Working From Home With Horses
Many people that want to be carrying out a job that relates to horses, would love to do this from home. As far as I see it, there are three types of jobs relating to horses - those which you can do in your home; those you can do with a small amount of land (a couple of acres); those you can carry out assuming you have a decent sized acreage.
In your home:
Perhaps you have another talent that you can tie in with your passion for horses? Consider:
- Photography - Writing (articles, fiction, non fiction) - Art (painting, sculpting, drawing, etc)
- Saddler (you may be able to repair/stitch up other’s leather works that can either be picked up or dropped off)
- Rug repairs - Website design (focused on advertising horse businesses) - Creating horse gifts/jewellery to sell
On a small amount of land:
- Instructing (as long as you have an arena or area that is set up for schooling and the clientèle, you can provide a service from your home; people will travel for private lessons on their horse if the service is right)
- Breeding (if you have a popular stallion of a certain discipline, people can “walk-in” their mare to your stallion
Some home based operations will require more land - dependent on the size of the operation.
- Breeder - Trainer/Breaker - Agistment/Livery Property - Riding School Owner
I’m sure there are plenty more possibilities but above are a few to mull over if you’re seriously considering mixing horses, home and work. Good luck!
“To get in shape to own a horse… Affix a pair of reins to a moving freight train and practice pulling it to a halt. And smile as if you are really having fun.”
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