<heh> Old advice on how to make a small fortune with horses
Horses may be a money pit, but SOOOOO worth it!
Oh don't get me wrong, I already have a paddock picked out where my stallion would go.
Sadly, I just can't afford to make it a reality at the moment. But one day... 
With having a Swiss Shepard & English Bullterrier, both males it can get up there in prices if not cared for enough, and even once the Bullterrier has faked being sick, for I think attention, but it costed me $335 in bills XD
I just figured it up. I spend around 50K per year just feeding my horses currently. That does not include farrier, vet, dewormer, etc..the cost of having and caring for animals nowadays has sky rocketed and those vets know how to get it from ya too. I gonna leave it at that dont want to rave about them
Holy shit! How many equines are you keeping?
Around 25
<nods> To someone (such as myself) in a simialr situation, that sounds just about right. Hard to get away with a bale of hay for much less than $25 around here, and a horse will demolish that bale (assuming it eats it all, rather than stomping it into the stall muck, etc) in about 2, maybe 3 days, depending on the specific critter. Do the math... And that's *JUST* hay - horses like things such as grain, and while they may not LIKE it, things like having their feet trimmed, wormers, vaccines, maybe a blanket, and so many "etc" items I can't even name all of them off the top of my head, that if you can't afford to (in effect) set about 6-10 grand a year on fire, you can't afford to keep a horse. And that assumes *NO* significant health issues - A colic can easily burn 20 grand literally overnight. A founder won't burn it as fast, but the end result will likely be about the same, just spread over the rest of the animal's life in care and treatments to keep it from living in something approaching the level of agony only torture can produce - the total in the end will be AT LEAST as much as a colic case, just spread out over a longer time instead of being one bill.
Having to GSD who eat a 98% raw diet it gets fairly expensive to feed them both, im looking at just on food alone around 7 or 8k a year, vet bills are fairly low as they are both super healthy. I spend probably another 2 or 3k on extra stuff like toys and treats lol there spoiled.
Money is no object when it comes to family.
Do you have a Saint Bernard?
No, I have a Doberman. I feed him a raw food diet so that’s where the price comes high. Plus his supplements are a little expensive. It’s worth it though. He’s really healthy and his coat is perfect.
Ok, I get it. I feed them a well balanced dog food diet, and sometimes with cooked rice or so. My stallion is on lucern and special balanced cubes. That's excluded vet checks. I do check ups and treatments myself.
