Any Money Saving Ideas???????

[Hevz2001]

Hi all, I was just wondering if you had any money saving ideas??? Any at all!!!!!

;) thanx
Heather:D

[CrazyfurAnimals]

There are a couple of things you could try. But, I need some ideas myself. :) I never thought I would be able to ride a horse, never mind lessons. But, then I got a job. Not a real job, because I'm not old enough for that, but a babysitting job. I don't know if theres anyone around you that has a little kid, but you could always make flyers around town. Another way is to ask your instructor if you can help around the barn. If you own your own horse, and you don't take lessons from anyone, I'm sure there are still barns around that could use your help.
Good luck. I'm sorry I couldn't help more!

[Somethingroyal]

I have a couple...
Suave Shampoo
Consignment Stores have sheaper stuff
Apples and Carrots instad of those fancy horse treats
Only buy waht you need- you dont need 1/2 and full chaps, I would get the full casue usually they are the same price and the full ones fit over jeans easier

[Sharon H]

Best money saving tip I can give you is to get a different hobby:D
Other than that, only go into the saddlers when you REALLY need something, it's fatal to just pop in and have a look around. Don't read any of the horsey magazines, they just convince you that you can't live without the latest product!

[liz--y]

use shops own brand of sunflower/veg oil instead ff cod liver
talk to ** local veg shop an ask if you can have any apples sweds carrots etc that arent fix to sale, or get to asda about 6 an they reduce the bays or apples an carrots to 10p :)
weigh feed a hay
ummmmmmmm cant think of any more

[Hevz2001]

Cool, thanx everyone! I get free lessons in exchange for work anyway, but I hope to get a horse one day...
KEEP 'EM COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D :D
Heather

[floppy]

you can get cheap half chaps and i kwo that in england half chaps cost half the price of full chaps .
anwyay i would say the opposite to something royal..but then it depends where you live. I would buy half chaps because you can wear them all year round. full chaps you can also wear all year round but they can be really hot in the summer.(i did a stupid thing and changed out of my breeches into jeans and took my full chaps with me to find out that wher emy horse is is twice as hot as wher ei live)

but if you want money saving tips with riding clothes what i do is i go every 2 years to a big horse exhibition that has shwos and everything for sale from hroses to stables to riding equipment etc..and everything comes out somewhat cheaper than going toa tack store!
The next exhibition isnt unitl next year here and i already have a list fo things i need to replace.

[Somethingroyal]

Ya know, it doesnt really make much sense to me why they charge the same for 1/2 chaps as they do for the full ones over here... Its less leather, so they must be harder to make. And for more tips, but breeches that you can use for casual riding and shows, buy one helmet and use a cover to keep it clean, haul your feed yourself stright from the factory and you save at least $15 where I get it, 'cause the tack shop pays for the shipping and gas and then marks it up for profit, borrow as much as you can from other people, if you have a friend with extra polos, wash them and use them yourself (with permission of course), and as a substitute for show sheen- brush and groom and bathe your horse like crazy, you dont need to use soap and a curry comb every time you groom, but if you start a daily bath and grooming 2-3 times a day at the minimum, in about a month or so you with have a horse that glows...

[Hevz2001]

just another thankyou.... I like the idea of buying feed staight from the factory, and going to a big horse exhibition every couple of years.....
If you have anymore, keep 'em coming!!!!!!
bye byes
Heather:) :D :p

[fionahogg]

A daily bath?

Wouldn't that remove all the oils from the horse's coat?

[Somethingroyal]

ya, with soap it would, but if you just rinse the horse off daily then the coat becomes shiny and soft, without removing all the oil. Since Nana is grey, I have to rinse her off daily or her coat will turn yellowish(in the white places), but I only use soap every third day or so. With Komiker I still do the same thing, even though he isnt grey, and it works great.

[Sefroniaau]

If your horse(s) get an open wound don’t buy expensive ointments and lotions just get a few hand fulls of Lavender and put it in the blender (wash it first to make shore it is clean). Then put a tea towel in a large bowl (so it cups the bowl) Then pour in the mixed lavender and rap it up and squeeze all the juice out collect the juice and discard the pulp. The juice is now a great ointment for cut's and grazes.

I once had a horse given to me because it had a very VERY bad leg wound that would not go away. Her wound was pussy and often bleed (it had been coursed but a barb wire fence) after just 2mounths of the lavender mixture she was completely better just a slight scar. And she lived until she was 25 (she was 17 at the time of the injury).

It really is magical stuff

[appaloosagal]

here r sum household products that made their way in2 my tack room:

a) hypo-allergenic/un-scented Baby Wipes (store brand cheapies, not $$$$name brand stuff) r great 4 wiping tack, stirrups, horses snotty noses and the likes. DON"T USE THEM NEAR YOUR HORSES EYES!!! try not 2 get ones with aloe cause that makes them smell funny

b) baby oil- dirt atracting, but good 4 cleaning clipped ears and highlighting horses'faces at shows- squirt onto a small sponge or cotton ball, b careful not 2 drip it down a horses' ears

c) corn starch-pat it on with a sponge onto wet, thourghly shampooed and rinsed white legs. When dry, brush off and it will leaves the legs sparkling white. Can b used on other white marking, but most horses wont like this powdery stuff on ttheir faces. Some people use it rubbed into then brushed off of dry iegs. French chalk works dry too. The corn starch seems to repel dirt and stable stains too.

d) for low-level and schooling shows, cover your schooling helmet with a black velvet cover instead of spending hundreds of $ on velvet helmets. A cover costs about $25.

e) save money on shampoo- - instead of freqeuent bathes, brushing a horse thoroughly b4 and after a ride keeps the coat really soft. Also, 2 remove dust frum coat, spray water on the horses coat from a spray bottle and then rubbing with a terry towel gets the dust of their coat without bathing (especially good if your horses loves 2 roll in the dust!!


Thats all I can think of,
l'll write if I can think of more!!:)