Obilicious

What is your job?

Describe your job

Do you have anytime for your own horse?

What is your pay like?

Do you get accomidation/livery?

Knowing what its like would you choose to do it again or go into another career?

And could you include anything else that could be helpful. Im not sure whether to go into horses or somethink like advertising or photography. I know it depends on me and if i want money or enjoyment but i wanted to know the view of people who have horsey jobs.

Thankyou so much :)

I havnt got a clue whether to do a course in it or not.

I dont mind all the mud and hours.

The only thing i dont know if i can stand is the animals going away for slaughter and i cannot imagine killing one if it has something wrong with it i know your proberly think obviously dont do it but i really like the idea alot of the time but when i consider this i dont want to do it im really in the middle.

Should i not do it? I dont know if that means i will not get anywhere in it

If you are a farmer what do you think?

thanks

my only other choice really is photography...

Why is everyones horses ( proffesional riders e.g mary king, ben maher, ellen whitaker ect) only black,bay, chestnut or grey? why isnt there any skewbald or piebalds?

I have NEVER seen a skewbald or piebald in jumping or eventing or dressage why is this?

Really curious as i cant find a answer

thanks

As it says in the title my lower leg position is absouloutly horrendous.

My leg is always on the girth if not infront of never behind which is where it is supposed to be!

So is there any excersices( off the horse) that i can do i know that the chair is one which is this - http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=the+chair+yoga&hl... ( except you make sure your back is straight and there is the line from your hip to your ankle)?

Can you walk me through what you do or give me links or instructions??

Need them asap so i cant really buy anything so just me :)

Thanks :D

I dont know whether to go into it or not so what do you need like what qualitys or attitude or intrests?

thanks :)

So im getting my horse a new numnah and rug and havnt got a clue about what colours suit him.

I like the idea of burgandy and grey however the grey may blend with the white and the burgandy with the brown.

Here is a picture of him : http://www.flickr.com/photos/50724671@N05/60090926...

Thanks :)

Firstly yes i am a girl if that by any way affects your answer( i dont know why it would)

What pathways are there in the livestoclk side of argiculture that give you enough salary to live on?

Could you suggest any andd the rought salary?

I know one of them is contracting which isnt very good pay and you can be without a job

Thanks :)

does doing gymastics help your postition or make it worse?

what are some advantages /disadvantages?

As i want to go far in riding and im wondering if the whole pointing toes thing would affect you and your balance and everything?

thanks :)

I would like to enter a fancy dress class but i would want to do in hand instead of riding.

Any ideas?

This is who i will be leading.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50724671@N05/60090926...

i would like something not expensive to make but not something that everyone will be doing or a posibility of two of us being the same?

thank you :)

ps. i am changing my name from FlyingHorse to Obilicious :D

I asked my farrier for my horses shoes and as its the ones we got him with i want to make something special out of them.

so can you list as many things as poss that you can do with them?

thanks :)

1.Which one do you prefer/use for in hand showing?

2.Also I want to start showing and i would like to know what would look better a tweed or black jacket showing a skewbald irish sports horse?

thanks :)

So im doing a little poll for coloured horse owners or people who go to shows where a lot of coloured horses are.

What colours(numnahs buckets etc..) do you use for your coloured?/what colours have you seen been worn on coloureds at shows?

I recently got a skewbald horse and i don't know what coloures to have on him.I don't want something that's really common (hence the poll)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50724671@N05/sets/721...

so since i fell off i cant stop leaning forward and my shoulders tense a lot. is there any exercises that will help me sit straight and relax my shoulders?

My feet also point out to the side. when i try and push them so they are facing straight it hurts. what exercises can i do?

also ( apparently this is because ive only ridden cobs so i learn to ride with my legs far forward. i don't know if this is the case or i that i didn't have the best instructor in the world who helps your position) my leg sits far forward. are there any exercises that i can do to help bring them back.

i would prefer it if most of the exercises weren't on the horse as mine doesn't stand still and always wants to go.

or any sports that help improve the muscles?

thanks :)

what sort of home made things can you put out to desensitize? Also could you include pics?

i know this may sound stupid but will your horse not think of you as someone who brings scary things?

or will this only happen if you give in and leave it when you introduce it and they spook?

Also separate question but if you took your horse to a natural horsemanship clinic would they make you 'join up'?

thanks :)

What are the cheapest ( but good quality) websites for all your horsey bits and bobs?

Ok so ive got a cast and ruined it. at the top is the bit ive screwed up i coloured in the cotton and hated it so i tryed to go back to white using tipex and it hasnt worked its just done this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50724671@N05/57263124...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50724671@N05/57268670...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50724671@N05/57268649...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50724671@N05/57263064...

btw im not unhappy with the rainbow :)

i need help i want it to go back white but how can i fix it? my mum is really anoyed because ive screwed it up can anyone suggest anything?

oh and i cant get it wet because the cast will fall off

So yeah i know conformation questions gets done alot but i havnt seen one in a while so here it is:

what do you think of my horses conformation? He is a 16hh chestnut 6 yr old thoroughbred

yes in all the pictures HE IS STANDING ON A SLOPE ( his withers and bum are the same hight not on a slope http://www.flickr.com/photos/50724671@N05/56913642... )and they arnt the best as i was on my own and he will never stand square- but i got him to in one pic! although theres no head!- so anyway here are the pictures

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/50724671@N05/56907729... yes i know standing on a hill and head/neck = horendous for a confo pic but he is actually standing square!

2.http://www.flickr.com/photos/50724671@N05/56907729... standing square head and neck= disaster

3.http://www.flickr.com/photos/50724671@N05/56907728... head and neck is up but not standing square.

let me know what you think! :)

also if this affects it anyway then he has been used for hacking and has gone over a pole once yesturday

so i had my first fall yesturday. got bucked off onto quite hard ground. was in a+e for 6 hrs. i have grazes up my right art and soft ligament damage on my left wrist and right hip. i also have loads of lumps and bruises.

what was your first fall like?

So i caught my horse this morning licking and trying to bite clumps of dirt and rock

could he be lacking in anything?

does/did your horse do this?

so i looked at my geldings passport which was issued july 2010 and it says he is 'entire'. he came from a racing stud. could he really of been gelded at 4 and still act like a gelding? he is so docile most all of the time. he does sniff up mares bums sometimes but doesnt really do anything its more of a interested sniff. he is also out at the moment with a mare would he act diffrently when she is in season if he was gelded last year? could it all be a misprint?