Can anyone tell me what the difference between types of horse liveries such as D.I.Y, full and part?

Question

......and how much roughly I should expect to pay in Scotland for these? thanks!

Answer 1

Full livery; When you board your horse in a yard and you pay for every thing, they provide the full service. This includes; feeding, mucking out, grooming and even riding or schooling. You should expect a very high standard and be looking at paying £100-£150 per week. Exclusions would be vets fees and shoeing.

Part livery; Feeding, mucking out, turning out and possibly a flick off with a brush. No riding ,thorough grooming, vets or shoeing. Price £80-£100 per week.

D.I.Y.; you rent the box's ,fields, menage etc., but you do every thing yourself including supplying the food. Price £35 plus per week.

There is another type of livery, called assisted D.I.Y. This is a great option for people who like to do it all them selves but don't always have the time. You start with the basic DIY, and then add on certain bits on certain days and pay for them individually.

Answer 2

Well D.I.Y is what it says - do it yourself-in other words you do all the care for your horse yourself with no help,And you supply your own food,hay,bedding.Full livery is when the livery owner supplies hay,bedding,food etc....

Part livery is when the care and money is sort of shared cheaper than full,You may have to supply your own food  bedding or hay etc,

There is also working livery,where the yard can have the use of your horse for teaching or hacking

Prices vary dramatically from £20 a week to £60 a week

Just shop around,but don't always go for the cheapest as they may not be the best,You need a nice comfy home for your horse so do your reaserch first,Good luck

Answer 3

DIY: you do everythign yourdelf. cheapest kind of livery, im guessing £20 a week

Part: you do some and you pay the livery yard to do whatever you dont want to do. maybe  Ã‚£50 a week

Full: all you do is ride (sometimes you can pay them to do that) and the livery yard will do absoulutly everything. very expensive livery usually over £100 a week

prices are guesses, you should ring round the local yards and ask

Answer 4

There is also Working Livery which is less than full and about the same as part livery or less.  This is where if it is liveried at a yard where they give lessons, they use your horse on designated days and you stipulate when you want to ride.  I used to have my horse in working livery and I rode during the week when I had plenty of time but found it hard at weekends with the family around - and this suited them as they needed it most at the weekends.  So my horse was excercised and looked after rather than not being ridden.

If doing DIY you must check, as it varies yard to yard, what is actually included in that.  On some yards it does not include hay or only one bale of shavings per 4 days - sometimes you have to pay extra for use of the facilities too.  You must have it in writing what your money is getting for you on DIY and who is responsible for what.

Part livery suits a lot of working people as it gives them the time to do what they need and get off to work.  I have a friend who is in part livery and she rides before work but leaves the mucking out to the yard mon - fri and yet helps out with the mucking out generally on Saturday and Sunday in return.

Most yards tailor what you want to suit you.

Answer 5

I have both my horses on DIY livery, this means I do everything myself. I'm actually lucky to have a yard owner who helps me out with turnout, mucking out etc when I'm at work and doesn't charge, I just do her a favour in return. However, I've been on several yards and this is not commonplace. I pay £40 a week per horse, this includes hay, stable, grazing (all year), and a bale of shavings. However, this year the shavings will be dropped as prices have sky rocketed so its now just hay, stable and grazing. And of course use of the facilities - we have a huge purpose built indoor and a big outdoor, plenty of paddocks and we have showjumps too. We can all use anything on the yard so long as we don't break it lol!

Part livery means the yard will do some of the work, usually mucking out, in return for increased livery fees. The fees vary hugely depending on how much work the yard does. Part livery could mean the yard turn out your horse on a morning, or they muck it out, or anything really!

Full livery is where the yard does everything, you just turn up and ride. This usually costs £100 a week +

Another type is working livery, this is usually available on livery yards that are also riding schools. If your horse is suitable, they will use it on their riding lessons in exchange for mucking out or something, or reduced livery fees. Your best bet is to phone local yards and ask them.

Answer 6

Terms differ in the US, but DIY means you do all the care - purchase of feed, feeding, turnout, etc.  Basicallly you are just renting the stall (box).

Part usually means the owner or manager of the farm will feed your horses in the morning and/or evening and check to see that he has water - exactly what they will and will not do differs from stable to stable.

Full implies that the stable help will feed, blanket, turnout, and keep a close eye on your horse for you.  Worming, vaccinations, putting on turnout boots, (and possibly some even include grooming) are usually included.

I'll be interested to hear what the cost is in Scotland.