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Congrats to our Executive Director and President Celeita Kramer
for her Selection to the 2009 Who's Who among Executive and Professional Woman.
Amazing, seems like every year someone recognizes her super work. Last year she
got the National Leadership Award for 2008 from the National Republican Party.
Bravo!!
stay up with our President/Executive Director, all the directors, volunteers and
riders (Crossed Sabers is on
Facebook too). All the CSS/SWAP supporters are having a big time sharing
stories, pictures, lots of good stuff about their horses.
TOP TEN WAYS YOU CAN HELP PROTECT
HORSES
(ASPCA and SWAP Suggestions)
1. BE THEIR VOICE
- your vote is your greatest weapon against injustice, so register and actively
support horse protection and preservation legislation.
2. LEAD BY EXAMPLE - Walk the talk. Don't support or attend cruel
horse activities such as Tennessee Walker events using "soring" techniques -
painful techniques to make the horse walk a certain way, or events that use
drugs to make horses achieve results. High-diving horse acts are cruel, as are
rodeo events that don't promote respect for animals and their health.
3. BE AN INFORMED CONSUMER - products made from horses like Premarin
(pregnant mare urine pills for estrogen replacement), are created through
horses' suffering. Your spending dollar is a weapon.
4. SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE - inform people what happens to race horses
after their short careers are over (slaughter plant bound), or where Premarin
comes from. Engage them in discussion.
5. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL HORSE RESCUE OR SANCTUARY - these organizations
make life better for horses.
6. VOLUNTEER - your gift of time is valuable to horse groups and if
you have special talents, so much the better.
7. REPORT CRUELTY - if you witness abuse or neglect, report it to
local animal control or your county sheriff. Someone cruel to animals is cruel
to humans, too.
8. PROTECT THE AMERICAN WILD HORSE - mustangs have a special place in
our history and you can support federal and local legislation by writing emails
and letters to your government reps.
9. KEEP YOUR HORSE SAFE AND HEALTHY - if you own a horse, maintain
its health with regular hoof, medical and dental check-ups. Make sure they are
companioned as horses suffer living alone - even a goat makes a good companion.
Feed what the horse needs, if you are seeing ribs and hip bones, the horse is
not getting enough, if you can't afford to buy more feed, then give the horse to
someone who can, just be sure to check the person out and make sure they are not
selling the horse to slaughter or just going to turn out and sell the horse to
anyone that has the money. .
10. PLAN AHEAD FOR YOUR HORSE'S CARE - your health and finances
change so what happens to your horse of you can't care for it anymore? Research
your options, including a pet trust. Horses live into their mid 20s and early
30s now - that's a lifetime of commitment.
Crossed Sabers Stable:
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As
many as 60 million visitors per year
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As many as 530,000 hits
in one day
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Visitors from 113
different countries
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Website Visitors from
every continent of the world
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Thousands of horses (of
65 different breeds) in homes today with SWAP
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Horses adopted in 46 of
the 50 states and Canada
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13 Year History
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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 2009, 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. 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. 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. They
are not based on the truth, they are based on harassment, complaining, whining
and dishonesty. 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.
Stay away from Toxic people and Toxic websites/forums that are negative or that
spend on their time talking bad about people or horses. What you are around
today and what you are doing today is what you will be tomorrow. Stop
Complaining and be Thankful for what we each have. If you become a target of
harassment or anyone saying anything negative about you, if you are doing only
good, positive things and not hurting anyone then ignore then, its all based on
jealousy and a sick sort of wish to be like you.
7. 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
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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).
16. 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.
17. 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..
18. 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?
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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. That is true for everything on the internet. Some things said about us have been grossly inaccurate and did not come from CSS,
some come from past employees we fired for cause and from people we helped put
in jail on neglect cases. 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 and respect to them. Horses that come to SWAP are owned by SWAP and
Crossed Sabers, SWAP notifies owners about their horses 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
loose 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. Her daughter works with her,
Amanda or Mandy, she helps her rip people off. Beware, I'm getting calls almost
every month where Robin has committed more crimes against people, taking horses,
not paying for them, bouncing checks, buying vehicles and horse trailers and not
paying for them. BEWARE OF THIS WOMAN!!
BEWARE: Do not buy a horse from anyone you do not
know, ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERNET, unless
they have websites like ours, names and addresses listed 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. DO NOT GIVE
YOUR HORSE OR SELL YOUR HORSE WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT AS TO WHAT IS TO
HAPPEN WITH THE HORSE, RESELLING, USE/LIMITATIONS, FACILITIES NEEDED, ETC. It
you sell or give away a horse with no agreement, they could go to slaughter the
same day you release them to the buy or they could be sold and misrepresented,
living a life of neglect abuse, over use and miss use the rest of their lives.
If you need help doing written agreements, back ground checks on buyers and
sellers, just contact us, that is part of our 'SAFE SELLING' SERVICES. Your
horse's life depends on you being safe and thorough!
BEWARE: 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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 SWAP'S MISSING HORSES
Forgiveness if a full time job, and sometimes very difficult. Few of us
always succeed, yet making the effort is our most noble calling. It is the
world's only real chance to begin again. A radical forgiveness is a complete
letting go of the past, in any personal relationship, as well as in any
collective drama.
—Excerpted from A Return to
Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
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"One way or another,
everyone gets what they deserve. What comes around, goes around"
SWAP has put thousands of horses into great homes
but with every organization there are always a few people that disregard the
promises they made to us and to the horse and they sell the horse for nothing
else but to get money and the love of money. Most times we easily recover the
horse when its being staved, abused or neglected but when the horse is sold, it
is often hard to find the horse. Our only concern is about these horses who are
now lost and not protected by our adoption contract. SWAP does pursue justice in
the court system with every breach of contract and It is up to you if you give
these people a horse of yours. Personally, we know they will get their true
reward for this dishonesty, the universe will never let anyone do something like this
without justice so we do not need to worry about them but we are very concerned
about the horses and want to know they are in a good home. Anyone knowing
anything about any of these horses please let us know about them, location,
condition, do they have a good home, etc.
We have removed the black list, not because any
court told us to (its only slander when you are not telling the truth) but we
know bad people will always get what is coming to them. We just realized we
don't have to be the one to make them pay, the universe and its infinite wisdom
will do that. We will file our litigation against those who have breached their
contract and recover our horses from bad adopters and from criminal abusers with
the police but it will not be listed as entertainment for anyone. For those who
were on our blacklist, for all those pro slaughter abusers of horses on the
forums who continue to slander SWAP and our executor Celeita Kramer, we thank
you and appreciate all that you do, because you have made us stronger, smarter,
more determined, more talented is seeing the truth and recognizing the type of
people we want to be with, work with and have our horses. We can now very
clearly recognize bad adopters, bad horse people and even bad transporters and
for all that we are very thankful. You have made us more prepared for our long
future in adoption, rehab, retirement and all the programs we are now involved
in. You have totally convinced us that what we do is so badly needed and for
that we will be eternally grateful. Have a wonderful day.
SWAP's Missing horses and adopters
who sold their horse and breached our contract
-Sharon
Bennett of Trenton, Ohio sold her adoption horse, a gray Arab mare named
Vanity and breeched her adoption
contract. The horse hasn't been recovered yet.
-Kelli
Malave of 6319 SW 62 Court, Ocala, FL has breached her contract by
selling her adoption horse, Mac (Dante's Design) a 2000 Holsteiner, QH, TB cross
gelding. She used to board with Paula Sheldon who we also caught attempting to
sell her adoption horse and we recovered that horse but Mac is still missing. Here is Mac or Dante's
Design, we are still looking for him:
-Chris
Rosenburg (Chris Ellis) of 273 Mt. Bethel Road, Pickens, SC sold our horse Cutie
(she called him Sarge), a leopard spotted Appy gelding she adopted from
us in 1999. She still has Libby a TB mare but we are preparing to take her to
court, we will take Libby from her and sue her for the value of Cutie, along
with all court costs and legal fees and all the costs associated with finding
the horse and getting him back.
-Emily
Devey of Falcon Horse Camp of Carrollton, Ohio has breached our contract
by not feeding or caring for our horses according to her adoption contract, for
neglecting our horses, for not keeping our horses with her according to her
contract, for not providing shelter according to our contract, for not getting
shots, coggins and dental care according to our contract, for refusing to return
our horse when we have requested it be returned because of these breaches and
for hiding one of our horses from us, for not letting us pick up our horse when
we asked for it to be returned and when we sent a transporter to her facility to
pick up our horses. We suspect that she has either leased or
even sold one horse, both illegally and against our contract, selling a horse you do
not own is against the law and is taking money under false pretenses which is a
felony.
-Lori
Gargano of Benton Harbor, MI has breached her adoption contract, probably
by selling the adoption horse.
-George
and Lauren Aguilar of Natalia, TX breached our adoption contract by
starving our 2 adoption horses, Dakota Rose (Rosie) and Joy of Kash (Tess), both
young healthy mares when we sent them to them. Last word is that the police
seized all their horses for neglect (starving the horses) and all the horses
were passed on to Lone Star Equine Rescue for placement.
-Robin
Hollingsworth or Robin Osbourne (from a past marriage but she still uses that
name and many other false names) of Blacksburg, SC, has been accused of several cases of horse fraud.
We found 18 years of alleged cheating people, drugging horses, misrepresenting
ages, breeds and capabilities of horses, selling horses that were boarded with
her, setting sellers and buyers up, pushing buyers into quick cash sales with no
vet check and then disappearing, falsifying coggins and vet checks. She uses cancer to get people to give her
horses or sell them to her for nearly nothing, making people feel sorry for her,
she has been saying for over 18 years she has cancer but she doesn't and never
had cancer, she said she was a patient at Duke University cancer treatment
center and she has never been a patient there, she tells people their horse is
going to be her horse to help her get over her cancer and to be her buddy for
her last days and they give her the horse and she sells it, she targets
adoption/rescue programs and university programs for horses and people just
looking to retire their horse, then she turns around and sells them. This type of conduct could result
in the injury or death of an inexperienced or unaware riders. She
has lied to people for years saying she would take their horse and keep it
forever; then turned around and sold the animals, drugged them, misrepresenting
age, misrepresenting their training and misrepresented the animals athletic and physical capabilities,
she even changed coggins and vet checks and has lost several civil cases against
her regarding her horse fraud. She provided false
information on several areas on our application, including providing a
fraudulent SSN to hide her criminal record, she has used 8 or 9 false names and
has been arrested and convicted for using false names and false social security
numbers to obtain loans. All horses except the eight referenced below were recovered.
She is still selling horses all over the east coast on the internet so BEWARE,
not only does she not own many of the horses she is selling she is calling
companion horses that are lame and will be lame the rest of their lives 'highly
trained jumpers' and selling them as such for big money, selling 25 year old
horses and saying they are 10 and changing their coggins. We are awaiting the
Grand Jury for the
criminal cases and also filing a civil suit upon conclusion of the criminal
case. Several Civil Cases have been filed and won against her but she is so
smart, she has nothing in her name and no job, never filed income taxes on her
sales because she only does cash sales so no court can take anything from her,
Her daughter Amanda owns the farm they live in and cheat people from.
Finally, We received our subpoena for
the grand jury for the prosecution of
Robin Hollingsworth, formerly of Landrum, SC, (now living in Blacksburg,
SC), this is for the 2 counts of fraud, taking money under false pretenses, and
falsifiing a coggins. Everyone here at SWAP are key witnesses, plus Robins
cohort in crime Ginger Buchanan, that helped her cheat so many people, has been found and she is singing like a bird to
stay out of trouble. Between us and her, we will be putting Robin away for a
long time, especially since she is on probation already for fraud (after her
months of house arrest). Anyone that has been ripped off by Robin, where she
took your money and lied, falisified a coggins, falsified vet checks, even sold
you a horse she does not own, please file criminal complaints in the county
where the crime was committed.
Remember she already has 11 counts of felonies for fraud, she's used false
social security numbers and false names, she has a long list of names she's used
to sell horses, she has changed vet reports, changed coggins to sell horses,
said horses were as much as 14 years younger than they actually are, she has
been saying she's had cancer for over 20 years and doesn't, she said she has a
Phd from NC State and she never went graduated from any college, she says she's
an A Rated judge and she's never been a judge, she has drugged horses to sell
them, even sold horses that were boarding with her that she did not own, she
even sold a horse with a crushed foot as a jumper, she attempted to sell a horse
with a pelvic fracture as a grand prix jumper and the horse was a pleasure mount
for light riding only, she sold over 15 SWAP horses breaching our contract, half
the horses we found and got back, 8 are still missing. She looks for cheap or
free horses all over the country and tells the owner she will give the best home
and keep them forever and she sells them as soon as she has them away from the
owner, she cries and uses sappy stories, like she has cancer and this horse is
going to be her therapy or her 'last horse' to get you out of your horse, only
to sell it, lie about it and take someone's money that does not know that the
horse is much older and not rideable. Buyer and seller beware, this woman has
over a 20 year history of fraud. Do not let this woman get away with what she
did to you, contact John and file criminal complaints now. The grand jury starts
on the 22nd of September, lets make sure this jury knows everything Robin has
done. Remember we helped put Karen Harlan behind bars for years of neglect and
cruelty, we can do the same with this woman but we need everyone to stand up
against the crimes she committed.
Update: I can't believe the court system in SC, they let her off with no
probation and no jail time as long as she paid the victims. For gods sakes, even
the law doesn't care about someone frauding and cheating people for years. If
you want to lie and cheat people for 20 years just move to SC, you can get away
with murder down there!! Well, remember this fraud is still free and still
buying and selling horses, she uses about 10 different names so if you are smart
you will never let her have a horse, sell a horse to her or buy a horse from
her, her daughter Mandy Pluckett is now involved in her fraud as well,. I can
guarantee no matter how much she sounds honest and Ernest, she is lying to get
your horse and sell it and if she is selling a horse to you, the horse is not
what she is saying. Everything she does is centered around a lie and she has no
scruples who she hurts and who she cheats and then because she has nothing in
her name, you can't sue her in a civil court because you will never see a dime,
the only thing anyone can do is file criminal complaints against her and stick
with it until she is charged and put in jail.
You always file criminal
complaints in the county where the crime was committed so if she cheats you and
you find out about it, then file it in your county and maybe another county will
take her crimes seriously and if you do contact us because we will testify on
her past. The courts don't seem to care about horses but some day she is going to sell a horse as a jumper and kill a child and then the
courts will be wishing they did something to stop her. She will never learn,
this woman is a career criminal.
The
alias's she has used during her 18 years of fraudulent activities that we
found are: Paula Hall, Paula A. Hall, Ann Osborne, Robin
Osborne, Robin Hollingsworth, Robin Balsinger, Robin Bordel, Robin Puckett, or
Ann with any of those last names and Jackie Hollingsworth or Jackie Swaney.
Beware!!! This woman is still running free in the Blacksburg, SC area. The
grand jury will probably not be until 2006!! Beware when selling or
giving your horses away!!! Beware of buying any horses in this area.
ADOPTION HORSES STILL MISSING,
SOLD BY ADOPTER ROBIN HOLLINGSWORTH, FORMERLY FROM LANDRUM, SC, NOW LIVING IN
BLACKSBURG, SC
Socks: 1994 QH gelding, 16 hands, sorrel,
trained in both western and english, sound for light pleasure riding (not more
than 3 times a week), will carry any kid or beginner, great trail horse.
Socks is only sound for light
riding!!!! Socks could likely get overused because of temperament, just a
really good boy. Socks was adopted on 12 September 2003 by Robin Hollingsworth
and assumed sold illegally.
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Socks - 10 year old QH cross gelding.
more info
Second Wind Adoption Program SC |
"Tully": 1992 unregistered Warmblood gelding, 16.3 hands, bay,
3 socks (LF, and both
hind socks, very small star in the shape of a quarter moon, trained in
hunter/jumper, shown extensively, will carry any level rider on the flat, kid
safe. Tully is sound. Tully was adopted on 12 September 2003
by Robin Hollingsworth and assumed sold
illegally.
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Tully - 12 year old bay Warmblood cross gelding missing from
Second Winds Adoption program.
more |
Skip-a-bar Trademark "Skip":'92
Quarter Horse gelding, sorrel, 15 hands (companion horse, no riding)
Skippy has severe navicular and can not be ridden!!! Love bug. Skippy was
adopted on 9 August 2003
by Robin Hollingsworth and assumed sold
illegally.
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Skip-A-Bar-Trademark - 11 y ear old Sorrel QH gelding missing
from Second Wind Adoption Program
more info |
Areneceous "Arnie" 1993 Thoroughbred Gelding
16.11/2 hands currently. Arnie is blind in one eye and can no longer be
jumped.
Sensitive feet without shoes.
Arnie
was adopted
by Robin Hollingsworth and assumed sold
illegally.
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Arnie - West Union and city county of fraud : Landrum,
Greenville County, SC 10 year old bay Thoroughbred gelding - registered
with jockey club #9334356
more info Second Wind Adoption Program WvA |
 
Andante: 1989 Thoroughbred gelding, 16.2
hands, Chestnut,
what a looker..... and what a ride (well
trained and has some knowledge of dressage, lateral moves, etc, staying sound
for riding 2 days a week with no problems). Dante had RF knee surgery and is
very limited to what he can do today. Absolutely no jumping!! Can get quick
with a novice rider, must earn his respect. Hard keeper so could be thinner,
the knee is a dead giveaway. Seems to be a little accident prone, strong
minded. Robin Hollingsworth adopted Dante on 22 July 2003 and is assumed sold
illegally.
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Andante -
West Union and city county of fraud : Landrum,
Greenville County, SC 15 year old chestnut gelding Thoroughbred --tattoo
S29503
more info Second Wind Adoption Program Wva |
Basically a Dreamer "Dreamer": 1996 Registerd QH
gelding, 15.3 hands, sound for all jobs. Green broke, still needs more
training. Can be strong minded even in hand. Dreamer was adopted on
22 July 2003
by Robin Hollingsworth and assumed sold
illegally.
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Basically A Dreamer - 8 year old sorrel gelding Quarter horse
missing from Adoption program. registered with AQHA
more info |
Waps Apache Dial "Dial": 2000 Registered
Appaloosa gelding, sound, 15.0 hands and still growing! Adopted by Robin
on 22 July 2003.
Robin adopted Dial on 22 July 2003
by Robin Hollingsworth and assumed sold
illegally.
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Waps Apache Dial -
4 year old Buckskin Appaloosa gelding
missing from Second Wind Adoption Program SC |
Wheeler's Renrock
"Twister": 1997 TB gelding, 16.2 hands, bay, sound for all professions.
Twister never raced, he is sorta bug eyed and toes out some on the front, hard
keeper so he might be much thinner. adopted by Robin Hollingsworth on 22 July 2003
and assumed sold illegally.
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Twister - West Union 7 year old Bay Thoroughbred gelding missing
in adoption fraud. registration number with jockey club is 9718495
more info Second Wind Adoption Program SC |
We are also looking for Charlie Dog. Robin
Hollingsworth adopted him said
she would keep all our animals for life.... Anybody seen this face?
Unfortunately we don't have a contract on Charlie.
PROTECTING YOUR HORSE FROM THEFT OR FROM BROKEN
SALE/ADOPTION CONTRACTS
Horse Identification
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Dr. C. Carter Black
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P.O. Box 1117
Meridian, ID 83680-1177
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Nevada
Department of Agriculture,
Division of Livestock Identification. 1351
Elm St., Elko, NV 89801
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WA State Depart. of AGP.O.
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