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The Woman I will
Be
- I shall wear diamonds and a wide brimmed
straw hat with ribbons and flowers on it
- And I shall spend my social security on
white wine and carrots
- And sit in the alley of my barn and listen
to my horses breathe.
- I will sneak out in the middle of a
summer's night And ride the dappled
mare across the moonstruck meadow, if my old bones will allow. and when people come to call, I will smile and
nod, As I walk them past the gardens to
the barn And show, instead, the flowers
growing there
- In stalls fresh-lined with straw. I will shovel and sweat and wear hay in my
hair as if it were a jewel. And I will
be an embarrassment of all who look down on me Who have not yet found the peace in being free To love a horse as a friend, a friend who
waits at midnight hour
- With muzzle and nicker and patient eyes For
the Woman I will be when I am old.
The perfect analogies for why we have the life
school tied into SWAP and animal welfare work:
"Everyone thought we took this broken down horse and
saved him but really he saved us"
Jockey Red Pollard from the
movie Seabiscuit
I rescued a human today
Her eyes met
mine as she walked down the corridor peering apprehensively into the kennels. I
felt her need instantly and knew I had to help her. I wagged my tail, not too
exuberantly, so she wouldn't be afraid.
As she stopped
at my kennel I blocked her view from a little accident I had in the back of my
cage. I didn't want her to know that I hadn't been walked today. Sometimes the
shelter keepers get too busy and I didn't want her to think poorly of them.
As she read my
kennel card I hoped that she wouldn't feel sad about my past. I only have the
future to look forward to and want to make a difference in someone's life.
She got down
on her knees and made little kissy sounds at me.
I shoved my shoulder and side of my head up against the bars to comfort her.
Gentle
fingertips caressed my neck; she was desperate for companionship. A tear fell
down her cheek and I raised my paw to assure her that all would be well.
Soon my kennel
door opened and her smile was so bright that I instantly jumped into her arms. I
would promise to keep her safe. I would promise to always be by her side. I
would promise to do everything I could to see that radiant smile and sparkle in
her eyes.
I was so
fortunate that she came down my corridor.
So many more are out there who haven't walked the corridors.
So many more to be saved. At least I could save one.
I rescued a
human today.
Baggage
by Evelyn Colbath
Now that I'm home, bathed,
settled and fed,
All nicely tucked into my warm new bed,
I would like to
open my baggage,
Lest I forget
There is so much to carry -
So much to
forget.
Hmm, Yes,
here it is, right on the top
Let's unpack Loneliness, Heartache and Loss,
And there by my
halter hides Fear & Shame
As I look on these things I have tried so hard to
leave-
I still have to unpack my baggage called Pain.
I loved them, the others, the
ones who left me,
But I wasn't good enough - for they didn't want me.
Will
you add to my baggage?
Will you help me unpack?
Or will you just look at
my things
And take me right back?
Do you have the time to help me
unpack?
To put away my baggage,
To never re-pack?
I pray that you do -
I'm so tired you see,
But I do come with baggage -
Will you still want me?
A young boy was walking along the beach
- as high tide came in.
- With every crash of the waves
- he noticed that dozens of
seahorses were being cast onto the beach,
- where they lay gasping and
squirming.
- Hurriedly, he ran to each
seahorse he could find
- and gently tossed them back into
the surf.
- A man watching all this
approached the boy and said;
- "Son, what you are doing won't
make a difference",
- to which the boy replied,
"To
that seahorse
. . . it will".
Some folks said they missed my great goals
list for 2008, so here it is back again
1. Spend an hour a day with your
horses, not just feeding, training and turning out, but real quality time doing
something that is enjoyable for the both of you. Grooming or hand walking is a
great way to bond with your horse and good for both you and the horse.
2. Get your loved ones more
involved in your horses. Divorce is the biggest reason we see horses coming back
to us. Don't just share the work, share the fun too and find something they
really enjoy doing with horses.
3. Learn a new discipline, go to
a clinic, a horse show, or equine affaire. Come to one of our clinics or watch a
training video. If you are an adopter you can check out books and video's from
SWAP's Library for just shipping costs. Take a lesson at least once a month or
Bring your adoption horse here and we will help you. The better you are, the
more fun you will have.
4. Make a plan for your horse
after you are gone or if you have a major injury, let your Will Executor know
your plans. Make a plan for emergencies or financial bumps along the way for
your horse. Have a plan if you or your horse gets injured, even for the tough
times of year like winter (or summer down south and for a drought winter when
hay prices skyrocket). Ask friends, family and
neighbors to be part of your plan, most people that don't have horses or a farm
love the idea of getting away and helping. And people can not resist someone when they
are asking for help for the welfare of an innocent animal.
5. Get yourself healthy and in
better shape to prevent injury, to live a long life and to more enjoy your
horses. Eat 1-1-1 (one ounce of dark chocolate, one ounce of fresh walnuts, one
glass of red wine daily) and 2-2-2 (2 servings of fresh vegis, 2 of fresh fruit
and get 2 sources of fat free calcium). Drink 100 ounces of spring water a day,
get a whole house water filter. Change over to Sea-salt. Take one teaspoon of
apple cider vinegar every morning to keep your body alkaline (cancer and disease
can not grow in an alkaline body). Eat more fish and chicken and less red meat.
Get a good air cleaner and do daily deep breathing exercises, get outside in the
fresh air and sunshine for at least 1/2 hour every day. Get away from high fat
food, processed foods, fast food, can or boxed food, sugar or artificial
sweeteners, soda and don't eat anything if you can't read all the ingredients
and know exactly what is in it. Clean all vegis and fruits thoroughly, buy
organic, buy ocean caught fish, not farm raised, buy fresh meat and raw milk,
not packed or processed. Eat only natural carbs (potatoes, rice, oats)
bake/broil or steam everything. Get 8 hours of sleep, reduce stress/risk (reduce
commuting by car pooling, tight schedules, cell phone use in the car, watch or
read the news only once a day or better yet once a week, stay clear of negative
people and those very negative chat rooms and bulletin boards, they seem
innocent but every time you go to them you lose a bit of your positive self,
they are truly emotional vampires that will leave only a shell of a person. We
all become tomorrow what we are around today, every person we come in contact
with defines who we are tomorrow so be careful who you choose for friends, even
the websites you go to as each of them affect who you are tomorrow. Do you want
to be a bitter, miserable, complaining person or do you want to be happy,
inspired and honorable, all that is affected by the decisions you make today. Stop Complaining
and be Thankful for what we each have. Do one hour of walking, yoga or weight
training every day and it will make you strong, lean, you'll look great and get
wonderful complements from friends, coworkers and loved ones and the horse work
will be easier and more enjoyable.
6. Read at least one book on
training your horse and one on care each year, if for nothing else but just
inspiration. SWAP has a great library of books/videos that adopters can check
out for just the cost of mailing it.
Click here to see our Library
7. Get carrots/apples every time
you go to the store, your horses will love you for it and always come running
when you call. Don't feed candy or anything sweeter. Carrots are sweet enough.
Get rid of the sweet feeds and you'll get rid of the hot horse once and for all.
8. Realize that if you are having
a problem with your horse, more likely than not, the problem is you. Learn more,
practice more, ask in a different way, be patient, change their environment or
daily schedule to better suit them. Taking better care of a horse always brings
out the best in that horse. Good feed/hay, time to rest in a quiet stall out of
the elements, lots of fresh water, time to be with you and time to just be a
horse, time with their buddies, farrier and vet care always done is a good
start. The biggest part of this relationship puzzle is you, not the horse. If
you are struggling, then you need to learn more and get better.
9. Ride at least once a week,
regardless of weather. Use this time as your down time for healing, your
therapy, your time to relieve stress and the pressures of daily life. Even if
you don't ride, go sit and read a book in the pasture with the horses or sit in
the barn and listen to them munch on dinner, away from the crowd and noise of
your day. Enjoy the peace and quiet, enjoy hearing happy horses eating dinner or
grass in the pasture.
10. Spend time leisurely grooming
your horse once a week. Rubber curries are shine makers. You will have a
beautiful horse and a very loyal friend who will do anything for you.
11. Come and spend a week at SWAP
HQ, volunteering and focusing on helping a horse and giving will change your
life plus it will be the best vacation you ever had. Help an animal in need,
whether fostering, being one of our state reps that goes out to check on our
horses in their homes or helps us approve adopters in their area. Find horses in
need and help us find them homes. Buy a horse at a slaughter auction, get it fat
and trained and we'll help you place it into a good home. Foster and volunteer
for your local small animal adoption program. I promise, the good things you do
will come back to you a hundred times over. Every person has a talent they can
offer and if you help one horse or one dog or cat find a good home, you have
changed their life forever.
12. Know that every goal is
obtainable and it starts with a single step. Take that first step today!! No
matter what it is or how big, YOU CAN DO IT!! Every goal that is written down
will come true (really!). Every famous person, every great or notable scientist,
author, trainer/rider, parent or friend started out as just a thought, just a
goal. Remember to take one step today to reach your goals.
13. Start every day with thinking
about, what is the most important thing I can do today to change my life and
make it better. Do that one thing and in 30 days your life will be totally
different. Can you imagine what your life would be like if you did that for 60,
90 or even 365 days a year. The opportunities are endless.
14. Want to keep your horse sound for life? (That should be
every horse owners number one goal) do a long slow warm up (cold muscle is easy
to injure, a warm one is nearly impossible to injure). The very best cool down
is hand walking your horse for 1 hour after every work out. Yes, get off the
horse and walk with it. Its great exercise for you and a good time for you to
bond. Stop riding your horse during cool downs and stop using a hot walker, do
something good for you and the horse, hand walking. Its also the best rehab for
over work and injuries, the only thing better is hydro therapy and swimming your
horse. Allow soft tissue and hard tissue to become more conditioned before going
into any training program... that means 3
months of at least 3 days a week for soft tissues and 10 months of work for
bones to become strong enough to jump or do any strenuous training program.
Don't start any upper level work, jumping or extensive training until the horse
is fit and at least between age 4 and 6 and has been conditioned for at least 10
months (especially if the horse has never been jumped/worked or not been jumped
or worked in the last year).
15. Appreciate what you have and be
thankful. Instead of looking at what you don't have, look at what you do. Thank
those people who have helped you and supported you. The more you give, the more
that will come back to you. When you give something away or give something to
someone/something in need, you make space in your life for something good to
come to you. We are all very blessed, if we just take a moment to look around
and enjoy those things.
16. Get used to using favorite mantra's
and visualizations every day, simple ones that are easy to remember, like 'I can
do this, I will do this', 'this isn't going to get the best of me' or even, 'I
deserve the best' or 'the gift of love, caring, and support always comes back'
and take two minutes every morning as you wake and at night as you go to sleep
to visualize the life you want, the you you want to be, Our thoughts become
things, what you see is what you get, if you expect the best, the best will
happen, change your self-talk from negative to positive and I promise your life
will change for the better..
17. Each person is put on this earth for a
reason, each of us has a mission. What is yours? Seek and you shall find,
finding is a journey ... in the journey and the search you'll find your life
purpose. If you died in your sleep tonight is there something you haven't done
that you need to do or want to do? Someone you need to mend fences with, burnt
bridges to fix? People you need to tell them how much you love them? Have you
fulfilled your purpose in your life? Ask yourself, Why am I here? How can I make
this better? Who do I want to be? Who am I suppose to be? What reason was I put
on this earth? What is my purpose?
18. Be an inspiration to your family, co
workers and friends. We all fall on our face, we all make mistakes, we all get
discouraged, most times we all get up and try again.... sometimes we need a
nudge. Instead of being negative or doing negative things, be their inspiration.
You do believe they can do it, so why not tell them. If their self talk is
negative, then you be their positive self talk.... eventually they will start to
say it and believe it too. Life is self fulfilling, failure feeds on itself or
causes more failure, achieving does as well. So if you or your love ones are in
a negative cycle, break the cycle by changing your thoughts, your self talk,
achieve something small to get yourself and your family back into the cycle of
achievement.
19. We all file a flight plan every single
day for our life. Where is your flight going today? Just like a pilot flying,
the winds, the gravitational pull will change your flight plan and take you off
course, so you must make small corrections along the way to make sure you make
your destination. Have you selected your destination? Have you picked the steps
in your flight plan to get there? Every goal is really that easy, pick the goal
and figure out how to get there. The easiest way to pick your flight path/plan
is find someone who has done it before you, then do what they did. Its all baby
steps you know. Just keep an eye on that destination and keep saying...."here is
my destination, this is where I'm going, this is where I am now, this is how I'm
going to get there.... I will arrive at this time on this day. You can do
it..... its just like getting in your car to go to the store, its just deciding
where you want to go and how to get there, then take that first step. You can do
it!! No matter how big or how outlandish you may think your dream to be... it
is obtainable.
20. Laugh every day and try (as hard as it
is sometimes) to find the positive and the humor in each situation (and have at
least one bite of a truly decadent desert once a week). Life is just too short
to not enjoy it thoroughly.
21. We learn the most and do our best work
when we have fallen on our face, when we are struggling, when we are worried,
scared or frustrated, when we anguishing over something or troubled by it. It is
then that you have true motivation, when you think clearer. The most brilliant
ideas come to people when they feel lost, frustrated, or at the bottom, helpless
or hopeless. Cherish these times because its when you can come up with your best
ideas to your biggest problems and challenges. You see, there is a reason for
the rainy days.
22. You can't make everyone happy, its useless to try and wasted
energy to think you can. 50% of all people will not agree with you at any given
time, don't worry about it and don't let it stop you. 50% becomes a lot of
people when you are in the public eye. As long as you are not hurting anyone and you are doing the right thing, then go
ahead and do it. If you are wondering what is the right thing to do, its usually
the harder thing to do, the toughest path to take. The easy way out is rarely
the right thing to do. Instead of worrying over what someone thinks of you or
says about you, do something amazing and outstanding to inspire them or at least
have them sitting on the side lines being jealous, secretly saying, "wow, she
has guts". One person with purpose becomes the majority, one way or another.
1. There are at least two people in this world
That you would die for.
2. At least 15 people in this world Love you in some way.
3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you Is because they want to Be just
like you.
4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, Even if they don't Like you.
5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you Before they go to sleep.
6. You mean the world to someone.
7. You are special and unique.
8. Someone that you don't even know exists, loves you.
9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, Something good comes from it.
10. When you think the world has
Turned its back on you, take another look.
11. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.
Always in hope and admiration,
Celeita
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A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully
dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably combed and
shaved perfectly, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home
today. His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, he
smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.
As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a
visual description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been
hung on his window.
'I love it,' he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just
been presented with a new puppy.
'Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait.'
'That doesn't have anything to do with it,' he replied.
'Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or
not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged .. it's how I arrange my
mind. I already decided to love it. 'It's a decision I make every morning when
I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the
difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of
bed and be thankful for the ones that do.
Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I'll focus on the new day and
all the happy memories I've stored away. Just for this time in my life.
Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
account of memories!
Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank.
I am still depositing.' Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.
Our lives with
horses...
Our lives with horses are rich with feeling. You know this if you've ever.... choked back tears watching a new foal wobble to his feet for the First time ...or watched your good horse wobble to his feet
after surgery.... or seen the ends of the reins float straight out as a reining horse spins beneath them . . or chuckled to yourself as you watched a tiny tot on a patient pony trot through a barrel pattern at a saddle club payday ... or felt the building tremble as an eight-up hitch of feather-legged giants towed a hand-carved beer wagon into the arena ... or had your heart stop when you saw your horse lying motionless in the pasture on a sunny day and waited breathlessly for an ear to flick ... or cheered at the screen when 'The Man From Snowy River' slid Dennie down the mountainside, .. or when Seabiscuit made his final surge to beat War Admiral ... or cruised along the highway and seen a horse in a pasture and wondered what he's like to ride or pictured him as a prospect ... or sucked in your breath as a horse and rider approached a six-foot wall ... or sworn a solemn oath to your horse that together you would triumph ... or flipped through the TV channels and stopped when you saw a horse even when it was a commercial ... or laughed aloud when you rubbed your horse's face and he rubbed back ... or gotten chills hearing Dave Johnson's 'and DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME!' (or 'Run for the Roses' circa 1980 ish?)
... or stood in awe at your horse in morning play as he sprinted around the pasture, then stopped, head erect, and snorted defiance at the rest of the world
... or been thankful to see wild horses grazing casually at the foot of a hill ... or felt calmed by the sleekness of a silky
haircoat beneath your hand ... or felt your jaw drop as you watched a Lipazzan
perform a capriole ... or if you've ever seen someone in the grocery store wearing a certain kind of hat, or boots, or buckle, or have a certain cut and length to their jeans, and felt some remote kind of connection ... or felt warmed by a soft nicker greeting as you entered the barn ... or slid your hand under your horse's blanket to straighten it out, only to pause in the glowing feeling that you get when you touch the
warmth of his coat... or riding on a trail with your horse, thinking how that trail over there looks nice and almost without asking, your horse has sensed your slightest movement in the saddle and he's now taking you there. ... or pulled up to your barn where you board and only your horse greets you with a welcoming hello from the sound of your car or your voice.
NOTE: Crossed Sabers can not fully guarantee the accuracy of
every page on this website which is huge (38,000 files and over 300
pages). We do not have the personnel or time to keep it up to date and accurate
for every situation as this Stable and all its programs has always been a
dynamic entity, ever changing and improving itself. We do try to make sure each
page is up to date and accurate but the best thing to do If you have a question,
is email or call us. Additionally Crossed Sabers can not guarantee anything that
anyone says about us on line, we have no control over other people and their
websites, forums or ads, all we can tell people is if you do not know the
person, their name, address and their history/background/education and location
do not trust what they say. Some things said about us have been grossly inaccurate and did not come from CSS. Again,
if you have questions about us, our services, our company structure, how we are
licensed, how we pay taxes, how we do things or anything at all, please feel
free to contact us, just don't assume that all you read on another website is
accurate or that it came from us, just call 304-873-3532 or email us at
secondwindadopt@aol.com,
To clear up some serious confusion, the horses that have been placed into homes
through SWAP have done so by an adoption contract and application and the 7
were sent to another rescue for placement were done so with a signed contract
that governs care, adoption, release of ownership and governs resale thus
protecting the horse forever from slaughter, abuse and neglect. If any past
owners would like to see any of those documents, we have all the originals in
our files. Any and all original owners of horses that have been released to
other rescues have been informed of such actions as a courtesy, not because it
was a contractual requirement, because once a horse is donated, it is owned by
SWAP and Crossed Sabers with no contractual conditions at all to owners, SWAP
notifies owners out of respect for them and because we know they care. All programs and
services listed on this website, including SWAP is a part of Crossed Sabers
Stable which has been licensed in WV for the last 12
years. The Mountain State Horse School and Second Wind Adoption Program, Inc.
and Crossed Sabers International Horse School, Inc. was incorporated on 4 Sep 08
to address the education needs and life challenges of people and horses.
Buyer and Seller Beware!! Update on the Robin Hollingsworth
fraud case for those of you who have been asking. The SC prosecutor accepted a
plea bargain from her and dropped the case if she paid the people she ripped off
(the people she took money under false pretenses from), she did that so she was
let go but the 3 arrests will stay on her record and the record of what she did
to all those people is still on the books and will stay there. If she is caught
again I'm certain she will go to jail but people who are cheated by her must
stand up and testify.. If more people that she ripped off would have not
chickened out and backed out because of fear (Quote from them was we are scared
of her, she is crazy) she would be in jail right now but beware, she is still
lose and still taking free horses or companion horses that have things like
ringbone and navicular and drugging them and then selling them as high level
jumpers and competition horses on the internet. Do not buy from anyone unless
they have websites like ours, names, addresses and have a long long history and
do not buy unless you go to see the horse and have it vet checked and you have
contact with the vet, not the seller telling you what the vet said. People are selling horses on the internet
that don't even exist so beware, the horse industry is full is liars, cheaters,
and thieves, even we have had to deal with them from potential adopters who were
in jail applying to adopt, to employees and former trainers who totally ripped
us off to people who don't even know us or had any experience with us slandering
us on forums and to adopters who don't think twice about breaching their contract or
selling their adoption horse to programs like ours and even 501c3's public
charities selling horses to slaughter auctions or being put in jail for neglect
and animal cruelty. The horse world is full of dishonesty which ruins it for all
us honest people that really care and always try to do the right thing, such a
shame. Just be very careful.
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- My ladies
(at SWAP) have promised that I shall never be sold,
- and so I
have nothing to fear;
- and here
my story ends.
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- My
troubles are all over,
- and I am
at home......
- standing
with my old friends under the apple-trees.
 Black Beauty
If the only cost was love, we
could save them all.
The Second Wind Adoption Program was founded by the stable owner, Celeita
Kramer, when her mentor, Evelyn Duhr died of cancer
the summer of ‘97. Evelyn owned Second Wind Farm in Maryland where she ran a
standardbred adoption program. Second Wind was dedicated to Evelyn’s work but
was expanded to address all breeds and horses in need. Second Wind
Adoption became a not for profit animal welfare program the summer of ‘98.
Crossed Sabers is registered/licensed with the state of WV and SWAP is
registered with the state as a not for profit organization. The stable has been
licensed since 1996. Second Wind has added foster homes all over the continental
US and Canada in order to be able to address the great need and the vast number
of calls from horse owners looking for a quality home their equine friend.
In 2008, to address some of the issues that people and horses face, The Mountain
State Horse School and Second Wind Adoption Program, Inc. and Crossed Sabers
International Life School, Inc. was added to Crossed Sabers Stable.
PRIMARY MISSION OF THE SECOND WIND ADOPTION
PROGRAM
Prevent
animal abuse/neglect
of all the equus species and the need for rescue through adoption,
there by being a catalyst for “Rescue Prevention” by placing horses into
quality homes before the need arises for rescue or intervention by
authorities.
Make up for the lack of state
protection laws by having
adoption contracts that govern minimum care and use of each horse.
Allow exceptional adopters
the opportunity to purchase their adoption horse with a safe selling
contract that will protect the horse for life,
after any where from a 2 to 5 year probation period for certain horses
but not necessarily all horses and all adopters.
Whenever possible, provide all horses
(everyone in the equine family) including race, show, eventing, fox hunting,
steeplechase, contest & working horses, polo ponies or any other sport or
endurance horse an easy transition to a second career and
give owners in every facet of the horse industry and private owners
a
viable, safe place for their horses to go and a more humane place than a bad home, selling or giving the horse to just
anyone or resorting to unnecessary slaughter.
Offer educational and support services
to horse owners/donors and adopters (transportation, foster homes, training,
follow up, guidance with problems, lessons and clinics for adopters).
Offer adopters training services
(lessons, clinics, training of their adopted horses, continued follow-up
to insure continued success with their adoption horse, and organized
trips to regional, state and national horse events that can be both
educational and fun).
Whenever
financially and physically possible, provide horses in the Adoption
Program ground and under saddle training to insure every chance for success
in their next home. Provide horses that are in need, the required
vet care, rest and rehab needed to get better
and find companion horses or horses that can no longer be ridden or
driven a safe and loving home for the rest of their lives.
Give people
that might not normally have a lot of up front money to buy a trained
horse but can afford the
daily care of a horse have the opportunity to adopt and experience the
joys of horse ownership and for kids to be able to grow up with horses
and learn responsibility, dedication
and the satisfaction to a job well done
and to offer people, individuals, families and kids opportunities that
can be both educational and fun but additionally that gives families and friends
something that they can experience together
that is good for the body, mind and spirit.
When
possible, support equine and animal
rescue in times of natural disasters.
When
possible, support state and regional
officials with abuse cases by being the expert in care
and conditioning of the equine and by giving them a place to send
horses that are taken from owners for abuse or neglect.
When
possible, as a secondary mission, support other equine and small
animal adoptions and programs.
Support all rescue and adoption programs in order to offer a more
educated, well managed, unified approach to animal welfare.
Our Horse Welfare Missions
SUPPORT AND
ANIMAL WELFARE
SERVICES
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Basic And Transitional Job Training For Horses
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Lay-Up, Rehabilitation From Injury
- Rainbow Bridge Equine Cemetery
- SWAP Shopping
- Mountain State Equine Retirement
- Flying Horse Rehab
- Red Horse Retreat
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ESMT, Farrier, Dental, Grooming & Clipping (At Swap HQ)
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Referrals for
Equine Appraisals For Donors
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Spend A Week, Pick Your Horse Program
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Cinderella Program (extreme make overs for horses and their
riders/handlers)
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Over Night Boarding And Housing For Donors/Adopters And Their Horses
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Estate Planning (Preparing Your Animals For Your Death)
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Short Term Boarding
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Horse Transportation referrals
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES COMPLETED BY THE mOUNTAIN STATE HORSE SCHOOL
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Advisory Program For Adopters
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Local And Regional Adopter Follow Up And Assistance
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Quarterly Newsletter
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Educational Library
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Training And Riding Instruction
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Student Internships, Work Studies And College Credit
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Breaking And Training Services
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Instructional Clinics
Training (Training 101)
Training Under Saddle (Training 102)
Training 103 Driving
Training 103 Dressage
Training 103 Hunter/Jumper
Training 103 Going Gaited
Horse and Barn 101
Transitional Training for Race Horses (TB, Arab and QH)
Transitional Training for Harness Horses (STB)
Description of the Adoption
Program
Second Wind is an all breed equine adoption program sponsored by
Crossed Sabers Stable, in which the stable works with owners and horse
associations/registries to find homes for horses no longer cared for or wanted
by their current owner. The stable finds good homes for these animals so that
the horse may have a second chance at a healthy, productive and good life. It
also gives horse owners a more humane way to dispose of animals than sending a
young, healthy or sound horse to needless slaughter by way of auctions, selling
to just anyone, or donating to organizations that only protect the horse for two
years. Horses come to the program
from all over the United States and Canada and from all types of situations.
Private individuals and families, breeders, trainers & owners from every facet
of the horse industry. They are all ages from weanling on up, at all training
levels, all breeds, both sexes, to include nice breeding stallions. We can
guarantee to the owner donating the horse, that the horse will always have a
good home and will never go to slaughter. The biggest restriction for adopters
is that they cannot sell or transfer the horse. If they decide they don’t want
the horse, it comes back into the program and is placed again. This also
guarantees to the adopter that they will not be stuck with a horse that they
don’t want or is not a good fit for them. Honesty is critical for the program to
survive and to best place each horse. The Donor gives extensive information
about the horse, which in turn is used to place the horse into the best
situation for both the horse and the adopter. All information about the horse is
passed on to the adopter.
We accept horses from their owners and place them in a safe home that
lasts a life time. The adopter fills out a 4 page application that looks at
financial and personal stability, their employment, their facilities and
it looks at their experience
and plans for the horse to be able to match experience with what the horse
has done and still can do. Once we help them find a 'match' with a horse
that can do that job at that level without drugs and injections and stay
sound for life doing it, they sign a 14 page contract that protects the
horse for life, that defines minimum care, required facilities, care and
defines over use for that particular horse and defines the large fines for
abuse or neglect and the annual requirements for formal follow up with the
horse and they pay a small adoption fee. We've completed thousands of
adoptions and placed horses in homes in 46 of the 50 states
and Canada. We've placed horses of 65 different breeds into homes. Our goal
is to not turn away any horse in need but last year 35,000 people went to
our donor page about putting a horse into the program and we can only take
between 150 and 300 depending on how much money is coming in to be able to
care for them. While the horses are here we take care of all care, vet, farrier, dentist, etc, work with the horse and all horses are housed in
their own stalls with regular turn out, when a trainer is available and
weather is good horses are trained and exercised. A description of our
facilities is
on the web site on the About Us page.
The owners/donors receives a receipt once the horse is placed and they know who the horse goes to, they have all their contact information.
They fill out several pages of information on the horse and all that is open
to all approved adopters to review in order to place the horse into the best
home. We usually have a waiting list of horses waiting to come in, of
course, we are restricted by the number of horses we can take here by the
amount of money we are able to raise. The more money we raise, the more
horses we can help. Most of our 'income' comes from the small adoption fees
that adopters pay, which is much smaller than buying a horse on the open
market, allowing people that don't have the money to buy a fancy horse to
have a nice horse without all the upfront cost. That is the nickel version
of what we do, a lot more goes into it, in our mission we also have an
internship program and give away two scholarships each year to deserving
students who come here to volunteer in addition to assisting adopters with
problems and offering clinics and educational trips to horse events.
More Tidbits on Our Horses,
Donors and Adopters
Thousands of
horses have been adopted through our program of 65 different breeds since October
1998. 90% are mares and geldings with the other 10% being made up of stallions,
colts, and fillies. 82% of the horses have been registered; several of the
horses were imported from Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. The breeds encompass
everything from the horses that we have all grown up with to the many wild
horses on American soil, such as the Mustang, Chincoteague and Assateague ponies
to the Cracker ponies of Florida. In addition to every type of racehorse,
competition/sport horse and warmblood to the more exotic breeds like Friesians,
Irish Draughts, Nakota’s, Mecklenburg’s, Lippazzans, Azeteca’s, Spanish Norman’s and Fjords.
We’ve placed gaited horses and the south’s finest saddle horses into homes,
numerous Grand Prix Show Jumpers (even one Nations Cup Winner) and Grand Prix
level Dressage horses. We placed into a home horses that were trained & ridden by 2 people that won an Olympic
Silver Medal in show jumping and one horse that was trained & ridden by a person
that won a Gold Medal in dressage, several horses have been placed that were
trained by Olympic level riders, even horses that were owned by Breeders Cup
Winners in the racing world. We are proud to mention that we have both donors
and adopters who have been recognized by AHSA as Horsemen of the Year and even
adopters who are Olympic level riders. We’ve
also placed horses from nationally ranked steeple chasers, fox hunting horses
from various hunt clubs, including one huntsman’s horse. Our horses come from
the following professions or situations:
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Dressage 30%
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Racing 25%
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Hunter/Jumper 15%
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Family or pleasure mounts 10%
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Low level showing or
competing 6%
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Rescue (abandoned, abused,
neglected, taken by authorities) 5%
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Breeding and Training
facilities 4%
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Endurance and Competitive
Trail Riding 2%
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Steeple Chase 2%
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Rodeo, Cutting and Working
horses 1%
We’ve had the progeny of great
sires in the TB world find stable, happy homes through our program: Secretariat,
Man O’ War, Alysheba, Alydar, Buckley Boy, Blushing John, Chiefs Crown & Mr.
Prospector and the progeny of great sires in the Harness Racing world: such as
Albatross, Niatross, Abercrombie, On the Road Again, Jaguar Spur, Meadow
Skipper, Super Bowl & Bret Hanover
Second Wind rescued 112 horses that had been abused/abandoned/neglected by their
original owner, including one grandson of Secretariat. We have also placed 147 dogs and cats into homes, most
of which were pulled out of shelters the day before kill day.
Second Wind is a national
program supporting the entire continental US and Canada. Our adopters come from
every profession, both blue and white-collar workers including professionals
throughout the horse industry, family situations and individuals, with annual
incomes ranging as high as 1.3 million per year, but averaging around 75k per
household.
Second Wind has a total of 3.5
million to 5 million visitors from 113 different countries and every continent to the website each month (www.crossedsabers.com)
Agencies we
work with
American Horse Council,
West Virginia Horse Council, Hooved Animal Humane Society, American Horse
Protection Association, American Humane Association, Humane Organization For
Retired Standardbred Equines (HORSE), Humane Society Of The Unites States, Int’l
Society For The Protection Of Mustangs And Burros, US Trotting Association, The
Jockey Club And The American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (ASPCA),
Standardbred Pleasure Horse Owners Association (SPHO), People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA), Best Friends, the American Horse Shows
Association (USA Equestrian), the US Equestrian Team and all other breed
registries.
Adoption
Many of the adopted
horses have a working background, racing with Thoroughbreds, Standardbreds,
Quarter Horses and Arabs or showing/competing in all disciplines and with all
breeds. The restrictions we place on the horse are around the owners wishes, the
owner can restrict the horse from racing, breeding, competing or from any type
of work at all, including riding. Horses are available for adoption to anyone
who can prove that they have the desire, employment, financial backing,
knowledge about horses or plans to learn, ability to give proper care, time
available for the animal, other horses owned and facilities for a horse. A
simple written test is given to insure proper care and a visit to the adopters
stable is done when possible. An agreement must be signed by the adopter
governing the care and restrictions on how the horse can be used. SWAP protects the horse for the
rest of its life. It is the owner’s decision as to whether they release the
horse’s registration but it is recommended by the program to release it for
showing/breeding purposes. At the least, horse facilities should be a 3 sided
shed with the predominant winds blocked for winter, an acre of grazing land per
horse, daily turn out and cover available for the horse to get out of the
weather at any time. Preference is given to anyone who has individual stalls for
each horse in a barn situation and 2 to 3 acres of pastureland per horse.
Minimum care is worming and farrier care every other month, at least 20 gallons
of fresh water per day and at least 1 lb. of feed (hay/grain) for every 100 lbs.
of horse. Though the basic requirements are clearly defined, we treat each horse
as an individual and look for the same basic living standards and environment
that the horse has become accustomed to, variation is also considered in the
adopters climates, predominant weather, individual facilities, size of farm,
when placing the horse. Adoption fees range from free to a good home up to 40%
of the appraised value of the more expensive horses. But most are placed at or
below $1000. All money earned by or donated to SWAP is applied to helping the
horses in the adoption
program.
Dedication
The Second Wind Adoption
Program is dedicated to Evelyn Duhr who owned Second Wind Farm in Accokeek,
Maryland. Evelyn ran the Standardbred Adoption Program for Maryland, from which
Crossed Sabers adopted it’s first horses, thus beginning our great appreciation
for adoption programs. She quickly became a good friend and mentor to our
stable and allowed the SWAP executor to adopt when many of the other programs
had turned her away, you see even though our executor had a Masters degree in
Equine Management, she had never owned a horse, even afer a career as a
helicopter test pilot and military officer, she had never been able to live her
childhood dream of having a horse. She had always rescued horses and adopted her
animals so to her adoption was the only way to go. Evelyn was the only one that
would give her a chance and took the time with her to make sure the horses were
cared for, she took the time to work with the adopter, our Executor. Evelyn died of cancer the summer of 1997 but she will always be
remembered as a generous, caring woman who had the tenacity of a bulldog,
especially when it came to her Standardbreds. She was always more concerned for
the horses in her program than anything else, including herself. Evelyn was able
to find loving homes for hundreds of Standardbreds just coming off the race
track, many that required huge veterinary and therapy bills, all she gladly
paid. Our executor saw her as the only person that would give her a chance to
adopt and the only one that really took the time with her to teach her
'everything they don't teach in a classroom'. These horses went on to have productive happy lives as family pets,
pleasure and show horses in every discipline, plus excellent breeding stock. Evelyn Duhr was literally, a horses “Second Wind”, for us . . . She always will
be. Today, SWAP does not turn away first time owners who have no
experience but yet looks for someone who has a good plan to learn. Everyone must
start their horse experience somewhere and we understand that. We are very
pro-education and will always assist every adopter to learn more because the
more the adopter knows, the better and more enjoyable their horse experience
will be. Evelyn taught us that first hand.
Some of the
Reasons Horses come to The Second Wind Adoption Program
-The horse is no longer racing, showing,
competing, eventing, fox hunting, steeplechase, or doing endurance, polo or any
other type of sport where they horse can not longer compete at that level, hold
up physically, or make money doing it.
-The horse is
finishing one career and ready for another, retired police horse, race horse,
show horse but can still go and have another career, can't physically hold up to
the rigors of its current profession, not winning enough to pay the bills or the
horse hates its current job or is not suited for it.
-The horse no longer has a career as a broodmare or breeding stallion, not
producing or the farm is changing focus of breeding goals and objectives
-The owner has too many horses and its causing hardship or affecting the general
care given to the horse, owner is no longer breeding, showing, giving lessons or
racing.
-The horse has training issues or capabilities beyond owners riding or handling
abilities, owner is advancing beyond the capabilities of the horse.
-The horse needs to
be the center of someone's world instead of just another horse in the barn
-The horse had a
racing or competition accident and owner wants to save the horse from the
anguish of going back.
-There is personal hardship or change in personal life.
Family is moving and can't take the horse, divorce, health problems, loss of
job, death in family, retiring, down-sizing the herd or farm, loss of the family
farm, lack of time for the horse or for riding, owner is going off to school and
can't afford both, change in personal situation including pregnancy,
deteriorating health, getting married, etc
-The horse needs someone more advanced to handle or ride horse, owner has
advanced beyond the capabilities of the horse, and child has grown out of the
horse/pony
-The horse is not going to make a
race or show horse, doesn't have the desire to race or show, and doesn’t have
the physical conformation or size for racing or showing.
-The horse has
special needs, needs to get out of the sun or heat of the south or needs warmer
climate, needs to ridden more, needs to be ridden less
-There is a change in
equine business climate. . Raised taxes, drought and the lack of hay, raising
costs of grain, costs of keeping horses, drought
winters, seasonal fires, etc.
-The owner loves the horse, appreciates the loyalty the horse has had and their
relationship is more than an owner/horse but more like a parent and child and
they could not imagine selling or seeing money as being more important than
their child.
-The owner because of either excessive income
or capital gains needs a write off, which is given
to the donor up to the appraised value of the horse when donated. Additionally professional horse people
use horse donations on the years when they have to show a profit.
-The one thing
all owners and trainers that put horses into our program have in common is that
they all could sell the horse, some for large sums of money but they care more
for the horse than the money and want to know that the horse is guaranteed a
good home for life.
-Though the Second Wind Adoption Program is not a Rescue operation we try not to
turn down any horse in need. We have and will take horses that are considered
rescue horses when the need arises. Defined as horses that have been taken by
authorities for abuse/neglect or lack of care and abandoned horses.
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Second Wind Adoption Program |
One of CSS's oldest programs and one of the biggest
welfare programs in the US, thousands of horses of 65
different breeds placed into excellent homes in 46 of the 50 states and Canada. If you can't keep your horse and the home for life means more than
anything else, than this is the program for you. And if you like the idea of
getting a great horse for less, Adoption with SWAP is the only way to go.
Click here to see
details. |
SWAP has several programs within itself and it is also
associated with many of the training, educational and services programs |
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Internships and college credit |
Looking for practical experience, you're 18 years of age,
you have horse experience and a good seat. CSS and SWAP has internships
available for 8 girls each month in summer (June - August) and 4 girls
during the fall (September - December) or spring (January - May) semester,
CSS Owner has a graduate degree in Education and has the ability to set up
and meet curriculum for college credits at the interns college. We've done
this a couple of times and it works out nicely for CSS and the student.
Click here to see details about Internships and
college credit. |
the experience and room is free or in exchange for work full
time for the stable while here. You also cover your food while at CSS.
Selection of summer interns are completed on May 1st every year, selection
for fall and winter semisters are done around the students schedule.
Click here for more information and the
application |
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Scholarships |
CSS and SWAP has two annual scholarships, one to the Intern
of the Year for $500. which is applied directly to college or trade school
expenses and one for $300. to attend the USTA Driving Training at the
Delaware Fair Grounds each May. SWAP has also had Grand Prix/Olympic Riders
who offer our Intern of the Year an internship for the winter in Wellington,
which is a paid position and wonderful experience for some lucky person.
Click here to see details of these Scholarships
that started back in 2003. |
free scholarship, application fee is $50. |
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SWAP Shopping |
SWAP has a long list of things for sale, from furnishing to
horse related items, carriages, tack, etc all for sale. All proceeds from
SWAP Shopping goes to caring for the adoption horses. On occasion, SWAP has
an auction of these items where the bidding starts extremely low.
Click here to see all the great things listed
today. |
free service, items for less before they go on sale at ebay |
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Financing |
A service offered by CSS and SWAP that is literally unheard
of in the horse industry, being able to take home your adoption horse while
paying payments, donating and paying for stable services over time, always a
no interest loan. Click here to see the details of
financing. |
free to adopters and owners with a horse being donated for
placement through SWAP, burial services and other stable services, always 0%
interest loan |
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Transport Referrals |
SWAP has organized as many as 600 transports in a years time
so we have plenty of experience in picking a transporter, we look for nice
people to work with, good with people and horses, that are great with the
horses, knowledgeable, have good, safe equipment, an excellent driving
record and have enough money coming in to maintain the equipment long term.
Click here to go to our Transport Page |
free |
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Library |
one of the best selections of books, video's, dvd's on
horses, horse training, horse/farm care and management. Adopters can check
out any references for as long as 2 months and all visitors can view and
read while visiting CSS. Click here to see our
extensive Library |
free to adopters only for the cost of shipping and available
to over night guests, visiting adopters and visitors to Red Horse Retreat at
CSS |
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Visit, Volunteer and Pick Your Horse |
A service to potential adopters, who come to SWAP HQ,
volunteer and get to know all the horses, while here there are options to
take lessons, training, working together with the horse you are adopting,
getting approved, doing the adoption application, etc
Click here to see the details of this
program. |
free to potential adopters, all you have to do is provide
your food and volunteer while visiting |
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Adopter Advisor/Trainer |
A service available to adopters that has been going on for
the last 10 years. Anytime an adopter is having trouble with their horse or
if they need training, we either have them come here with the horse and we
help them or we go there or find a trainer we know in that area. Most times
its the adopter needing training and not the horse but with some effort
there is always a solution. Click here to
see all the services that are available to adopters. |
free normally, there are fees if an outside trainer is used
or if the adopter comes here with the horse for a week or weekend. |
Other Programs
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Professional Training |
20 to 60 minutes of work depending on the horse and its
needs, includes tacking up, untacking, cooling out and grooming before and
after, completed by a professional trainer, can be in any discipline or job
including driving, 4 to 5 days per week.
Click
here to see details of training available at CSS |
$500. per month (must be done at CSS) |
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Flying Horse Rehab, Professional Rehabilitation |
Got a sick or unsound horse that needs more care than you
have time for. CSS and SWAP has been doing rehab and getting horses sound
and healthy for 10 years. This is what we are truly good at.
Click here to see details of Flying Horse
Rehab |
$500. per month (check out the long list of services
included in this price, hand walking, ESMT, Equi-Stim Electro Magnetic
therapy, physical therapy, hydro therapy, stall rest, leg wrapping/feet packing, farrier
trims, exercising and conditioning, deworming, annual shots, blanketing,
grooming, turn out, hay and grain daily, full service with a stall for every
horse) |
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Mountain State Equine Retirement Center |
Click to see the services listed at Mountain State Equine
Retirement Center or a lay up of 12 months or more, owner has signed a long
term commitment to get the lower price.
Click here to see the
details of the services that CSS offers as a retirement center.
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$350. per month (check out the long list of services
included in this price, farrier trims, deworming, annual shots, blanketing,
grooming, turn out, hay and grain daily, full service with a stall for every
horse) |
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Boarding and Lay Ups |
For boarding of a month but maybe less than a year, not on a
long term commitment, done month to month. You will be amazed at the long
list of services you get for free when most stables charge for them, with us
everything is included.
Click here to see
details of boarding and short term lay ups |
$400. per month (a long list of services included in this
price... your horse is treated like one of our horses). |
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Brokering with a heart and Safe Selling |
CSS will list and market anything horse related on the
website that has as many as 5 million visitors each month.
Click here for details on Brokering.
For
horses being sold, CSS will do a background check on the buyers to make
every attempt to know its a good home and will provide a purchase agreement
for the seller that will protect the horse in its new home. Click here for
details on Safe Selling. |
CSS is paid 10% at the time of sale of horse related items,
For Safe Selling of horses, CSS gets 20% of the total sale. |
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Cinderella Make Over |
Do you or your horse need a complete or partial makeover in
looks, temperament, condition, training? This program might be for you. Can
be used to focus strictly on the horse, the horses owner or both together.
Click here to see more details of this program.
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$250. for the first week or weekend, $200. for the following weeks and
$150. for the last week. This includes board for your horse and board for
the owner (all the owner has to do is cover their food). CSS can accept no
more than 4 horses in this program at one time. |
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Clinics |
Weekend Clinics are available in Training 101, Training 102
Beginner Riding, Training 103 Riding with a focus on the individual
disciplines and Driving, Horse and Barn and Transitioning a race horse (TB,
STB, Arab, QH), Running a Rescue and Running a Horse Business, Clinics held
at CSS are scheduled on the Mane Events Calendar. Clinics can also be
scheduled for clubs, associations, groups at your location.
Click here to see more details about clinics |
Clinics at CSS are $75. a weekend per student and includes
all classroom supplies and lunch both days with a maximum of 30 students per
clinic and a minimum of 10 students. Special Clinics with bigger name clinicians will be held at another
location and the fees would be set according to the clinician and the
location requirements. Clinics at other locations are $100. per student with
a minimum of 15 students plus travel expenses and does not include lunch at
your location but does include classroom handouts. |
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Equine PI |
CSS Owner has been doing this for some time so we just
started listing it as an option. If you have had a lease or sale gone bad, a
broken contract or broken verbal agreement, a lost or stolen horse and there
is any type of trail, we can advise you and do much of the leg work, since
we had the experience with much of the same with SWAP. We also do free
referrals for equine lawyers.
Click here to get more
details of this program. |
This is paid for by the hour or by the case. Usually hourly
rates are $35. an hour for PI work, plus travel if travel is required. Call
with questions about your case or problem. |
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Expert Witness |
CSS Owner has completed the services on 3 horse cases
already and scheduled for another soon, in the areas of horse/farm
management, liabilities, wrongful death, neglect/cruelty, and horse fraud.
She is also listed with TASA Expert Witness Referral Company located in PA.
Click here to get more details of this service.
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If you or your lawyer comes to us directly then our rates
are $50. an hour, which is much cheaper than going to TASA which will nearly
double your fees. |
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