Preparation

1. Get in touch with some good trainers and let them know that you are planning to buy a horse. They often have clients selling a horse.
2. Gain some knowledge about horse management such as the basic horse health and the first aid.
3. Check out, whether tack shops, boarding facilities, feed stores, hay, farriers, vets are available in your vicinity.
4. Figure out the expenses you are going to face in keeping a horse. Consult with the horse owners and know about the necessary expenses of keeping a horse.
5. Find an appropriate place to keep the horse. Inquire in local riding schools and tack shops.
6. Visit a few boarding amenities and discuss about hours, the price, feeding timetable, as well as what will be your duties.
7. Hire a space or a yard to keep your horse in advance. The high-quality yards, are hardly ever available as they fill fast.
8. Consult an expert to help you to plan fencing if you want to keep the horse in your house.

Searching for Your Horse

1. Make a list of your expectations including the, gender, size, health, age, color, price, training, pedigree and breed.
2. Word of mouth is the finest way to buy a horse. Discuss it with the farriers, instructors, tack shop owners, and vets.
3. Put ‘Horse Wanted’ pamphlets in local vet clinics, tack shops, search in national and local horse magazines, and on the Internet.
4. Keep an eye on the HORSE SALE ads in national and local horse magazines, newspapers, and internet.
5. It would be best to buy a used horse with a better temper, if you are very new to horse riding.

Assessing a Horse

Confirm everything from the horse seller

• History and breeding
• The age, color, height and breed
• Reason for sale
• Medical history and Competition
• Any bad habits such as, bucking, kicking, cribbing
• The horse’s present management
• Any registrations and security markings
• Whether the tack tools are included in the price
• How fine the horse moves

Buying the Horse

1. Negotiate on the rates with seller.
2. Arrange a vet checkup for the horse before paying for it.
3. Ask about its feed from the owner. Buy some feed from the existing owner if needed.
4. Get the horse insured before transporting him.
5. Prepare the safe area with all the necessary equipments.
6. Arrange the horse transportation.
7. Give your horse some time to settle in new place.

Some warnings before you buy a horse

Do not purchase a disease-prone, old aged, untrained, or dangerous horse just for the reason that it is cheap or looks cute. The untaught and precarious horses will not earn their keep, and can hurt someone.

Get yourself acquainted with the difference between a stallion and a gelding, as some fraud sellers may sell you of a redundant stallion by convincing you that it is a gelding.

Do not keep your horse alone at home until he adjusts himself. In case you have to leave him alone at your home, leave a friend with him like a goat, an old retired horse, a mini horse, or any another alike creature.

How to Buy A Horse

How much dose it cost to buy a horse?

I want to buy a horse… i was wondering what would be good boarding places near Edmonton,Alberta,Canada. How much would it cost for extras?(saddles bridles brushes etc.) How much would it cost monthly?…. for a barrel racing western horse in Canada???

To buy a horse it would be anywhere from 800-4000 (good price range) However you will occasionally find those 10,000 ones and ive even seen a 80,000 one.. but 800-4000 is reasonable…

Ferrier Bill:
Shoes: replaced every 4-6 weeks
ranges from 20-50$

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$

Feed:
Grain: should be 100$/month
Hay: should be about 100$/month as well

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

Blankets:
Good winter blanket= about 200$
Rain sheet= about 80$
water proofing spray= 15$

you do the math =) its expensive.

Horse Care & Buying Tips : How to Buy Your First Horse

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