Equestrian Related Careers

southerncharm95
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 00:54:51 +0000

Thank you @1012mom I do think I need to just go out and talk with various professionals who are in the businesses I’m interested in. I’m sure they could give me a realistic idea of a typical day, the qualifications and experience needed, and all the pros and cons involved. My college does not have any kind of equestrian program (despite having 17,000 students) but I think a nearby LAC has some kind of equestrian team although I’m not sure if it’s IHSA. I’ll look into it. Thanks for mentioning. I do need more experience with horses. My summer is filled this year, but hopefully next year I’ll have a car and some time to go and volunteer at one of the stables nearby.

As far as medicine goes, I found my time shadowing an ER doctor fascinating (minus some really, really grotesque moments), but absolutely hated my small animal vet experience. I didn’t even want to consider vet school after my experience at the clinic, but I suppose I should give a large animal vet a try. Should I do large animal medicine, I would want to find some way to work with sport horses. I showed dogs professionally at the national level and really enjoy all aspects of preparing high quality animals for competition. I’m just hesitant to become a vet because of the low salaries, I’m not one to do something “just for fun,” and I’m not sure I’d be happy just having a horse in the backyard. I’d want a decent quality one that I could compete at a relatively high level with, and I doubt I could accomplish that on a vet’s salary. We’ll see. Ugh. This has been my dilemma since I was ten years old, I really need to decide for sure either way.