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Horse Talk for Twenty-Somethings

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Hello fellow twenty somethings :pinkunicorn: :pinkunicorn: :pinkunicorn:

I couldn't find the thread designed for us. I don't know about you, but I don't get a chance to ride with others or talk a lot about riding except to my poor yet dear friend Alicia :blueunicorn: who is also on this forum, or the occasional PM to another forum member like my best pal DD.

How are you all doing? Are you excited for the new year? I have mixed feelings..

I'm still in college so I start that up again and I'm not sure how to feel. It's going to be pretty intense this semester! But I love to learn. I'm also getting ready to move my horse to a barn where we will hopefully bloom. It's a lot different than any barns I've been to.

Anyone want to share?
 
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Yeah I feel our age is a bit hard to have horses. I see a lot of teen riders and a lot in their later 30s and up but no one my age.

It's like we don't have time or money.

I'm studying my masters right now and it has 1000 work placement hours so I've been attending that 3-4 days a week plus uni 1 or so days a week. I've in my first serious relationship and it's a lot of work and I'm stressed all the time.

I don't ride enough. I met this woman who got a 3 year old QH probably in her early 20s, she broke it to saddle and rode for a year or so but then got busy and stayed busy. Her horse is now 27 and she hasn't done anything with it since it was 5. I don't want to do that with Boyhorse but it seems to be happening.
 
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I feel like you are totally right. I'm often skipping meals cause I either forget to eat due to intense studying/working, or I don't feel like eating.

Congrats on your masters' work! I'm still in undergrad, I took a few years off to work and online college wasn't working. And I'm still planning on going to more school after this... man
 
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Woohoo! Go us 20 somethings! Ill be 25 in March. My horse is a 5.5year old PaintxTB. Absolutely head over heels about him! I live in Southeastern NC right now, about to make a 2100mi move over to Montana, so really pretty excited about this year! Ill be able to get another horse, possibly 2 if I get lucky ;) I graduated from Meredith Manor with my Equine Science Certificate in 2010. Got married the same year, had a baby in August 2014, and she already has the horse bug! Yippee!

I have 3 American Bullies, no not PitBulls, they are American Bullies. Bailey, 3yr old Blue Brindle female, Hades, 1.5yr old 115lb Blue Piebald male, and Athena, 3mo old Blue female. All 3 are Double registered, UKC, and ABKC, they too are making the move to Montana with us, really looking forward to moving, cant stop talking or thinking about the near future for my family. Thats pretty much all about me :D
 
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I'm 25, I've got three horses, Annie, Toby and bug. I've been married for two years, and run a small boarding barn in south Florida.
Bug Is a Welsh pony and is currently semi on the market as I got him for my daughter (born July 2014) but I will never trust him with a kid on his back. She'll just have to learn on my steady eddy full sized Annie.

I've recently started taking dressage lessons with Toby we're doing ok. Toby is 17, and just now learning about collection and using his back and he's stiff and sore some days from all the exercise, but he's so willing and really tries.

I've had Annie for six years. I got her as a freshly turned four year old, who'd only had a saddle on her back, broke her out and now she gives lessons to kids. She's my everything. My horsey soul mate.

It's hard to find other twenty somethings around here that are into horses! Most of my friends went off to college, and I stayed here and worked with horses instead. Hello other twenty somethings!
 
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I'm 25, I've got three horses, Annie, Toby and bug. I've been married for two years, and run a small boarding barn in south Florida.
That's awesome! I'm 27, about to be married. I have two horses at my own farm, but I'm not brave enough to board, lol. South FL seems like the place to be. I'm freezing here in MD.
 
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I'm 20!
I've been on the fence about getting a horse.
I already have two animals already(two GSDs) but I do want a horse too. I work two jobs too(just for extra money. One is a school job and other is Wendy's)
It doesn't help there's a horse right now that's stuck in my head....
 
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Was it Ember, right? From your thread..

What's stopping you, and what is pushing you to get one?

I have a dog, he's a shepherd but the Belgian variety :D He's still young so he is quite the rascal but my best bud. Could you tell me about yours?
 
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i am not twenty. I am nineteen, but i did not fit well in the "teens" thread. I am at college in Montana studying for a degree in Geophysical engineering. I ride dressage mostly. I do not have a horse, although I have plans and savings to make that possible in the near future.
and cause I love pictures:
 

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You guys are making me miss my dog. He was a Jack Russell/border collie mix named Rockford. (On Toby with me in the pic) He died in a freak accident with a flatbed truck. He was an awesome hunting dog, great with the horses and my daughter, and my best buddy. I took that dog everywhere. Now I just have just have my poodle Charlie. He's all of nine lbs, and has brain damage and a permanent limp. I love him anyway though.
 

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Yay, finally a 20-something thread! I just turned 29 last month, so I still qualify ;).

I grew up in NYC and always had a love for horses and would draw them constantly (it's what lead me to my career in graphic design). I moved down to TN when I was 22 with my family, and it took 6 years because I had to focus on building my career (my parents wouldn't help me get a horse but let me stay here rent free so I was able to save) but I finally got my horse!

In 2015 I got my career going full swing, I got my first piece of property (nearly 6 acres but all cleared and has been horse pasture for who knows how long), that may be my future building site for my first home, and I got my first horse. The only bad thing of 2015 that happened is I lost my shepherd mix that I had since I was 13 years old. He was 15. Heartbreaking, but it was his time and I came to terms with that.

I currently have a jack Russell x chihuahua mix my sister gave to me. He's currently snuggled up to me as I write this.

Here's to hoping 2016 will be as good, if not better!


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Happy belated birthday, and welcome!

Congratulations on the success of your career so far! I think graphic design is such a lucrative field to be in. Advertising happens everywhere and it's a great way to express oneself professionally.

I'm sorry about your dog, every loss stings but your buddy there seems to make you very happy! I love when dogs snuggle!!

Do tell us more about your horse!!!
 
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I am 24 and have 2 horses. 2016 is going to be a big year for me! I am buying the 10 acres that I have been renting for my boys for 2 years. It needs a lot of work so I picked up a second job to help pay for the expenses to fix it up. I will hopefully be able to move out there later this year.

I also have a year & half old GSD mix named Rocky and 2 cats. Its been hard having so many animals but my parents and BO have been very helpful. The hardest thing I deal with is balancing spending time with Rocky and my horses.
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I am 24 and have 2 horses. 2016 is going to be a big year for me! I am buying the 10 acres that I have been renting for my boys for 2 years. It needs a lot of work so I picked up a second job to help pay for the expenses to fix it up. I will hopefully be able to move out there later this year.

I also have a year & half old GSD mix named Rocky and 2 cats. Its been hard having so many animals but my parents and BO have been very helpful. The hardest thing I deal with is balancing spending time with Rocky and my horses.
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Awesome! Welcome to our thread! I hope you share pictures of your land :D That is cocaine to horse folk

I feel you on the balancing time. I have one dog, also a shepherd.. and he wants ALL of my attention. It breaks my heart not to take him everywhere, and he's well behaved. I just need to get him certified (as a make-people-happy-therapy dog, though he's extremely useful around the house) and that can be a reality.
 
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Well I might as well join in!

I'm 28, soon to be 29 in April (where has the time gone???). I live in Western New York and I'm an Environmental Engineer and work for an environmental consulting firm. I always loved horses, but didn't start riding until my senior year of college. I got my first horse from a friend of mine about 2 years after that. I then bought my young gelding in 2013. He'll be 3 this spring and is ready to start training.

I lucked out and purchased my own home right out of college thanks to Obama's first time home buyers tax credit. Its in suburbia, so I keep my horses at my friends property, but I hope to be able to afford to buy my own place with enough acreage to have my horses in the next couple of years.

I also have two dogs: Sampson (5 year old american staffordshire terrier/chow mix) and Rusty (5 year old english bulldog/beagle mix, and also technically my boyfriends dog). Sampson is a rescue who was brought up to New York from Kentucky after he had been in a shelter for a year and hadn't been adopted, I got him when he was 3. Rusty is a rescue from Ohio who my boyfriend got as a puppy.

And I have two cats: Dipstick and Mew Mew. Dipstick was the only survivor of his litter at a barn I was at previously and Mew Mew was a rescue who was brought into my vets office with a broken jaw after being hit by a car as a kitten.

And I have two ferrets: Rosie and Pearl. They are crazy little ******s who steal the insoles out of my boots and wreak mayhem in my house, but they are adorable and I love them.

And of course pictures!

Amira (15 year old, purebred Arabian)
Horse Mammal Vertebrate Stallion Pasture


Maverick (2.5 year old, Paint mix)
Horse Mammal Vertebrate Stallion Mane


Sampson
Dog Mammal Vertebrate Dog breed Canidae


Rusty
Dog Canidae Dog breed Boston terrier Snout


Dipstick
Cat Small to medium-sized cats Felidae Whiskers Carnivore


Mew Mew
Cat Mammal Vertebrate Small to medium-sized cats Felidae


Rosie and Pearl
Ferret Vertebrate Mammal polecat Mink
 
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I guess he's a teacup or a miniature, he was 1 1/2 lbs when I got him at 4 months old. But he was in really bad shape, mange all over, accesses on his paws, ear infections in both ears...then he started having seizures which is how he got the brain damage and the limp. But he's always happy, and he's super sweet. It's just not the same as having Rockford. Rockford and i hunted squirrel and rabbit together, herded cows, went on trail rides...He ate at the kitchen table with us at dinner.Rockford was tied in the back of a flat bed truck and jumped over the side and hung himself just after his second birthday. That was six months ago abd I still miss him.

But my husband has said I can get a blue heeler when we move in a couple of years... So I'm looking forward to that
 
#28 ·
Hi,

I'm Kim. Turning 25 this year. My bf and I own our own house which we keep our two horses. I have not ridden very much lately due to the RAIN. Hopefully once winter is over, we can get back to our grind.

Bullet, a 4y/o grade 14.1hh. Still a cryptorchid stallion (currently undergoing testosterone tests to see if the previous owners claim that he was cut once before is accurate. since palpitation has shown no sign of the other missing testicle. So before undergoing abdominal surgery to remove it, we are making sure it is actually there)

Bill, a coming 5y/o 17hh warmblood gelding. (he hates children :) )

We also have an AmstaffxViszla mix dog named "Blue" (full name Mr. Blooregardkukazoo) (<-- extra points if you know where that came from)

And three cats: Mama Kitty (never actually been a mama, shes just old), Manny Sanderson (Mr. Man), and Little Kitty.:)
 

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haha thank you. He knows it too. :icon_rolleyes:

I'm in georgia, so it's only been "cold" the past week. (though its been raining the past month!) Though, yesterday was 65.

I have a lot of family up in RI. I love it there, but don't think I could personally live up north. I enjoy my barely winter winters.
 
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I'm a little late jumping in on this one, I am glad we have a thread for us now.

It has become increasingly difficult to find time to ride my own horses, I seem to always be riding someone else's or working at my other job.

I started my professional adventure in March of last year so as of then, I am a performance horse trainer. There's been a lot of success so far, a lot of really nice horses came my way, but I got totally screwed over at the first barn I leased and have had to struggle at a smaller barn because of it. It's a nice place but there's just not enough space for the amount of horses that want to come in, and my two horses have to stay there for lessons as they are the only ones suitable for teaching.

Horse trainer by day, living the glamorous life of waitress by night - Serving pizza, sandwiches, and beer at a local place. It buys hay and keeps me busy, but it's hard and not something I quite enjoy. I'm not a people person and it's not easy to go to work every night and pretend to be one.

I have a partner who is also into horses, we live together and he helps me. Between us we have three dogs, Zico is my blue heeler, Thorin is my black and tan coonhound, and Murphy is his dachshund (We actually just call him weaner, no one calls him Murphy. lol) In addition to all of this we also have recently started competing in Schutzhund with Zico, and have a plan to get a shepherd pup in another year or two to continue on with. It's gonna be a busy time.

Here's some pictures of us. The little bay is Selena, she is my main go-to horse for everything and has won a fair bit of cash in her time. Zoey is the black mare, she's still green and the new kid on the block. Spud is the red one, he's older now but Andrew has had him for a very long time.
 

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#35 ·
It's been "cold" here in Florida too, I think the lowest we got was 58 at night this past week. Two of my horses are already shedding their winter coats though. I guess they didn't get the message that winter was coming late this year.

I just got in from lunging my 17 year old gelding and wow what a difference a supplement can make! I put him on source focus senior three weeks ago, and today he was prancing around on that lunge line like a two year old. I recently started dressage lessons with him, to try to teach him to work through his back legs and lift his back. He's been sore from all the hard work, but you couldn't tell at all today.

Anybody what trying something new with their horses recently?
 
#38 ·
Hellllloooooo I'm 27 :) 28 in April though.

Just moved from DC, where I've lived my wholeeee life to Ohio with my husband! We bought a 14 acre farm here for only 10k more than I sold my 3 bedroom CONDO for lol!!!!

So now we live here with my 6 year old TWH, Jax, my boarder horse that I don't really like, my pups, Raynor and Dandylion and my two barn kitties Ashe and Tryndamere :)

I'm a dog groomer only working part time at the moment because the house needs so much work. House we bought came with a 12 stall dog kennel, which we're converting to a shop so I can work from home too!

Jax and I at Manassas Battlefield before moving to Ohio!


We just trail ride, I'm still getting confidence back from my last horse, Jax has been great for me! We ride slow usually but sometimes enjoy a fun canter :) We end up riding alone most of the time too.
 
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I was starting to wonder where all us 20-somethings could go and talk. Glad you made the thread!

Hello all, I'm Jillian. I am 22 years old and I'm currently working my life away at as a Pet Care Specialist at a local pet store. I was born and raised in the suburbs of a small-ish New York town (close to the PA border). However, I recently helped my parents purchase a new home out in the country with about 7ish acres!

Anyways, I've always been fond of horses and started taking lessons at the age of 11 (I think?). After a couple really bad riding accidents that left me physically and mentally damaged, I left the horse world for a couple of years only to come crawling back to a new barn for lessons. My confidence grew under the teachings of my new instructor and she even helped me search for my first horse.

On June 24th, 2014 my dream become reality as I signed the papers and Barbs Red Bar (aka Barbie) became mine! She was a pushy little thing at first but now we just click so hard it is ridiculous.



 
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I was starting to wonder where all us 20-somethings could go and talk. Glad you made the thread!

Hello all, I'm Jillian. I am 22 years old and I'm currently working my life away at as a Pet Care Specialist at a local pet store. I was born and raised in the suburbs of a small-ish New York town (close to the PA border). However, I recently helped my parents purchase a new home out in the country with about 7ish acres!

Anyways, I've always been fond of horses and started taking lessons at the age of 11 (I think?). After a couple really bad riding accidents that left me physically and mentally damaged, I left the horse world for a couple of years only to come crawling back to a new barn for lessons. My confidence grew under the teachings of my new instructor and she even helped me search for my first horse.

On June 24th, 2014 my dream become reality as I signed the papers and Barbs Red Bar (aka Barbie) became mine! She was a pushy little thing at first but now we just click so hard it is ridiculous.
Welcome!!! Your mare is gorgeous. I love her name too! Congratulations on being a horse owner!

So what are your plans for her?
 
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Hi everybody! Thought I'd join in. I'll be 20 in May.
About me: I still own my first horse who my awesome mom bought for me when I was 13. We were green+green, so it was a struggle but I stuck with it and today we are a great match and she will do anything for me. I'm in the process of working and training our way up through the dressage levels. I currently am teaching my husband about horses, and training a few horses myself on the side. After spending the summer away from my horse working in construction with my husband, I'm trying to make up as much horse time as possible!

The past few weeks I've been learning how much I actually taught my horse, which is more than I realized. I couldn't believe when she stopped off my seat and was turning with just seat and legs. I feel like a proud momma! :lol:
 
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