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Help us keep helping horses in need!! We can't do this without the help from
our wonderful friends and supporters....
We are raising money for this years grain for Second Wind ($18,000 needed for one year), hay
($24,000 needed for one year), vet/farrier and deworming for one year ($16,000
needed for one year) and $6000. for stall bedding = $64,000 total for care, plus
$12,000. in emergency transports and 10,000. for tracking horses in their home
and follow up to make sure they are okay ($86,000. total needed just to care for
the horses in our care and in their homes/foster homes).
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Proud to be an American!!
Crossed
Sabers Stable
Home of

 | As many as
60 million visitors per year |
 | As many as
530,000 hits in one day |
 | Visitors
from 113 different countries |
 | Visitors
from every continent of the world |
 | Thousands
of horses (of 65 different breeds) in homes today with SWAP |
 | Horses
adopted in 46 of the 50 states and Canada |
 | Between 75
and 300 adoptions each year |
 | 12 Year
History |

"You are
either part of the problem or part of the solution.
Be
part of the solution."

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".

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.

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?

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Hug Your Horse
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When your day seems out of balance and so
many things go wrong,
-
when people fight around you and the day
drags on so long,
-
when parents act like children, in-laws make
you think "Divorce",
-
go out in your pasture... wrap your arms
around your horse.
-
His gentle breath enfolds you and he watches
with those eyes.
-
He may not have a PhD, but he is oh, so wise!
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His head rests on your shoulder. You embrace
him oh so tight.
-
He puts your world in balance, and makes it
seem all right.
-
Your tears will soon stop flowing. The
tension is now eased.
-
The garbage has been lifted, and you're quiet
and at peace.
-
So when you need the balance from
circumstances in your day,
-
the best therapy that you can seek is out
there eating hay!!
-
~Mary Ann Miller~

- The
Horses' Prayer
- Feed me,
give me water, and care for me, and when the day's
- work is
done, give me shelter, a clean bed and a wide stall.
- Talk to
me. Your voice often substitutes for the reins for me.
- Be good to
me and I will serve you cheerfully and love you.
- Don't jerk
the reins and don't raise the whip.
- Don't beat
or kick me when I don't understand you,
- but rather
give me time to understand you.
- Don't
consider it disobedience if I don't follow your commands.
- Perhaps
there is a problem with my saddle and bridle or hooves.
- Check my
teeth if I don't eat, maybe I have a toothache.
- You know
how that hurts.
- Don't
halter me too short and don't dock my
- tail...
it's my only weapon against flies and mosquitoes.
- And at the
end, dear master, when I am no longer any use to you,
- don't let
me go hungry or freeze and don't sell me.
- Don't give
me a master who slowly tortures me to death and lets me
starve,
- but rather
be merciful and take care of me,
- by letting
me run and enjoy a warm pasture.
- Let me
request this of you and please don't regard it as
disrespectful
- if I ask
it in the name of Him who was born in a stable like me.
Amen

- My ladies
(at SWAP) have promised that I shall never be sold,
- and so I
have nothing to fear;
- and here
my story ends.
-
- My
troubles are all over,
- and I am
at home......
- standing
with my old friends under the apple-trees.
Black Beauty
If the only cost was love, we
could save them all.

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PRIMARY MISSION OF THE
SECOND WIND ADOPTION PROGRAM
Prevent animal abuse/neglect of
all the equus species and the need for rescue through
adoption, there by being a
catalyst for “Rescue Prevention” by placing horses into
quality homes before the need arises for rescue or
intervention by authorities.
Make up for the
lack of state protection laws
by having adoption contracts that govern minimum care
and use of each horse.
Allow
exceptional adopters the opportunity to purchase their
adoption horse with a safe selling contract that will
protect the horse for life,
after any where from a 2 to 5 year probation period.
Whenever possible, provide all
horses (everyone in the equine family) including race,
show, eventing, fox hunting, steeplechase, contest &
working horses, polo ponies or any other sport or
endurance horse an easy
transition to a second career
and give owners in every facet of the horse industry and
private owners a viable,
safe place for their horses to go and a more
humane place than a bad home, selling or giving the
horse to just anyone or resorting to unnecessary
slaughter.
Offer educational and support
services to horse
owners/donors and adopters (transportation, foster
homes, training, follow up, guidance with problems,
lessons and clinics for adopters).
Offer adopters
training services (lessons,
clinics, training of their adopted horses, continued
follow-up to insure continued success with their
adoption horse, and organized trips to regional, state
and national horse events that can be both educational
and fun).
Whenever
financially and physically possible,
provide horses in the Adoption
Program ground and under saddle training
to insure every chance for success in their next home.
Provide horses that are in need, the required
vet care, rest and rehab needed to
get better and find
companion horses or horses that can no longer be ridden
or driven a safe and loving home for the rest of their
lives.
Give people
that might not normally have a lot of up front money to
buy a trained horse but can
afford the daily care of a horse have the opportunity to
adopt and experience the joys of horse ownership and for
kids to be able to grow up with horses and learn
responsibility, dedication and the satisfaction to a job
well done and to offer people, individuals, families and
kids opportunities that can be both educational and fun
but additionally that gives families and friends
something that they can experience together that is good
for the body, mind and spirit.
When possible,
support equine and animal
rescue in times of natural disasters.
When possible,
support state and regional
officials with abuse cases
by being the expert in care and conditioning of the
equine and by giving them a place to send horses that
are taken from owners for abuse or neglect.
When possible,
as a secondary mission,
support other equine and small animal adoptions and
programs. Support all
rescue and adoption programs in order to offer a more
educated, well managed, unified approach to animal
welfare.
SECONDARY MISSION
SUPPORT SERVICES
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Basic And Transitional Job Training For Horses
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Lay-Up, Rehabilitation From Injury
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Equine Appraisals For Donors
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Spend A Week, Pick Your Horse Program
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Over Night Boarding And Housing For Donors/Adopters
And Their Horses
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Estate Planning (Preparing Your Animals For Your
Death)
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Boarding and Retiremente
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Horse Transportation Services and referrals
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
-
Advisory Program For Adopters
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Local And Regional Adopter Follow Up And
Assistance
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SWAP Educational Library For Adopters
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Training And Riding Instruction For Adopters
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Student Internships, Work Studies And College
Credit
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Sponsored Trips To Educational And Fun Equine
Events
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Scholarship Opportunities
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Breaking And Training Services
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Instructional Clinics
Training (Training 101)
Training Under Saddle (Training 102)
Driving (Training 103)
Horse and Barn 101
Transitional Training for Race Horses (STB, Arab, QH
and TB)
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