[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Horses and Dogs, You'll Be surprised!
- From: Falkrigia@xxxxxxx
- To: Rbuffdogs@xxxxxxx, Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx, cccaudiology@xxxxxxxxx, rockannand@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:22:32 EDT
I also have horses and keep most at my farm but one boarded out - also at
$250 per month with 24 hour on-site supervision and feed. plus free use of all
training areas, jump arenas, dressage arenas, etc.
also showing one right now. Definitely less expensive than showing dogs in
some respects. However, you must consider the cost of all the tack, special
clothing and all that required for horse showing vs dog showing.
Also horse training in our area with board runs $650 per month on average
with the horse being worked for a full 30 days - off-days not counted as part
of
the 30 days so you could end up getting 35-40 days of board with 30 days of
actual training for your $650.00.
So,..........if the handler is training the dog on a daily basis while it's
being boarded, then the dog is definitely the cheaper animal to show. However,
that doesn't consider handling fees for the actual showing since more people
show their own horses than their own GSDs.
That makes a significant difference if you're dog-showing 4-6 shows a month -
a very signifcant difference since your'e looking at at least $100 per show
- handling plus expenses . Then the horse definitely becomes cheaper. :-)
we show both so,........we quit adding it up long ago and just hope we don't
starve at some point LOL
lynda
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