Giving shots yourself!

The best way is to have someone who knows what they are doing show you.  There is a "golden" area of the neck that is best to give them in.  You can also do their chests and each butt cheek in a pinch.
 
In general it is a good idea for every horse owner to know how to give shots, you never know when you will need to.
 
I only give boosters myself.  I want the vet to give them, that way I have a record of it.  In my state only a vet can give rabies, and my horses need that shot.
 
 

thankyou. I don't know if my vet would show me or not! I don't know of anyone close that could show me. I have given myself a shot, but I don't know for sure about horses. Thanks for the info.

If you go online, there are pictures showing where are the optimal spots to give a horse shots and step by step directions but it is helpful to have someone to show you too.
 
I give their yearly immunizations and the vet does their west nile every 6 mos. since I can't seem to find anyone in my area who sells it.  It is helpful to have someone to hold your horse

You can have your vet show you how to do this.  However, you really need to have your vet help you put together an appropriate vaccination schedule for yours horses as there is no "one-size-fits-all" program.  There are certain vaccines that are recommended for all horses and certain ones that are given based upon risk--and some of those may be given 1-4 times a year depending on risk factors.
 
Another thing to consider though is that in order for your vet to answer questions and give any medical advice over the phone he is required to have a doctor-client-patient relationship with you and to have seen the patient within a "reasonable amount of time" in order to be able to take on the responsibility of providing medical advice.   That means that your vet has to have seen your horse generally within the last year before they can give you even the most simple advice over the phone.  Many vets also will only do emergency calls for current active clients or put their active clients before people that they have never seen or haven't seen in a long time.  (Would you want to go out in the middle of the night to see someone you didn't know in some out of the way place with a bunch of drugs and equipment that people would like to steal?)  So since getting vaccines and a coggins test is generally the only time a horse is seen by a vet each year it's really a good idea to go ahead and have your vet vaccinate your horse.