keeping a horse and doing vet sci?

anyway, i'm in year 12, and i was wondering if anyone who does bvetmed degree keeps a horse and how they find the time and whether they would have prefered to loan it out etc
also, do any of the uni's have stables (sorry if i sound dim!!), or do you use local livery yards etc or keep them at home still.

sorry if there's been a thread on this before!!

anyway, i'm in year 12, and i was wondering if anyone who does bvetmed degree keeps a horse and how they find the time and whether they would have prefered to loan it out etc
also, do any of the uni's have stables (sorry if i sound dim!!), or do you use local livery yards etc or keep them at home still.

I am having this problem - with only 9 months left to uni i have to decide what to do with my mare. I am hoping to keep her at her yard atm which is 30 mins drive from liverpool uni and right by leahurst as she has issues with other horses so moving yard may cause problems. She has already kicked the fence down 3 times in the last 2 days as a new horse has arrived - the yard owner isnt happy!!!!! I will be devastated if i cant keep her

well if you can afford to keep her its a great location for it cos in the last couple of years even if you dont have much time you could go see her quickly.
didnt you just get her recently?

sorry if there's been a thread on this before!!

anyway, i'm in year 12, and i was wondering if anyone who does bvetmed degree keeps a horse and how they find the time and whether they would have prefered to loan it out etc
also, do any of the uni's have stables (sorry if i sound dim!!), or do you use local livery yards etc or keep them at home still.

I'm on the vet course at nottingham now and keep my horse at the stables on campus. There are 16 spaces available and the horses are used for practicals (but its not very often as they rotate which horses they use and always ask permission first, so if you think the practical involves something that your horse may not be comfortable with you can request that they're not used). Quite a few other people on the course also keep their horses at local livery yards in the surrounding area.

Everyone I've spoken to manage the time and work fine, although some do offer their horses to other students to share to make the costs and time easier to cope with.

Personally I find it ok keeping my horse there and manage to do my work, ride regularly and go out clubbing . Sometimes its a pain getting up early after a night out to sort the horse before lectures but I wouldn't have it any other way as I would go crazy if I couldn't ride!! The work can get hard and mount up at times but having the horse forces you to take a break and lets you chill out for five.

It's not for everyone and I'm not sure how easy it is to keep horses at other unis (if I'd gone to London there's no way I could have afforded to take her with me!) but just speak to existing students at open days as they can usually direct you to someone horsey who can help you out.

Sorry for the essay xxxxxxxx

I'm on the vet course at nottingham now and keep my horse at the stables on campus. There are 16 spaces available and the horses are used for practicals (but its not very often as they rotate which horses they use and always ask permission first, so if you think the practical involves something that your horse may not be comfortable with you can request that they're not used). Quite a few other people on the course also keep their horses at local livery yards in the surrounding area.

Everyone I've spoken to manage the time and work fine, although some do offer their horses to other students to share to make the costs and time easier to cope with.

Personally I find it ok keeping my horse there and manage to do my work, ride regularly and go out clubbing . Sometimes its a pain getting up early after a night out to sort the horse before lectures but I wouldn't have it any other way as I would go crazy if I couldn't ride!! The work can get hard and mount up at times but having the horse forces you to take a break and lets you chill out for five.

It's not for everyone and I'm not sure how easy it is to keep horses at other unis (if I'd gone to London there's no way I could have afforded to take her with me!) but just speak to existing students at open days as they can usually direct you to someone horsey who can help you out.

Sorry for the essay xxxxxxxx

ahh don't worry that's a great answer thanks! what kind of things do they use your horse in practicals for? like bandaging or stitching or stuff or showing points of a horse etc xxx

That makes me feel sooo much better thanks. I hope the 30 min drive to her will not prove too much - maybe i should have chosen notts!