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    loosing weight to ride your horse

    Not really a question, im just feeling pretty proud of myself at the moment. But with british dressage announcing a rule of overweight riders on there horses i decided i needed to stop denying the fact i was too heavy for my pony. Since the rule change iv lost 18lbs and took my girl for a...
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    Putting down a horse with copd

    Hi everyone, thank you for your reponses. Its reasured me that im not evil or selfish haha. Shes out for the next week before she moves yard, and is being transitioned to a hay/haylage free diet and will be living off fast fibre slop to eridicate any dust what so ever. Her breathing rate is...
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    Putting down a horse with copd

    Hi everyone. This is a really difficult question for me, but here goes. I bought a pony in may. This pony is to replace my other 'broken mare,' who i have owned for 10 years. Unfortunately, the day after i got her home, she developed a cough. Under vet treatment over the summer pony got worse...
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    Vet physio salary

    No you dont :) plenty of people are successful without doing people first. The girl i use is very successful and isnt qualified to treat people.
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    Vet physio salary

    Hi everyone, im looking into training as a equine sports massage therapist and then becoming an equine physio. I know this is self employed, but can anyone give me an average salary? Im worried about not earning enough to live after spending the thousands on the training! Thanks!
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    equine sports massage therapy as a career

    Rationally I think the accounting is a better idea. I just constantly find myself looking into the whole sports massage thing. I would be looking into qualifying as a human sports massage therapist as well as horses. So I could treat both horse and rider. Maybe work part time with people then...
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    equine sports massage therapy as a career

    Hi everyone, wondering if anyone can give me some advice. Iv worked on and off with horses since i was 17. (Im now nearly 27.) Due to money issues (poor pay and prospects with horses) I have worked in an office for the past 18 months. Im at a point where I want to decide on a career once and for...
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    stiffness or something else? long post!!!

    thanks guys. and yes queen bee i am extrememly wonky. my shoulders naturally hunch and a lean the right even when im just stood there. when riding i tend to sit slightly to the left and collapse to the right. and even when riding other horses there quarters tend to come in slighty. i feel really...
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    stiffness or something else? long post!!!

    okkk, so i have a 6 year old idxtb mare who iv owned since she was 6 months old. i backed her rising four and only hacked her until i moved to a live in job at an international dressage yard so i could do things properly. shea quite tempremental and can be a bit of moody moose at times. she was...
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