What should I be. dental techinian.. farrier... bowen therapist..chiropratior..?

[HorseManiac]

really cant decide..

:o help!!

Anneli x

[Ms Kitty]

After watching my Dad at work, I would say I would never want to be a farrier. Very hard physical work, some of the horses have not been trained properly by their owners and are downright dangerous, some people expect you to be a miracle worker that cures problems their horses have that have nothing to do with hoofs/shodding, and God forbid if you do a tiny mistake making their horse sore, you will be hated for the rest of your life.. :p

Not trying to discourage you or anything, just telling you how I feel about being a farrier. ;) I am sure some farriers love their job, I know Dad does at least, but I just couldn't be doing that sort of thing myself. Oh, and I am sure there are a lot of nice customers as well!! :p

It is very difficult to tell to another person what they should do for living, even if you know them well.. And to someone known only through a forum, it is pretty much impossible..

Think what are your strong skill areas, what would you be willing to do every day for a living. Find out what sort of daily routines each of these occupations have, and see what would suit you best. Find out if you would be required to be self-employed or would you be working in a company, and what would they involve from you, also from the study point of view. It is probably a good idea to look at what sort wages each of them are earning as well.. Maybe have a chat with someone who is a chiro, dentist etc.

Write down pros and cons for each occupation you are interested in, choose the best 2 or 3 and then start finding out more about them, where you could study for them, for how long it would take etc.

Hope this helps! I am doing the same thing at the moment, but I am going for the non-horsey variety of occupations.. :rolleyes:

Nina x

[bexj]

Great advice there Miss Kitty:)

I would also consider the route of entry into these areas of work - what qualifications do you need, how much training do you have to do, how expensive is it, would you be ok moving away from home to go to college or university. All these factors play a big part in choosing your direction.

[Holly B]

HorseManiac, that's EXACTLY the question I'm asking myself right now! My sister wants to a farrier, and for a while I considered it but I have a back injury so doubt I'd cope. I'm now thinking of being either a dentist, osteopath or chiropractor but can't decide! And things like Bowen or massage therapist I still haven't ruled out. I found a great site that has lots of different horsey health things, what they are and also has links to courses etc. for if you want to train as one. I only discovered it a few days ago but already I've discovered loads and when I actually have the time to compare things properly I think I might, just MIGHT be able to come to a decision! Here's the link:
http://www.equine-natural-health.co.uk/
And I found another when trying to find the link for that one for you, I've just this second come across it so haven't had a good look yet, but it looks good too. :D
http://www.natural-animal-health.co.uk/index.htm

[Vix3n]

My cousin is a chiropractor, human, sport and animal. She seems to have loads of time to ride ,compete and hunt( and have oooodles of cash!!) so my vote is for chiropracting.... I'm not brainy enough otherwise i'd do it:p

[roan rebel]

Do you enjoy science at school? You'll probably need sciency A levels if you want to be a chiropractor - I think you have to train as a human one first.

It's probably best to draw up a list of things that you are good at/enjoy and one of things you are not so good at/don't enjoy, then you can look at what areas of work you might be good at.