Your Horse Career Starts Here
Hi everyone!
If you’re planning to (or thinking about) starting your equine business this year, then why not join in the free event, the 7 Day Startup Challenge?
Starting January 19, this free event is designed for entrepreneurs to help them launch their business idea in 7 days! Sometimes all we need is a little push from people in the know. Of course, free resources help, too!
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“Half the failures in life result from pulling in one’s horse when it is leaping.” – Author Unknown
Hi everyone! I love to be able to share free horse related resources online and this one could improve your education in 2016! If you’re interested, take a look at this link for CAFRE – http://www.cafre.ac.uk/equine-short-courses/
There are two courses on offer, one that is free and online:
Online Equine Behaviour & welfare
Equine Behaviour and Welfare is the latest topic to be covered in the CAFRE suite of online equine courses. This course will cover natural equine behaviour, development of abnormal behaviours and how management and training practices affect behaviour and impact on horse welfare. This is a free course and is aimed at participants wanting to gain a better understanding of equine behaviour and how it impacts on welfare of the horse. The course will run over four weeks, from 13th January until 10th February. Participants can study at their own pace, and can access the lectures at any time from the comfort of their own home. Course registration closes Wednesday 6th January 2016.Certificate in the Principles of Horse Care
The Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Horse Care is an accredited course which will run over 8 weeks at Greenmount Campus, Antrim. This is a theory based course which will cover aspects of horse care including Feeding & Watering, Horse Health and Welfare, Fitting Horse Clothing such as tack, rugs and stable bandages, Health & Safety when working with horses and Employment Rights and Responsibilities. The course will run on a Wednesday evening starting on Wednesday 3rd February from 7:00 to 9:30 pm. The course is suitable for anyone over 16 years of age, wishing to improve their understanding of horses and stable management and will be particularly valuable to anyone working in the equine industry to enhance their knowledge. There will be a one off exam registration fee of £55. Course registration closes on Wednesday 20th January 2016.
For further information and to register for either of these courses, follow this link http://www.cafre.ac.uk/equine-short-courses/
This quick how to guide was a free download on Amazon recently and if you can score it as such, is a great free resource for the property owner! Griffin discusses different types of electric fencing, what is best for which stock (horses, cattle, sheep, goats, etc) and what is needed to make up an electric fencing set.
She covers the ideas of mains power operated electric fencing, battery operated and solar and whether or not the fencing is intended to be temporary or permanent. Pros and cons are considered for each type – including how cost effective they are.
When it comes to the actual setting up of an electric fence for horses, measurements are also suggested with regards to the spacing between posts and between individual wires, depending on how many you plan to utilise.
I would have liked more diagrams to lay out measurements between posts and electric tape rails, but the book in itself is a great overall guide and provides some extra resources and reading at the end of it. This is one worth looking into for those who plan to set up their own horse fencing in the future.
Author – Jenny Griffin
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5578090.Jenny_Griffin
Non Fiction – Horse fences
In my library? – that it is!
Want it? Find it now at Amazon.
“The grass is always greener on the other side.” – Author unknown
There’s a fundraising campaign going on for the radio station I listen to, Visionfm and after their focus on raising funds via donations, I heard an advert indicating that if listeners made use of Bartercard, and they had built up points, then they could donate to Vision in this way. Great idea!
It got me thinking again about how this could be utilised in the Equine Industry. Some of you may be familiar with the free resource, the Equestrian Exchange on Facebook. If not, check it out!
The idea is that you offer a product or service in exchange for another product or service that will benefit you or your horse business. For example, an equine author offers a copy of their book in exchange for a review.
As a business owner of a horse feed store, you may offer a load of hay to the stud down the road in exchange for the chance to breed your mare to one of their stallions. My previous bosses at two different jobs (training and breeding) bartered by the breeder sending stock to the trainer for racing and the trainer sending some broodmares to the stud for his stallions. They helped each other out.
What if there was a setup like Bartercard that catered specifically to the horse world? Perhaps you love the idea of setting up a business and this appeals to you. It would require:
I’m sure that there’s more that would need working out, but it’s some fodder for thought.
“To barter: exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money.”
At the moment I’m undertaking a course to learn a little more about internet marketing on your own website. Even better than the course being free, you get paid to do tasks as you work your way to creating a website, blog and adding Google Adsense.
If you’re thinking of paying for internet hosting and setting up a website, I encourage you to take a look at this course via Shoemoney. If you’re already planning to invest in a business website, then why not do it via this course that pays you in real time into your Paypal account as you do so?
Your only expense will be your internet hosting through a service provider Blue Host, otherwise you will be receiving payments as you progress through generating a .com (free with your hosting) and setting up your website. The course is explained via videos and the first $1USD you make can be done in 5 minutes.
If you’re thinking of setting up your online presence for your horse business, take this step now and earn a little extra on the side!
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