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A special thank you to Erin Burnside of Elkins High
School and all the riders that came to the benefit trail ride for SWAP. As her
Senior project Erin raised over $400. for SWAP. Kudos Erin. If we had 100 kids
do this as their senior project or even just as a fund raiser, they could pay to
feed all our horses for a year!! Please consider us kids when you are doing your
volunteer projects for school or if you want to do a fund raiser this summer.
One kid with the desire to help can make a huge difference, just like Erin did.
Bravo for a job well done!!
Congratulations
to our Executor for her selection and award for the International Who's Who of
Professional and Business Women for 2006/2007. Kudos!!
Yehaa, Kudos again to our Executor for her selection to
receive the National Leadership Award by the Republican Party.
Click here to put
a horse into our adoption program
Click here to
see what we have learned over the years and with thousands of horses.
If you can't adopt, think about a gift to one or
all of our horses: supplies, tack, dewormers, a donation, fly spray, or a new
halter. Click here to be a sponsor to
one of our horses
Great Goals for 2008:
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). Ask friends, family and neighbors
to be part of your plan. Most 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. Use your microwave for only heating water, it kills the nutrition
value in food. 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). 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, look great and you'll 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 usually
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 believe 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.
This should
probably be taped to your bathroom mirror where one could read it every day.
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.
Good
friends are like stars.......
You don't
always see them, But you know they are always there.
"Whenever
God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another,
I would
rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I'm here than a whole
truck load when I'm gone.
Always in hope and admiration, Celeita
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 DIRECTIONS TO CROSSED SABERS
STABLE AND SWAP HQ
"Only those who dare to fail greatly,
can achieve greatly"
VISITING SWAP
HORSES
REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL LOCATIONS
There is a
liability release
that all persons, and parents or guardian (s) must sign if anyone under 18 wants
to ride here. It would be simplest to print it out from this site and bring it
with you already filled out. Both Parents are required to sign this form for any
person under 18 to be able to ride at any SWAP facility.
Additionally owners/fosters
may have their own liability release that you will have to sign. It is up to
each SWAP location to decide whether to allow a visitor to ride or not,
depending on the visitors experience level, whether they are dressed
appropriately, have their tack and their own insurance requirements. This should
be discussed prior to the visit so that there is a clear understanding of what
is allowed. Any SWAP facility can stop any ride at any time if they feel that
the adopter does not have the training to handle the horse in question.
Safety briefings will be
completed at all SWAP locations and liability releases will be signed at all
locations.
It is recommended that you
bring your own tack, as you will be more comfortable in your own gear, and we
can provide the bridle. We will also provide tack if your saddle does not fit
the particular horse you are looking at. We don't have all types and sizes of
tack, so bring what you can. If the adopter brings there own tack, no bit except
a simple snaffle (or less, like a bosal or hackamore) will be used on adoption
horses while in the program. Extreme bits will never be allowed or used on any
adoption horse or any other attachments that force the horse into a collected
frame.
The required uniform for
riding is either breeches or jeans (with or without) chaps and either paddock
boots, dress riding boots or field boots for riding hunt seat or dressage
saddles, for show saddles or cut back saddles the appropriate attire is jodpher
pants and jodpher boots. For riding in a western or a stock seat saddle jeans
with either cowboy boots, riding tennis shoes or any smooth sole shoes with a
smooth short heel and for driving the uniform is long pants, driving gloves and
driving boots. Loose clothes, dress shoes or boots with any sort of tread will
not be allowed. Riding helmets are required for all riders/drivers. Riders
should come prepared for all types of weather as all our riding facilities are
outside but clothes should not be loose or extremely big. It is not only
dangerous because the clothes can get hooked on the horses saddles/driving carts
and its really not functional. Long hair should be pulled back and away from the
face in a way that the rider has all peripheral vision and allows for your
helmet to fit as it is designed. Jewelry should be kept to a minimum, especially
hoop earrings and rings that can get caught on saddles, and driving carts.
All riding starts in the
facility round pen (or a small paddock/ring at other locations), on a lunge line
and then once we realize you can handle the horse you are riding, you can move
to the large arena. Only riders that have proven they can ride the horse in all
gaits easily will be allowed to venture out beyond the round pen to the arena
and only on those horses that have trail experience will be allowed to go beyond
the round pen and ring. Horses are never taken out on the trail or outside the
round pen and arena without a second rider and another experienced trail horse
and that is only done with very experienced riders who know the horse and the
horse knows them. To be able to ride the adopter must prove they can handle the
horse in the barn and tack up. If you can't handle the horse in hand in the barn
or if you can't tack up your horse then we do not allow that person to ride but
if you don't know and want to learn, we can arrange for lessons to teach you if
you're local, if not, then we can arrange a day or a weekend to teach you for a
fee. Only trained people ride our horses but those that want to learn, we
certainly want to teach them.
Viewings are set up by
appointment only
with owners and foster homes, and at
SWAP HQ by appointment Monday through Friday between 9pm and 4pm. We ask that
all visitors to plan to arrive at 1pm in order to give yourself plenty of time
to meet all the horses and ride (if you wish). CSS feeds at 5pm so all horses
have to be groomed, cooled down and in their stalls at 4:00, evening training
and riding starts at 7pm in the summer for horses scheduled to be trained, the
same time as night time turn out.
EQUINE LIABILITY LAW ARTICLE 20-4-4 WARNING PLEASE READ AND SIGN
IT IS RECOGNIZED
THAT EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES ARE HAZARDOUS TO PARTICIPANTS, REGARDLESS OF
ALL FEASIBLE SAFETY MEASURES WHICH CAN BE TAKEN. EACH PARTICIPANT IN AN
EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITY EXPRESSLY ASSUMES THE RISK OF AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO PERSON OR PROPERTY WHICH RESULTS FROM
PARTICIPATION IN AN EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITY, ON OR AROUND A HORSE.
CROSSED
SABERS STABLE & THE SECOND WIND ADOPTION PROGRAM
RELEASE AND HOLD
HARMLESS AGREEMENT
I
ACKNOWLEDGE THE INHERENT RISKS WHICH ARE INVOLVED IN RIDING AND WORKING AROUND
HORSES, DOGS, HORSE EQUIPMENT, FARM EQUIPMENT, FARM FACILITIES, STABLE OR FARM
PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY WITH A LOW BUDGET OR NOT FOR PROFIT/NON-PROFIT OPERATION.
THE RISKS MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGE TO PERSONAL PROPERTY,
ILLNESS, BODILY INJURY, TRAUMA, OR DEATH RESULTING FROM A FALL OR WHILE RIDING
OR BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO HORSES AND DOGS. I FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH
HORSE AND RIDER CAN BE INJURED IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF EVENTS WHILE RIDING,
SCHOOLING, TRANSPORTING AND THEREFORE AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS
CROSSED SABERS STABLE AND THE SECOND WIND ADOPTION PROGRAM, IT’S EMPLOYEES,
VOLUNTEERS, OR ANY INDEPENDENT STABLE HELP AND FURTHER RELEASE THEM FROM ANY
LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ACCIDENT, INJURY, DAMAGE, OR DEATH TO THE
PARTICIPANT, PROPERTY, HORSE THE PARTICIPANT OWNS, ANY FAMILY MEMBER OR
SPECTATOR ACCOMPANYING THE PARTICIPANT WHILE ON THE PREMISES OF CROSSED SABERS
STABLE OR ANY SWAP FACILITY AND OFF THE PREMISES WHEN PARTICIPATING IN AN
ACTIVITY SPONSORED BY THE STABLE/ADOPTION PROGRAM. THIS RELEASE IS EFFECTIVE
FOREVER. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IF I USE ANY UNACCEPTABLE, UNSAFE PRACTICES WITH
ANY STABLE OR ADOPTION HORSE OR DO ANYTHING BEYOND THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
CAPABILITIES OR THE HORSE AND DAMAGE TO THE HORSE OR PROPERTY OCCURS THAT I
COULD BE LIABLE FOR THE HORSE OR THE PROPERTY.
SIGNATURE OF
PARTICIPANT_____________________________________
DATE___________ NAME PRINTED___________________________________
FULL ADDRESS
PRINTED W/PHONE NUMBER:
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
1ST
PARENT SIGNATURE, IF UNDER 18 BOTH PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIAN (S) MUST SIGN
_____________________________________________________________
2ND
PARENT SIGNATURE
DIRECTIONS
TO CROSSED SABERS
FROM THE NORTH EAST
TAKE I-79 SOUTH TO STATE RT.
50 (EXIT 119 AT BRIDGEPORT/CLARKSBURG), THEN FOLLOW DIRECTIONS LISTED BELOW FOR
FROM THE EAST. IF COMING FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AREA OR NORTHERN VA,
DO NOT COME ACROSS US RT. 50 UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED FOR HOURS OF HAIR PIN TURNS
IN THE MOUNTAINS.
FROM THE SOUTH EAST
TAKE I-79 NORTH TO STATE RT.
50 (EXIT 119 AT BRIDGEPORT/CLARKSBURG), THEN FOLLOW DIRECTIONS FOR FROM THE
EAST. IF COMING FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AREA OR NORTHERN VA, DO NOT COME
ACROSS US RT. 50 UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED FOR HOURS OF HAIR PIN TURNS IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
FROM THE NORTH WEST
TAKE I-77 SOUTH TO PARKERSBURG
AND THE STATE RT. 50. TAKE THE STATE RT. 50 EAST AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS
LISTED BELOW FOR FROM THE WEST.
FROM THE SOUTHWEST
TAKE I-77 NORTH TO PARKERSBURG
AND STATE ROUTE 50. TAKE THE STATE ROUTE 50 EAST AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS
LISTED BELOW FOR FROM THE WEST.
FROM THE WEST
TAKE RT. 50 EAST TO THE
SMITHBURG EXIT (RIGHT HAND TURN FOR THE EXIT), FOLLOW THE ROAD AROUND TO THE
RIGHT AND GO ABOUT 1.5 MILES TO JOCKEY CAMP ROAD (ON RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
FIRST HILL YOU CROSS). TAKE A RIGHT TURN ONTO JOCKEY CAMP ROAD AND GO ABOUT 2
MILES TO THE LARGE RED BARN ON THE LEFT OR GO 2.2 MILES TO THE LARGE GRAY HOUSE
ON THE RIGHT (STABLE OFFICE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSE)
FROM THE EAST
TAKE RT. 50 WEST TO SMITHBURG.
TAKE THE SMITHBURG EXIT (LEFT HAND TURN FOR THE EXIT ), FOLLOW THE ROAD AROUND
TO THE RIGHT AND GO ABOUT 1.5 MILES TO JOCKEY CAMP ROAD (ON RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE FIRST HILL YOU CROSS). TURN RIGHT ONTO JOCKEY CAMP ROAD AND GO ABOUT 2
MILES TO THE LARGE RED BARN ON THE LEFT OR 2.2 MILES TO THE LARGE GRAY HOUSE ON
THE RIGHT, (THE STABLE OFFICE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSE).
ESTIMATED DISTANCES FROM REGIONAL CITIES (ALL IN MILES)
| CLARKSBURG, WV 32 |
HUNTINGTON, WV 162 |
PARKERSBURG, WV 5 |
| BECKLEY, WV 105 |
CHARLESTON, WV 146 |
BLUEFIELD, WV 160 |
| MORGANTOWN, WV 84 |
MARTINSBURG, WV 200 |
WASHINGTON, DC 270 |
| COLUMBUS, OH 181 |
CLEVELAND, OH 220 |
CINCINNATI, OH 288 |
| LEXINGTON, KY 282 |
RICHMOND, VA 305 |
NORFOLK, VA 410 |
| WHEELING, WV 70 |
PITTSBURGH, PA 161 |
BALTIMORE, MD 299 |
HOTEL/MOTEL/RESTAURANT LIST
BEST HOTELS IF
COMING FROM THE EAST AND CLARKSBURG (ABOUT 30 MIN)
- HOLIDAY INN, 304 842-5411, I-79 AND RT 50E, AT EXIT 119
- RAMADA INN, 304 623-2600, I-79 AND RT. 50
- SUPER 8 MOTEL, 304-842-1919, EXIT 121 ON I-79
- SLEEP INN, 304 842-1919 BRIDGEPORT
- HAMPTON INN, 304 842-9300, BRIDGEPORT, WV, EXIT 121 OFF I-79
BEST HOTELS (IF COMING FROM THE WEST
AND PARKERSBURG), 50 MIN. AWAY
- AMERIHOST INN, 304-489-3111, MINERAL WELLS EXIT OFF I-77
- COMFORT SUITES, 304-489-9600, MINERAL WELLS EXIT OFF I-77
- DAYS INN, 304-375-3730, I-77 AND RT. 31 NO. OF PARKERSBURG
- HAMPTON INN, 304-489-2900, MINERAL WELLS EXIT OFF I-77
- HOLIDAY INN, 304-485-6200, PARKERSBURG
- HOME SUITE HOME, 304-428-7773, I-77 AND RT 50 AT PARKERSBURG
- RED ROOF INN, 304-485-1741, RT. 50 AND I-77 AT PARKERSBURG
BEST HOTELS (IF
COMING FROM THE NORTH, RT. 2 OR RT 7 SOUTH TO RT 18... TO MIDDLEBOURNE, NEW
MARTINSVILLE, WHEELING, ST. CLAIRSVILLE OHIO, SISTERSVILLE, MOUNDSVILLE), FROM 30 MIN. AWAY
TO 1 HOUR
- AMERIHOST INN NEW MARTINSVILLE, RT. 2,
304-455-6100
- PLAZA INN, NEW MARTINSVILLE, RT. 2, 304-455-4490
- BUDGET INN, NEW MARTINSVILLE, RT 2, 304-455-2750
- MAGNOLIA HOUSE, B&B, NEW MARTINSVILLE, RT 2,
304-455-4440
- TRAVELERS INN, RT 2, NEW MARTINSVILLE,
304-455-3355
- DAYS INN, WHEELING, 304-547-0610
- FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES, MALL ROAD, 740-699-4980
- HOTEL CLARENDON, ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OH 740-695-9025
- BEST WESTERN, WHEELING, OFF I-70, 304-233-8500
- HAMPTON INN, WHEELING, 304-233-0440
- WELLS INN, SISTERSVILLE, 304-652-1312
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CLOSEST TO
CROSSED SABERS STABLE, ABOUT 40 MIN.
-
- STONE HOUSE FARM B & B
(304) 873-3046
- Liz and Paul Jerrett, Innkeepers and also SWAP Adopters
- They have room for towed vehicles and trailer parking
- website:
www.stonehousefarmbnb.com
- Email:
innkeepers@stonehousefarmbnb.com,
- New Milton, WV
CLARKSBURG RESTAURANT LISTING
- BOB EVANS (304) 842-7440, EXIT 121 OFF I-79
- CACTUS JACKS TEX MEX (304) 623-0177, RT 19S IN CLARKSBURG
- APPLEBEES (304) 623-2092, EXIT 119 OFF I-79 BY SUPER WALMART
- OUTBACK STEAK HOUSE (304) 842-8915, EXIT 121 AT THE MALL
- CHURCHHILLS GRILL (304) 842-5411, INSIDE HOLIDAY INN, EXIT 119
- DAMON’S (304) 624-7427, EASTPOINTE SHOPPING CENTER EXIT 119
- TEXAS ROADHOUSE (304) 623-1660, EASTPOINTE SHOPPING CENTER
- GARFIELDS (304) 842-8556, IN MEADOWBROOK MALL, EXIT 121
- PIZZA HUT (304) 842-6976, EXIT 119
WEST UNION & SALEM RESTAURANTS
- MARIN'S (304) 873-9895@ WEST UNION
- COTTAGE CORNER THE SALEM DOWNTOWN EXIT
OFF RT 50
- BP’S FOOD COURT 304-873-3333 @ WEST UNION EXIT OFF RT. 50 (DELIVERS)
- CHEVRON RESTAURANT, ONE EXIT WEST OF OUR EXIT (SNOW BIRD ROAD, ONE EXIT
EAST OF THE WEST UNION EXIT, THEY ALSO HAVE GAS AND DIESEL)
- ALICE’S RESTUARANT304-873-1503 IN WEST UNION
PARKERSBURG RESTAURANTS
- BOB EVANS, 422-0260, RT 50 AND I-77
- CHI CHI’S MEXICAN, 428-4111, CENTRAL AVE.
- CHINA GARDEN,428-6045, MURDOCK AVE.
- CRACKER BARREL, 489-2382, MINERAL WELLS EXIT OFF I-79
- DON EMILIO’S, 422-8800, OHIO AVE.
- JP HENRY’S, 485-9390, EMERSON AVE.
- LONE STAR STEAK HOUSE, 295-7822, GRAND CENTRAL AVE.
- OLIVE GARDEN, 485-0096, GRAND CENTRAL AVE.
- OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE, 422-3781, GRAND CENTRAL AVE.
- POINT OF VIEW RESTAURANT, 863-3366, BLENNERHASSETT HEIGHTS
- RED LOBSTER, 422-1852, MURDOCK AVE.
- THIRD STREET DELI, 433-0003, 3RD ST.
- THE NET, 422-7703, 7TH ST.
THE TOWNS OF WEST UNION, CLARKSBURG AND SALEM HAVE A VARIETY
OF FAST FOOD AS WELL AS SEVERAL LOCATED AT EASTPOINTE SHOPPING CENTER,
MEADOWBROOK MALL AND GRAND CENTRAL MALL.
Crossed Sabers Facilities
Use (Reservations Required)
CSS and SWAP has always had an open door
for not only animals looking for a home but also for people and their animal
friends looking for a place to hang their head for the night. This will
never change as long as this farm belongs to this program. So we ask you to feel
free to use them, when ever its convenient for our adopters, transporters,
donors and students. This is not a hotel and people who live here
are very busy so they can't take care of you, your horse and their normal
duties, too. Please just plan to leave things better than when you arrived and
we will always be able to make this offer to our SWAP family. We just ask that
if there are full time employees, volunteers or interns that you respect their
space and privacy and try to leave the facilities better than you when you
arrived, pull sheets off and turn in to the farm laundry and wash your dishes
before departing.
The stable library (hundreds of training
video's and books) is available for viewing by guests in the office during
office hours or at night during your visit.
Click here to see the list of extensive
resources in our training library.
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DIRECTIONS TO CROSSED SABERS
STABLE AND SWAP HQ
"Only those who dare to fail greatly,
can achieve greatly"
VISITING SWAP
HORSES
REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL LOCATIONS
There is a
liability release
that all persons, and parents or guardian (s) must sign if anyone under 18 wants
to ride here. It would be simplest to print it out from this site and bring it
with you already filled out. Both Parents are required to sign this form for any
person under 18 to be able to ride at any SWAP facility.
Additionally owners/fosters
may have their own liability release that you will have to sign. It is up to
each SWAP location to decide whether to allow a visitor to ride or not,
depending on the visitors experience level, whether they are dressed
appropriately, have their tack and their own insurance requirements. This should
be discussed prior to the visit so that there is a clear understanding of what
is allowed. Any SWAP facility can stop any ride at any time if they feel that
the adopter does not have the training to handle the horse in question.
Safety briefings will be
completed at all SWAP locations and liability releases will be signed at all
locations.
It is recommended that you
bring your own tack, as you will be more comfortable in your own gear, and we
can provide the bridle. We will also provide tack if your saddle does not fit
the particular horse you are looking at. We don't have all types and sizes of
tack, so bring what you can. If the adopter brings there own tack, no bit except
a simple snaffle (or less, like a bosal or hackamore) will be used on adoption
horses while in the program. Extreme bits will never be allowed or used on any
adoption horse or any other attachments that force the horse into a collected
frame.
The required uniform for
riding is either breeches or jeans (with or without) chaps and either paddock
boots, dress riding boots or field boots for riding hunt seat or dressage
saddles, for show saddles or cut back saddles the appropriate attire is jodpher
pants and jodpher boots. For riding in a western or a stock seat saddle jeans
with either cowboy boots, riding tennis shoes or any smooth sole shoes with a
smooth short heel and for driving the uniform is long pants, driving gloves and
driving boots. Loose clothes, dress shoes or boots with any sort of tread will
not be allowed. Riding helmets are required for all riders/drivers. Riders
should come prepared for all types of weather as all our riding facilities are
outside but clothes should not be loose or extremely big. It is not only
dangerous because the clothes can get hooked on the horses saddles/driving carts
and its really not functional. Long hair should be pulled back and away from the
face in a way that the rider has all peripheral vision and allows for your
helmet to fit as it is designed. Jewelry should be kept to a minimum, especially
hoop earrings and rings that can get caught on saddles, and driving carts.
All riding starts in the
facility round pen (or a small paddock/ring at other locations), on a lunge line
and then once we realize you can handle the horse you are riding, you can move
to the large arena. Only riders that have proven they can ride the horse in all
gaits easily will be allowed to venture out beyond the round pen to the arena
and only on those horses that have trail experience will be allowed to go beyond
the round pen and ring. Horses are never taken out on the trail or outside the
round pen and arena without a second rider and another experienced trail horse
and that is only done with very experienced riders who know the horse and the
horse knows them. To be able to ride the adopter must prove they can handle the
horse in the barn and tack up. If you can't handle the horse in hand in the barn
or if you can't tack up your horse then we do not allow that person to ride but
if you don't know and want to learn, we can arrange for lessons to teach you if
you're local, if not, then we can arrange a day or a weekend to teach you for a
fee. Only trained people ride our horses but those that want to learn, we
certainly want to teach them.
Viewings are set up by
appointment only
with owners and foster homes, and at
SWAP HQ by appointment Monday through Friday between 9pm and 4pm. We ask that
all visitors to plan to arrive at 1pm in order to give yourself plenty of time
to meet all the horses and ride (if you wish). CSS feeds at 5pm so all horses
have to be groomed, cooled down and in their stalls at 4:00, evening training
and riding starts at 7pm in the summer for horses scheduled to be trained, the
same time as night time turn out.
EQUINE LIABILITY LAW ARTICLE 20-4-4 WARNING PLEASE READ AND SIGN
IT IS RECOGNIZED
THAT EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITIES ARE HAZARDOUS TO PARTICIPANTS, REGARDLESS OF
ALL FEASIBLE SAFETY MEASURES WHICH CAN BE TAKEN. EACH PARTICIPANT IN AN
EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITY EXPRESSLY ASSUMES THE RISK OF AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO PERSON OR PROPERTY WHICH RESULTS FROM
PARTICIPATION IN AN EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITY, ON OR AROUND A HORSE.
CROSSED
SABERS STABLE & THE SECOND WIND ADOPTION PROGRAM
RELEASE AND HOLD
HARMLESS AGREEMENT
I
ACKNOWLEDGE THE INHERENT RISKS WHICH ARE INVOLVED IN RIDING AND WORKING AROUND
HORSES, DOGS, HORSE EQUIPMENT, FARM EQUIPMENT, FARM FACILITIES, STABLE OR FARM
PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY WITH A LOW BUDGET OR NOT FOR PROFIT/NON-PROFIT OPERATION.
THE RISKS MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGE TO PERSONAL PROPERTY,
ILLNESS, BODILY INJURY, TRAUMA, OR DEATH RESULTING FROM A FALL OR WHILE RIDING
OR BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO HORSES AND DOGS. I FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH
HORSE AND RIDER CAN BE INJURED IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF EVENTS WHILE RIDING,
SCHOOLING, TRANSPORTING AND THEREFORE AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS
CROSSED SABERS STABLE AND THE SECOND WIND ADOPTION PROGRAM, IT’S EMPLOYEES,
VOLUNTEERS, OR ANY INDEPENDENT STABLE HELP AND FURTHER RELEASE THEM FROM ANY
LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ACCIDENT, INJURY, DAMAGE, OR DEATH TO THE
PARTICIPANT, PROPERTY, HORSE THE PARTICIPANT OWNS, ANY FAMILY MEMBER OR
SPECTATOR ACCOMPANYING THE PARTICIPANT WHILE ON THE PREMISES OF CROSSED SABERS
STABLE OR ANY SWAP FACILITY AND OFF THE PREMISES WHEN PARTICIPATING IN AN
ACTIVITY SPONSORED BY THE STABLE/ADOPTION PROGRAM. THIS RELEASE IS EFFECTIVE
FOREVER. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IF I USE ANY UNACCEPTABLE, UNSAFE PRACTICES WITH
ANY STABLE OR ADOPTION HORSE OR DO ANYTHING BEYOND THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
CAPABILITIES OR THE HORSE AND DAMAGE TO THE HORSE OR PROPERTY OCCURS THAT I
COULD BE LIABLE FOR THE HORSE OR THE PROPERTY.
SIGNATURE OF
PARTICIPANT_____________________________________
DATE___________ NAME PRINTED___________________________________
FULL ADDRESS
PRINTED W/PHONE NUMBER:
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
1ST
PARENT SIGNATURE, IF UNDER 18 BOTH PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIAN (S) MUST SIGN
_____________________________________________________________
2ND
PARENT SIGNATURE
DIRECTIONS
TO CROSSED SABERS
FROM THE NORTH EAST
TAKE I-79 SOUTH TO STATE RT.
50 (EXIT 119 AT BRIDGEPORT/CLARKSBURG), THEN FOLLOW DIRECTIONS LISTED BELOW FOR
FROM THE EAST. IF COMING FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AREA OR NORTHERN VA,
DO NOT COME ACROSS US RT. 50 UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED FOR HOURS OF HAIR PIN TURNS
IN THE MOUNTAINS.
FROM THE SOUTH EAST
TAKE I-79 NORTH TO STATE RT.
50 (EXIT 119 AT BRIDGEPORT/CLARKSBURG), THEN FOLLOW DIRECTIONS FOR FROM THE
EAST. IF COMING FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AREA OR NORTHERN VA, DO NOT COME
ACROSS US RT. 50 UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED FOR HOURS OF HAIR PIN TURNS IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
FROM THE NORTH WEST
TAKE I-77 SOUTH TO PARKERSBURG
AND THE STATE RT. 50. TAKE THE STATE RT. 50 EAST AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS
LISTED BELOW FOR FROM THE WEST.
FROM THE SOUTHWEST
TAKE I-77 NORTH TO PARKERSBURG
AND STATE ROUTE 50. TAKE THE STATE ROUTE 50 EAST AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS
LISTED BELOW FOR FROM THE WEST.
FROM THE WEST
TAKE RT. 50 EAST TO THE
SMITHBURG EXIT (RIGHT HAND TURN FOR THE EXIT), FOLLOW THE ROAD AROUND TO THE
RIGHT AND GO ABOUT 1.5 MILES TO JOCKEY CAMP ROAD (ON RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
FIRST HILL YOU CROSS). TAKE A RIGHT TURN ONTO JOCKEY CAMP ROAD AND GO ABOUT 2
MILES TO THE LARGE RED BARN ON THE LEFT OR GO 2.2 MILES TO THE LARGE GRAY HOUSE
ON THE RIGHT (STABLE OFFICE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSE)
FROM THE EAST
TAKE RT. 50 WEST TO SMITHBURG.
TAKE THE SMITHBURG EXIT (LEFT HAND TURN FOR THE EXIT ), FOLLOW THE ROAD AROUND
TO THE RIGHT AND GO ABOUT 1.5 MILES TO JOCKEY CAMP ROAD (ON RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE FIRST HILL YOU CROSS). TURN RIGHT ONTO JOCKEY CAMP ROAD AND GO ABOUT 2
MILES TO THE LARGE RED BARN ON THE LEFT OR 2.2 MILES TO THE LARGE GRAY HOUSE ON
THE RIGHT, (THE STABLE OFFICE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSE).
ESTIMATED DISTANCES FROM REGIONAL CITIES (ALL IN MILES)
| CLARKSBURG, WV 32 |
HUNTINGTON, WV 162 |
PARKERSBURG, WV 5 |
| BECKLEY, WV 105 |
CHARLESTON, WV 146 |
BLUEFIELD, WV 160 |
| MORGANTOWN, WV 84 |
MARTINSBURG, WV 200 |
WASHINGTON, DC 270 |
| COLUMBUS, OH 181 |
CLEVELAND, OH 220 |
CINCINNATI, OH 288 |
| LEXINGTON, KY 282 |
RICHMOND, VA 305 |
NORFOLK, VA 410 |
| WHEELING, WV 70 |
PITTSBURGH, PA 161 |
BALTIMORE, MD 299 |
HOTEL/MOTEL/RESTAURANT LIST
BEST HOTELS IF
COMING FROM THE EAST AND CLARKSBURG (ABOUT 30 MIN)
- HOLIDAY INN, 304 842-5411, I-79 AND RT 50E, AT EXIT 119
- RAMADA INN, 304 623-2600, I-79 AND RT. 50
- SUPER 8 MOTEL, 304-842-1919, EXIT 121 ON I-79
- SLEEP INN, 304 842-1919 BRIDGEPORT
- HAMPTON INN, 304 842-9300, BRIDGEPORT, WV, EXIT 121 OFF I-79
BEST HOTELS (IF COMING FROM THE WEST
AND PARKERSBURG), 50 MIN. AWAY
- AMERIHOST INN, 304-489-3111, MINERAL WELLS EXIT OFF I-77
- COMFORT SUITES, 304-489-9600, MINERAL WELLS EXIT OFF I-77
- DAYS INN, 304-375-3730, I-77 AND RT. 31 NO. OF PARKERSBURG
- HAMPTON INN, 304-489-2900, MINERAL WELLS EXIT OFF I-77
- HOLIDAY INN, 304-485-6200, PARKERSBURG
- HOME SUITE HOME, 304-428-7773, I-77 AND RT 50 AT PARKERSBURG
- RED ROOF INN, 304-485-1741, RT. 50 AND I-77 AT PARKERSBURG
BEST HOTELS (IF
COMING FROM THE NORTH, RT. 2 OR RT 7 SOUTH TO RT 18... TO MIDDLEBOURNE, NEW
MARTINSVILLE, WHEELING, ST. CLAIRSVILLE OHIO, SISTERSVILLE, MOUNDSVILLE), FROM 30 MIN. AWAY
TO 1 HOUR
- AMERIHOST INN NEW MARTINSVILLE, RT. 2,
304-455-6100
- PLAZA INN, NEW MARTINSVILLE, RT. 2, 304-455-4490
- BUDGET INN, NEW MARTINSVILLE, RT 2, 304-455-2750
- MAGNOLIA HOUSE, B&B, NEW MARTINSVILLE, RT 2,
304-455-4440
- TRAVELERS INN, RT 2, NEW MARTINSVILLE,
304-455-3355
- DAYS INN, WHEELING, 304-547-0610
- FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES, MALL ROAD, 740-699-4980
- HOTEL CLARENDON, ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OH 740-695-9025
- BEST WESTERN, WHEELING, OFF I-70, 304-233-8500
- HAMPTON INN, WHEELING, 304-233-0440
- WELLS INN, SISTERSVILLE, 304-652-1312
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CLOSEST TO
CROSSED SABERS STABLE, ABOUT 40 MIN.
-
- STONE HOUSE FARM B & B
(304) 873-3046
- Liz and Paul Jerrett, Innkeepers and also SWAP Adopters
- They have room for towed vehicles and trailer parking
- website:
www.stonehousefarmbnb.com
- Email:
innkeepers@stonehousefarmbnb.com,
- New Milton, WV
CLARKSBURG RESTAURANT LISTING
- BOB EVANS (304) 842-7440, EXIT 121 OFF I-79
- CACTUS JACKS TEX MEX (304) 623-0177, RT 19S IN CLARKSBURG
- APPLEBEES (304) 623-2092, EXIT 119 OFF I-79 BY SUPER WALMART
- OUTBACK STEAK HOUSE (304) 842-8915, EXIT 121 AT THE MALL
- CHURCHHILLS GRILL (304) 842-5411, INSIDE HOLIDAY INN, EXIT 119
- DAMON’S (304) 624-7427, EASTPOINTE SHOPPING CENTER EXIT 119
- TEXAS ROADHOUSE (304) 623-1660, EASTPOINTE SHOPPING CENTER
- GARFIELDS (304) 842-8556, IN MEADOWBROOK MALL, EXIT 121
- PIZZA HUT (304) 842-6976, EXIT 119
WEST UNION & SALEM RESTAURANTS
- MARIN'S (304) 873-9895@ WEST UNION
- COTTAGE CORNER THE SALEM DOWNTOWN EXIT
OFF RT 50
- BP’S FOOD COURT 304-873-3333 @ WEST UNION EXIT OFF RT. 50 (DELIVERS)
- CHEVRON RESTAURANT, ONE EXIT WEST OF OUR EXIT (SNOW BIRD ROAD, ONE EXIT
EAST OF THE WEST UNION EXIT, THEY ALSO HAVE GAS AND DIESEL)
- ALICE’S RESTUARANT304-873-1503 IN WEST UNION
PARKERSBURG RESTAURANTS
- BOB EVANS, 422-0260, RT 50 AND I-77
- CHI CHI’S MEXICAN, 428-4111, CENTRAL AVE.
- CHINA GARDEN,428-6045, MURDOCK AVE.
- CRACKER BARREL, 489-2382, MINERAL WELLS EXIT OFF I-79
- DON EMILIO’S, 422-8800, OHIO AVE.
- JP HENRY’S, 485-9390, EMERSON AVE.
- LONE STAR STEAK HOUSE, 295-7822, GRAND CENTRAL AVE.
- OLIVE GARDEN, 485-0096, GRAND CENTRAL AVE.
- OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE, 422-3781, GRAND CENTRAL AVE.
- POINT OF VIEW RESTAURANT, 863-3366, BLENNERHASSETT HEIGHTS
- RED LOBSTER, 422-1852, MURDOCK AVE.
- THIRD STREET DELI, 433-0003, 3RD ST.
- THE NET, 422-7703, 7TH ST.
THE TOWNS OF WEST UNION, CLARKSBURG AND SALEM HAVE A VARIETY
OF FAST FOOD AS WELL AS SEVERAL LOCATED AT EASTPOINTE SHOPPING CENTER,
MEADOWBROOK MALL AND GRAND CENTRAL MALL.
Crossed Sabers Facilities
Use (Reservations Required)
CSS and SWAP has always had an open door
for not only animals looking for a home but also for people and their animal
friends looking for a place to hang their head for the night. This will
never change as long as this farm belongs to this program. So we ask you to feel
free to use them, when ever its convenient for our adopters, transporters,
donors and students. This is not a hotel and people who live here
are very busy so they can't take care of you, your horse and their normal
duties, too. Please just plan to leave things better than when you arrived and
we will always be able to make this offer to our SWAP family. We just ask that
if there are full time employees, volunteers or interns that you respect their
space and privacy and try to leave the facilities better than you when you
arrived, pull sheets off and turn in to the farm laundry and wash your dishes
before departing.
The stable library (hundreds of training
video's and books) is available for viewing by guests in the office during
office hours or at night during your visit.
Click here to see the list of extensive
resources in our training library.
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