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Hi I am collecting information for my dissertation for uni could you please take two minutes to complete this questionnaire it would be greatly appreciated !



1- Where do you live ?

England
Scotland
Wales



2- Do you own your own horse ?
Yes


No


3- What discipline do you do ?

Dressage
Show jumping
Eventing
showing
trec
hacking
Polo endurance


4- Do you compete ?

Yes


5 -How many horses do you own ?

1
2
3
4
5
6+








6- which of the following do you use to transport your horses(s) ?

Own lorry
Own trailer
Hire lorry
Hire trailer
Transport company



7- Do you travel it alone or with others ?
alone
1 other
2 others
3 others
4 others
5 others
6 others
7+ others

8- How do you prefer to travel ?

Facing forwards
Facing backwards
Sideways head to the left
Sideways head to the right


9- What position do you usually travel you horse in ?

Facing forwards
Facing backwards
Sideways head to the left
Sideways head to the right


10- Why ?

……………………………….................





11- What position do you think your horse prefers to travel in ?

Facing forwards
Facing backwards
Sideways head to the left
Sideways head to the right


12- Why ?

………………………….
 
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1- Where do you live ?
<font color="red"> England </font>

2- Do you own your own horse ?
<font color="red"> Yes </font>

3- What discipline do you do ?
<font color="red"> Dressage
Show jumping
showing
hacking
</font>

4- Do you compete ?
<font color="red"> Not very often </font>

5 -How many horses do you own ?
<font color="red"> 6+ </font>

6- which of the following do you use to transport your horses(s) ?
<font color="red"> Hire trailer </font>

7- Do you travel it alone or with others ?
<font color="red"> alone </font>

8- How do you prefer to travel ?
<font color="red"> Facing forwards</font>

9- What position do you usually travel you horse in ?
<font color="red"> Facing forwards </font>

10- Why ?
<font color="red"> Horses seem to prefer it &amp; the trailer i use faces this way
</font>
11- What position do you think your horse prefers to travel in ?
<font color="red"> Facing forwards </font>

12- Why ?
<font color="red"> When previously travelled backwards, continually kicked out with hind feet, didnt seem to be able to balance. If happy to travel sideways, but I only have access to a forward facing trailer </font>

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1. Where do you live? Wales
2. Do you own your own horse? Yes
3. What discipline do you do? Dressage, showing, hacking
4. Do you compete? Yes
5. How many horses do you own? 2
6. Which of the following do you use to transport your horses?
Own trailer
7. Do you travel it alone or with others? Alone &amp; with 1 other
8. How do you prefer to travel? Facing forward is fine
9. What position do you usually travel you horse in? Forward
10. Why? That's how my trailer works!!!
 
1- Where do you live ?

England

2- Do you own your own horse ?

Yes

3- What discipline do you do ?

other. (driving)

4- Do you compete ?

no


5 -How many horses do you own ?

2

6- which of the following do you use to transport your horses(s) ?

Hire trailer

7- Do you travel it alone or with others ?

1 other

8- How do you prefer to travel ?

Facing backwards

9- What position do you usually travel you horse in ?

whiichever way the trailer i have hired is set up for

10- Why ?

safety

11- What position do you think your horse prefers to travel in ?

laying flat out on side asleep (i kid you not!)

12- Why ?

cos if he is given the ability to its what he does.


<font color="brown"> Told you all my boy was very odd. </font>
 
1- Where do you live ?

England


2- Do you own your own horse ?

Yes


3- What discipline do you do ?

Dressage
hacking



4- Do you compete ?

Yes

5 -How many horses do you own ?

2


6- which of the following do you use to transport your horses(s) ?

Own trailer



7- Do you travel it alone or with others ?

alone
1 other
(one horse needs partition out so can only travel alone - other one is fine in his half so sometimes takes others from the yard)

8- How do you prefer to travel ?

Facing forwards


9- What position do you usually travel you horse in ?

Facing forwards


10- Why ?

The way the trailer is and also could not get my old boy to balance travelled on a lorry - could not balance sideways



11- What position do you think your horse prefers to travel in ?

Facing forwards


12- Why ?

as previous - older horse could not balance on sideways lorry. Young boy does both but he will be travelling forwards from now as cannot afford a lorry!!!
 
1- Where do you live ?

England

2- Do you own your own horse ?
On loan

3- What discipline do you do ?

Dressage
Show jumping - only for lessons though, not competitively
Eventing - maybe a bit this year
showing - as eventing
hacking

Also hunting, HT/XC.

4- Do you compete ?

Yes

5 -How many horses do you own ?
0, 1 if you count him being on permenant loan as being mine

6- which of the following do you use to transport your horses(s) ?

Own trailer

7- Do you travel it alone or with others ?
alone

8- How do you prefer to travel ?

Facing forwards

9- What position do you usually travel you horse in ?

Facing forwards - but he puts himself into herringbone position as I don't use the partitions

10- Why ?
Because that is how my trailer was made

11- What position do you think your horse prefers to travel in ?
I think he would prefer to face backwards

12- Why ?
 
1- Where do you live ? England

2- Do you own your own horse ? Yes

3- What discipline do you do ? Dressage, Show jumping, hacking

Also do team chasing and hunting

4- Do you compete ? Yes

5 -How many horses do you own ? 2

6- which of the following do you use to transport your horses(s) ? Own lorry

7- Do you travel it alone or with others ? Up to 2 others

8- How do you prefer to travel ? Sideways head to the left

9- What position do you usually travel you horse in ? Sideways head to the left


10- Why ? How lorry is designed

11- What position do you think your horse prefers to travel in ? Never asked and have only ever used this design of lorry

12- Why ? As for 11
 



1- Where do you live ?

England



2- Do you own your own horse ?
Yes


No


3- What discipline do you do ?

Dressage
Show jumping
showing
hacking



4- Do you compete ?

Yes


5 -How many horses do you own ?

2



6- which of the following do you use to transport your horses(s)

Friends lorry



7- Do you travel it alone or with others ?
alone
Sometimes alone sometimes with 1 other

8- How do you prefer to travel ?


Sideways head to the left



9- What position do you usually travel you horse in ?


Sideways head to the left



10- Why ?
Horse seems happiest this way




11- What position do you think your horse prefers to travel in ?

Sideways head to the left



12- Why ?
Horse seems happiest
 
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Hi I am collecting information for my dissertation for uni could you please take two minutes to complete this questionnaire it would be greatly appreciated !



1- Where do you live ?

England <font color="red"> X </font>
Scotland
Wales



2- Do you own your own horse ?
Yes <font color="red"> X <font color="red"> </font> </font>


No


3- What discipline do you do ?

Dressage
Show jumping <font color="red"> X </font>
Eventing <font color="red"> X</font>
showing <font color="red"> X </font>
trec
hacking <font color="red"> X </font>
Polo endurance


4- Do you compete ?

Yes <font color="red"> X </font>


5 -How many horses do you own ?

1
2
3
4 <font color="red"> X </font>
5
6+








6- which of the following do you use to transport your horses(s) ?

Own lorry <font color="red"> X</font>
Own trailer
Hire lorry
Hire trailer
Transport company



7- Do you travel it alone or with others ?
alone <font color="red"> X </font>
1 other <font color="red"> X</font>
2 others
3 others
4 others
5 others
6 others
7+ others

8- How do you prefer to travel ?

Facing forwards
Facing backwards
Sideways head to the left
Sideways head to the right
<font color="red"> No preference but one wagon is rear facing, other is herringbone facing the nearside </font>

9- What position do you usually travel you horse in ?

Facing forwards
Facing backwards
Sideways head to the left
Sideways head to the right
<font color="red"> as above </font>

10- Why ?
<font color="red">I do not have a prefence, nor do my hoses seem to prefer one or the other. </font>

<font color="red"> </font> ……………………………….................





11- What position do you think your horse prefers to travel in ?

Facing forwards
Facing backwards
Sideways head to the left
Sideways head to the right
<font color="red"> As above, no preference, all seem to travel whatever they travel in. Plus even when loose, as youngsters, they found their own balance and travelled in all directions </font>

12- Why ?

………………………….

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[ QUOTE ]
Hi I am collecting information for my dissertation for uni could you please take two minutes to complete this questionnaire it would be greatly appreciated !



1- Where do you live ?

England X
Scotland
Wales



2- Do you own your own horse ?
Yes X


No


3- What discipline do you do ?

Dressage
Show jumping X
Eventing
showing
trec
hacking
Polo endurance


4- Do you compete ?

Yes X


5 -How many horses do you own ?

1
2
3 X
4
5
6+








6- which of the following do you use to transport your horses(s) ?

Own lorry X
Own trailer
Hire lorry
Hire trailer
Transport company



7- Do you travel it alone or with others ?
alone
1 other X OCCASIONALLY
2 others
3 others
4 others
5 others
6 others
7+ others

8- How do you prefer to travel ?

Facing forwards
Facing backwards
Sideways head to the left X
Sideways head to the right


9- What position do you usually travel you horse in ?

Facing forwards
Facing backwards
Sideways head to the left X
Sideways head to the right


10- Why ?
my horse has had a previous accident in a trailer and will only travel sideways in a lorry
……………………………….................





11- What position do you think your horse prefers to travel in ?

Facing forwards
Facing backwards
Sideways head to the left x
Sideways head to the right


12- Why ? see reasoning above re accident and falling over in a front facing trailer and will now only travel in a lorry facing sideways

………………………….

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