Any horse owning teachers?

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How do you balance your work, life and horse?

Do you have your horse at livery or DIY?

Are you skint?
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not personally a teacher, but there was a lovely lady at the yard i used to be at that is a art teacher in a secondary school. she used to keep her horse on part livery and either ride in the morning if she had free periods or in the evening after school.
 
Not yet - doing my postgrad teacher training at the moment (primary) and having a bit of a juggling act keeping my horse fit. He's on DIY and I have a friend that will sort him a couple of days a week but suffering from severe sleep deprivation already!

As I'm in Scotland I could be sent anywhere for my induction year - not sure how horse would take living on a remote island..
 
Know a couple of teachers that have horses, one had a 13.2 pony the other a 16hh hunter and her daughter has a welsh pony. Both have horses on DIY and manage well. Don't think they're skint if the posh cars are anything to go by...........
 
I am an English Teacher, I have my two on part livery and share the work with Elizabeth my daughter. However, she is off to uni. in September so they will have to go onto full livery, as I work around an hour from them, only live 1o minutes away, and they have a strictish rountine.

I do struggle sometimes but find they are very stress busting so it is worth it.

Hope that helps.
 
I am a secondary teacher and have a nag on DIY, well she gets turned out in the morning but I do everything else. I cope fine and I have a long drive to school, 100 mile round trip. Up until 2 months ago I used to do two but my wee ponio has went out on loan for the winter. I did struggle during my postgrad year but i had to work every weekend for financial reasons. I think teaching is a good choice of job for horse ownership.
 
I am a teacher. I keep my horse on DIY livery and it can be hard work in term time but the holidays are definitely worth it!
The biggest problem is vets and farrier - you can't book an afternoon off for the farrier!
That means that tomorrow after school, I have to hold my horse and my friend's horse for the farrier, in the dark and cold. My farrier is great but very slow so it will take over 3 hours and 3 hours standing in the dark and cold is no fun!
To answer your questions, I balance work and life very well though, I am a person first and a teacher second.
And yes I am very skint! I buy my clothes from ebay and tesco, I don't have holidays abroad and I drive a 12 year old car. I also don't have kids - I don't think I could possibly fit in - and enjoy - kids and horses in my life!
 
I am a horse owning Science teacher- Av is on DIY, I do her on the way to and way home for school. I zip waterproof overalls over my school clothes and give my hair a bit of a brush on the way to work!

Skint = YES, isnt every horse owner?
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Balancing things is hard and sometimes i literally do not stop from 7 am till 9 pm, but my time with av is my chill time and so I find that she helps de-stress me!
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Aware I may get shot down in flames for this!

The teachers I know (boyfriend's mother, his sister, his brother in law teach secondary school and an ex boyfriend was a primary teacher) finished work a hell of a lot earlier than I do and seem to have LOADS of spare time into which they could fit a horse (if they were horsey). The teachers at my old yard managed to get there that much earlier than I did that they had done their beds etc AND been for a hack by the time a got to the yard at 6ish! VERY jealous!!

I am aware that not all teachers have that much of an easy time and there are times of the year that are more hectic than others! Just speaking about those that I know!
 
Oooh Smudge - you're on dangerous ground!!
But actually, as a teacher, I can agree with you! I finish work at 4pm at least once a week. In summer this means I can be on my horse my 4.45pm, before my OH has even left his office.
The secret is to PLAN for your early night. Too many teachers work from 7.30am til 6.00pm then come home and do another hour - you could work 24 hours a day if you wanted to, you just have to know when to stop!
I get to school at 7.30am (I do the horse at 5.30am) then I leave by 5.00pm, except the nights that I plan to leave at 4.00pm so I can have some time with horsey.
 
I'm a teacher, but not a horse owner
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it's the job that's stopping me from buying one just now. Term time is so full on I'm not sure I could cope! The holidays would be brilliant though!
 
I thought I might be too- that's why I put that bit at the bottom
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It wasn't in any way to imply that teachers have an easy time- I spent an afternoon at a school to help with "Talent Week" trying to encourage young people to regognise their talents (as part of our corporate responsibility in work). It was one of the most draining afternoons I had ever had! Don't think it helped that it was last session on a Friday!
 
I'm actually doing my PGCE this year, so it wouldn't happen for at least another 18 months. If I could afford it, I'd love to have a horse at part livery - I can't see me doing DIY and teaching. Oh, and living in London's outskirts.
 
I teach primary and I manage ok on DIY. I can get out early at least once a week. I tend to take my laptop home and do an hour or so when I get in after doing the horse. I have a friend who rides once or twice a week for me. I find mucking out is a great stress-buster.
It's so easy to let teaching take over your entire life, so having a horse keeps me 'human'!
Plus the kids love it when they see me riding through the village!
 
cp1980 - good luck with your PGCE.
This year and your first year of teaching are definitely the hardest! You will find yourself working every hour but you will soon find that you get into a routine and you get yourself organised.
I think teaching and horse-owning go very well together, partly because of the long holidays and because you can get away by 4pm some nights.
Horse-owning relieves stress for me rather than creates more - I think I would be more stressed if I didn't have my horsey!
 
Another here who is just finished off her PGCE (primary) i qualify at the end of March - yikes!
I have 8 horses, 2 of which are in foal, a livery yard and twin toddlers! I somehow manage it all when i am on my full time teaching placements, with the help of my mum.
Once qualified, i hope to work Part time so i can fit everything in and enjoy being human and a mummy!
 
I am a teacher! Have been teaching for 4 years now- in my first year I put my horse on full livery so that I could commit fully to starting my new job. Year 2 I put horse on part livery so I didnt have to turn out in the morning and I didnt want to smell horsey round the children. Year 3 I was on DIY with two horses but by now I had found a man who liked horses and would help- he did them every morning- saving me oodles of money. Now in year 4 I have a place with land (3 acres) and we have rented out a further 4 which is in front of the house which is sooooo much cheaper I can afford 3 horses for the cost of one down in essex on livery. I dont ride in the evenings - but to suppliment my horsey habbit I teach (riding instructor) in the evenings 2 days a week and on a sat. This money pays for the boys so my other income can go on 'normal' things. Be prepared to be shattered!!!!
 
I am a teacher (Primary) and keep my 3 horses at home (with my sister). We do the horses about 7.30 am. I leave home at 8.00am and WORK until about 6 pm. It is extremely unusual for me to leave work before 5.00pm and when I do it is usually to attend a work-related meeting. I DO try not to bring more work home. As I work about 3/4 hour away from home it is always dark in winter when I get home. We have no facilites for schooling in the dark and as we prefer not to hack in the traffic as people are going home we never ride in the evening until after the clocks go forward.
I do have 1/2 day out of school for planning and preparation which I often use to muck out etc. I find my holidays very useful for maintainance of fences/ walls/buildings etc (the downside of having the horses at home).
Yes, in spite of being very experienced and a senior manager I am skint, especially this year when the cost of feed and bedding has gone up so much. Our retired cob is costing us a fortune. In fact 3 horses are costing us more than 4 used to.
I would love to know where these schools are where the teachers can leave regularly at 4.00pm.
 
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