How mutc would it cost to have a horse and would you have to have a great knowledge to have a horse?
That question requires alot of answer! First of all, if you have no knowledge about horses you need some. It would be best if you boarded your horse with a trainer who would also be available to guide and teach you what you need to know. This is the more costly way to keep a horse and could cost from $350 a month and up depending on where you live. If you have a few acres of land and can keep the horse at home it's less expensive but their is some labor and time involved. Your horse will eat about 1/2 a bale of hay per day. Hay can cost anywhere from $2.50 per bale and on up. Then you need to buy feed too. Stabling a horse requires bedding also. Baled shavings can cost $5.00 per bale. A pick truck load of sawdust is a cheaper option if you have a sawmill nearby. Other expenses include a farrier (for shoes or trimming of the feet), wormer (every other month), and the vet once or twice a year for shots. If you're going to try this on your own you should find someone with a good knowledge of horses that you can call on when you have questions or when problems arise.
Believe it or not horses are very delicate creatures. They can die easily since they can NOT throw up. So anything that goes down that is not good for them will kill them. They are one of the only animals that will eat themselves to death. They also have those delicate legs where injuries can occur.
Not to scare you but read lots of books. Do your research. Take riding and horsemanship lessons. Then maybe consider leasing/renting a horse first before you buy. We don't want you wasting your money or doing harm to a horse.
Find people who you can visit and who can show and teach you about horses. They love to talk about their animals.
How much it cost to keep a horse all depends on where you live and the age and health of the horse. But horses are very sensitive. You can screw them up pretty easiley with food or how you handel them. You do not need to be a vet, farrier, or equine specilest to own a horse but you should know any and all local horse barns and have them show you the ropes on taking daily care of a horse. All will have some knowledge to offer you that the other will not. Soak up that knowledge! Make sure you know a good vet that many people have refered before you buy a horse and have the vet check the horse out. Also have the vet help you decide what type of feed the horse should be on. That is a lot of info I know but I hope it was helpful!
by ngureco 13 years ago
What Are Wild Horses? Are They To Be Found In The Jungle?
by Ken R. Abell 13 years ago
Any good advice for a first-time horse buyer/owner?
by Miss Lil' Atlanta 12 years ago
Have you ever gone horseback riding?
by Shari 12 years ago
Horse slaughter policy in America has entered a new era as the Department Of Agriculture has quietly reinstated what was shut down in 2007. That was when the last horse slaughter plants in the U.S. shut down and now the President has signed the bill to allow for federal funding. The thought of...
by CJ Kelly 9 years ago
Should a horse have to run all three legs of the Triple Crown?Yesterday's Belmont Stakes caused some controversy because 3 of the top finishers had not run the Derby or Preakness. This caused quite an outburst from California Chrome's owner that a horse should be required to run all three races. I...
by alliemoster 11 years ago
How do you get over being bucked off a horse so you can ride again?
Copyright © 2024 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2024 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |