill or injured.

breeding your horse to produce a foal.

your normally good pasture is hit with drought or the price of feed is driven up by bad weather or other circumstances.

horses are wonderful but also VERY expensive!!

**emily**

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Some horses you can adopt for free but rarely. They usually round from 200-800. If you are buying a non-rescue horse they should round from at least 1000-? I've seen some horses cost 80,000 but a good broke pleasure horse should be at least 3,000 or so.

Ferrier Bill:

Shoes: replaced every 6-8 weeks

ranges from 50-80$

No Shoes: 4-6 week trim/checkup

about 20-30$

Vet Bill:

If you schedual a checkup it should be about 40$ if the vet has to make a house call

Spring Vaccinations should be about 120$

Coggins tests are usually around 75$

Flu shot is about 20$

Talk to the vet and make a schedual for the year but generally a set of shots are only given in fall and spring time-- you can talk to the vet about what to feed your horse too and then tell the barn that you are boarding at and they feed the horse for you (at most barns ive ever heard of)

These ones arent yearly but are still necessary to buy.

Brushes:

soft brush, hard brush, hoof pick, curry comb, face brush should total to about 30$.

Horses should be groomed everyday but if you can't come out that often then every 3 days or so is the max. amount of time you should go w/o brushing. The most important thing is hoof picking. To wash a horse you just get a water hose (preferrable with an adjustable faucet) and spray it on him, get some shampoo and lather him up, thoroughly wash it off and ge tthe exccess water off with a sweat scraper. Grass him in the sun until hes dry and then do what ya want with him =) its important not to wash them when its under 65 degrees though or when its chilly (dont wash at night!) and many owners try to avoid putting their horses in their stalls when they are wet. AT MAX you can wash them once every week or so but i wouldn't even do it that much unless you are at a show.

Blankets:

Good winter blanket= about 200$

Rain sheet= about 80$

water proofing spray= 15$

you do the math =) its expensive.

There is so much to know that comes with horse ownership

I am not sure about adopting a horse but the cost to buy a horse can be anywhere from $100 to $50,000 just depending on what you are looking for and how much you can spend.

hmm show horses in California are VERY expensive- often 15000 up for the ones without major bloodlines, but good(this means sane and probably older) trail horses are about 5000. if you've got connections, you can get old or injured-beyond-riding-capability horses for less than 1000. the starting price for a wild horse- from the BLM- is 125, but for mares with foals it's higher, and sometimes the BLM uses competitive bidding. horses from the premarin industry are about 2000 since they are often from good bloodlines-although not one specific breed- and ones rescued from slaughter are a few thousand because they are usually already trained and in good health. remember that the largest cost is taking care of the horse, though, since boarding(keeping) a horse in california is more expensive than other parts of the US.

Horses coast apprx 850$ up to 5,000$ depending on what kind of horse? Also Feed$ Vet Check ups$, Water$ place to live and property to graze$ shoes for horses$ saddle$ harlters$ bits$ and dont forget the most important Your Time!

Try going to petfinder.com to look for animal shelters that you can adopt horses through. A good trained horse could cost anywhere from $1,000-$5,500.

horses can cost anywher from 0- 100,000 or more. a good starter horse would be between 2,000 and 7,000

its hard to find a really good horse under $2,300 or some horses are worth more than 500,000 i got one of mine for 7,000 and the other for 2,800 and they both have really good breeding and are great horses