Just an example of work dog cost. We have 28 kelpie dogs and cost 3.5k a year to keep. Bloody cheap compared to one mans wages. I'm afraid the horses are a little more than that if shod etc.
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Just an example of work dog cost. We have 28 kelpie dogs and cost 3.5k a year to keep. Bloody cheap compared to one mans wages. I'm afraid the horses are a little more than that if shod etc.
[quote=dullbird;924534]jesus how many bloody dogs do you have to get vacc costs like that:o
Insane isn't it I can vaccinate a herd of 100 cattle or just one dog. It is because when you vaccinate a dog or cat an act in the TGA says you have to take them to a vet; other animals are deemed stock so anyone can do it themselves. I learnt this after I was very annoyed that vets wouldn't just sell it to me & I phoned Pfizer to complain :p
We don't shoe our horses I'm a believer in bare feet and we do almost everything ourselves that is why they are fairly cheap. I worked out a few years ago a Financial budget; the dog cost a grand or so more per year.
I'm in accounts so this is my forte.
I know a lot of people who spend a lot more than they need to but I'm from a long line of very thrifty cowboys :D.
I've been asked to give lessons on being "miserly" but I'm not giving away my secrets. :ninja:
Lets just say it is similar to how people here can work on the land rovers and they don't cost much for them but for me it costs a fortune because I'm reliant on someone else to fix it & have no idea what I'm doing.
Horses for courses then, isn't :Rolling:Quote:
Originally Posted by Disco2tow
Sorry, couldn't resist. :angel:
Impossible for any of ours in work to be barefoot, they'd have no hoof left.
This thread could now take a turn unprecedented in AULRO history. If regulars think people get heated up over oil vs grease in the swivels, wait till they see the arguments rage over barefoot vs conventional shoeing :twisted:
[quote=Disco2tow;924929]Yes I know you must have a very expensive vet thats all I can say;)Quote:
Originally Posted by dullbird
I'm licensed to vacinate dogs on premesis just not anywhere else as I'm not a vet but was trained by one
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Originally Posted by rick130
or Pirelli over classical:D
You mean Parelli vs anything else :D (how much is that carrot stick® and rope® again, oh, and the new Natural Balance saddle® ? :lol2: )Quote:
Originally Posted by dullbird
Classical vs competition
German vs Dutch
Spanish vs everyone
Classical vs Deep
Classical vs Rolkur
Have I left anything out ? :D
they have saddles now:oQuote:
Originally Posted by rick130
I knew a girl that used to play the 10 games with her horse ride in a head collar with a loooong rope from the center ring and bare back oh and her carrot stick:D..................she just really couldn't get her head around why the horse ****ed off down the beach with her when she trailered it there for a hack. :Rolling:
the training had been going soooo well!!! in the fenced 20x40 :lol2:
Yes lets not go there!:eek: everyone is entitled to choose their own methods for their animals.Quote:
Originally Posted by rick130
For the record I have shod some horses so I'm not against shoes or anything my girls just don't benefit from them.
One horse can't be shod she had a partial hoof transplant a few years ago when she ripped off it in a barbed wire fence. So it is odd shape; she is fine now other then it looks a bit odd she has no lasting effects.
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Originally Posted by Slunnie
I trained a cow once it is not as hard as people think I shall post a photo once I find it.:D
But no where near as comfortable as a neddie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Disco2tow
There was a bloke over here a few years ago that trained one to jump, and yes, he rode it :lol2:
well I have seen two camels do a part deux ;) ...(sorry cant remember how to spell)
at olympia.....their one time changes were perfect!!
and so was their piaffe and canter piroettes