Consider that payment is for the service,
time and effort, not the result. Some trainers will promise results, but I
find that may put the trainer in a position of asking more of the horse
than they're ready for, especially in the case of a young horse. I
require the first month's payment when the horse arrives and payment is due each
30 days, depending how long the horse stays, unless other arrangements have been
made. -such as 2wk payments. -or sometimes, young horses that have
been brought to stay for several months will be given a time off
period of a couple weeks, and I'll reduce the rate to board-only for that
period, even though the horse still gets some handling. I'm very
'small-time', only taking one or two outside horses at a time and really try to
be flexible and work with the owners as much as I can, but I do require payment
in advance.
I
was wondering how common it is for a horse trainer to ask to be paid up
front? I never really thought about it, I guess I just assumed payment was
made at the end of training. But it seems that a number of trainers (though
not all) ask for the money up front, especially if they do not have their
own place and board your horse where they are training it. I can
understand wanting the money right away if there is a board to pay at the
beginning of the month, but the money for the "training" part too
? Comments?
