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Amended Date for 2010 - SWEP AGM and AWARDS
Night
This event will be held on Friday 26th November
2010 at 7 p.m. in the Westward Inn, Lee Mill,
Plymouth and not the 19th November 2010 as
previously advertised.
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2010 - SWEP Indoor Show Dates at
Duchy College, Stoke Climsland, Callington, Cornwall PL17 0AB:
Sundays -
24th January / 14th February / 28th March / 10th October
/ 7th November
Click for
2010 Indoor Schedule
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2010 - SWEP Outdoor Horse &
Dog Show
This event will be held on Sunday 25th July
2010 at Veale Holme Farm, Vinery Lane, Plympton, Plymouth
Updated 3rd March 2010
REHOMING:
3rd March - Rupert
has been rehomed and removed from the rehoming page.
Blaze and Xera are new ponies ready
for rehoming and Toffee is now ready to be rehomed.
Bilbo, Blossom, Gilly and Joey Half Pint have all been rehomed
and
Wizard and Pumpkin are due in
next week.
Visit the
REHOMING PAGE
for details of all
the ponies and application details.
To make enquires or apply please contact Adele Cassidy (SWEP Loan Pony
Co-ordinator)
Mobile
number 07780 673672 - e-mail address
loanpony@googlemail.com
Updated 26th January 2010
SWEP TABLE TOP SALE - ALL PROCEEDS TO
SWEP
SWEP will be holding a 'Table Top' sale
on Sunday 25th April 2010 from 1.30pm to 4.30pm at Duchy College,
Stoke Climsland.
Tables cost £5.00 and can be booked by
phoning Katriona Rich on
07917 130010 and can be set up from
1230.
VIEW TABLE TOP POSTER
SWEP AGM & AWARDS NIGHT - AMENDED DATE
The date of the next SWEP AGM & Awards
night has been changed from 7pm Friday 19th Nov 2010 to 7pm on
Friday 26th Nov 2010; the venue remains the Westward Inn, Lee Mill,
Plymouth
SWEP INDOOR SHOW - February 2010:
The date of our indoor show in February
2010 is Sunday the 14th and not the 21st as printed in the schedule.
New schedules with the correct date are being made available.
The 2010 Indoor Schedule
on the website has already been amended to show the correct date.
Updated 22nd December 2009
SWEP would like to thank the makers of
the 'Haymate' (www.haymate.net)
who have made a generous gesture by donating two of their 'Haymates'
to SWEP. Worth £125 each, one has already been put to good use
at our yard and is already proving to be very effective, the other 'Haymate' will be a prize in a future raffle.
Updated 21st September 2009
Updated 26th August 2009
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Loan Pony Inspectors required.
Willing volunteers are
required to act as Loan Pony Inspectors especially in the
Plymouth and surrounding areas. As a Loan Pony Inspector
you would visit prospective and existing 'Loanees' so it is
important that you have a very good knowledge, and experience,
of horses. Fuel expenses are paid. To apply or to
ask for more information please contact Adele Cassidy using the
contact information below.
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Latest SWEP rescue stories:
1. Sophie –
Sophie a mare
came in from
Dartmoor
with breathing difficulties (she was making a ‘roaring’ sound).
She produced a lovely filly foal
called
‘Tilly’ in May 09 but sadly Sophie did not get any
better and had to be put down.
Click here for pictures
Sophie
& Tilly - Picture 1
Sophie &
Tilly Picture 2
2. Billy – Billy is a colt foal
who was pulled out of a bog on Dartmoor by Ten Tors walkers who
found him. There was no mare or herd in sight. The foal followed
the walkers back to their check point. When SWEP took ‘Billy’ in he
was dehydrated.
Click here for pictures
Billy - Picture 1
Billy - Picture 2
3. Brook- A filly foal
Brook was found by walkers on Dartmoor, nearly drowned in a
stream. She was pulled out, near death and brought to SWEP.
Nursed back to life.
4. Blake - An orphaned colt foal
Blake was brought in from Bodmin
Moor who nearly died but has made a miraculous recovery.
Click
here to read Blakes Story and see his pictures
5. Difficult Foaling -
Mare made its way to Maureen Roll's house with its foal, still
born and part way out. It had its head and one leg out and the
other leg was compacted against the mare's pelvis. The vet was
called and he sedated the mare and pulled the dead foal out.
The mare ran away once the procedure had finished. Maureen
checked her for the next 2 days, and she looked weak but well.
Couldn't find her on the third. 5 days after the event she was
spotted with the heard, fit and well.
Click here for pictures
Mare 1
Mare 2
6. Broken Fetlock -
Moorland pony with a broken fetlock. Sadly had to be put down.
Click here for picture
Picture
Updated 22nd May 2009
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Latest SWEP stories:
1. 3 Shetlands (Robin, Spud and Polo) from the
National Trust are available for rehoming. Please help.
2. 6 Mini Shetlands (Meg, Milly, Gilly, Joie 1/2 Pint,
Genie and Tango) have been returned to SWEP and are available
for rehoming (in pairs). Please help.
3. The story of Blake an orphaned colt foal from Bodmin
Moor who nearly died but has made a miraculous recovery.
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Click here for the full stories and
to see photographs of all the ponies
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Updated 24th February 2009
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SWEP Rescue \stories:
RTA Mare – Dartmoor January 2009
On
the Yelverton to Princetown road on an extremely dark, cold, and
windy evening this mare was hit by a car that did not stop to
see if she was injured.
Police asked SWEP to attend; sadly the mare had a broken back
leg. A Veterinary was called who euthanised the mare. The
farmer owner removed her from the moor the following day.
Click here for pictures
PICTURE 1
PICTURE 2
Redruth area – Cornwall January 2009
Several
complaints of no food / hay and no one ever checking the
ponies. The dark bay was very emaciated and weak; the chestnut
was starting to lose body condition. No owner was traced and
appeared to be possibly gypsy owners.
A SWEP trustee
is calling daily with food, hay and drinking water. When the
ponies realised the hard food was for them wormers were put into
the feeds.
SWEP is
covering the cost of feeding and caring for the ponies until the
owner(s) can be located. Without SWEP’s intervention and care
the dark bay would have died.
Click here for pictures
PICTURE 1
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Updated 30th November 2008
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The 2008 AGM and Awards Night
was held at the Westward Inn, Lee Mill on Friday 21st November
2008. The
AGM was presented by Maureen Rolls and the minutes will be
available on the website in the near future. However,
Maureen identified the following areas of interest as being
important enough to be put on the website before the minutes are
available:
1.
Cocoa Mulch -
Quote "Yesterday one of our dog agility friends experienced
a tragedy and wanted me to pass a special message along to all
of my dog loving friends and family. Please tell every dog
owner you know.
Over the weekend the doting owner of two
young lab crosses purchased Cocoa Mulch from Target to use in
their garden. They loved the way it smelled and it was
advertised to keep cats away from their garden. Their dog
Calypso, decided that the mulch smelled good enough to eat and
devoured a large helping. She vomited a few times which was
typical when she eats something new but wasn't acting lethargic
in any way. The next day, Mom woke up and took Calypso out for
her morning walk. Half way through the walk, she had a seizure
and died instantly.
Although the mulch had NO warnings
printed on the label, upon further investigation on the company?
s website, this product is HIGHLY toxic to dogs. Cocoa
Mulch is manufactured by Hershey's, and they claim that "It is
true that studies have shown that 50% of the dogs that eat Cocoa
Mulch can suffer physical harm to a variety of degrees
(depending on each individual dog). However, 98% of all dogs
won't eat it."."
Quote "Cocoa Mulch, which is sold
by Home Depot, Foreman's GardenSupply and other Garden supply
stores, contains a lethal ingredient called "Theobromine". It
is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it
really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die.
Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Just a
word of caution: check what you are using in your gardens and be
aware of what your gardeners are using in your gardens.
Theobromine is the
ingredient that is used to make all chocolate especially dark or
baker's chocolate which is toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean shells
contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine, a xanthine
compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog
that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao
bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours
later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao
bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of
theobromine." Unquote
2. Rescue Remedy Pastilles - Quote "Bach, the
manufacturer of Rescue Remedy have released a Rescue Remedy
Pastille (sweetie) that is sweetened with 'xylitol'.
For those who don't know, xylitol is toxic to dogs. The
original liquid formula is fine for your furry friends as is the
spray but please avoid the Pastille (candy/sweetie) version.
Xylitol is also commonly found in chewing gum (and toothpaste)
so please keep these safely out of your dogs reach as well."
Unquote
WE ALWAYS NEED LOTS OF HELP AT ALL
OUR EVENTS
IF YOU CAN OFFER
ANY HELP AT ANY
OF OUR EVENTS PLEASE LET MAUREEN KNOW - 01822 890668
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GILLIAN SPINNEY BSc BAEDT
Gillian (a Member of the British Association of Equine Dental
Technicians) provides an Equine Dental Service for Devon and
Cornwall. Tel: 01566 86056 - Mob: 07799877806 - E-Mail:
equinedentist@tiscali.co.uk
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HOUGHTON SADDLERY
Houghton Saddlery will make a donation to SWEP for all good
bought at the SWEP shows.
Visit their website
www.houghtonsaddlery.co.uk or e-mail them direct
shop@houghtonsaddlery.co.uk
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TALBY's TROPHIES
SWEP would like to recommend
'TALBY'S (Trophies) of Plympton' for all your show
trophies and engraving needs. Workmanship is of the
highest quality and SWEP Members attract a generous Discount.
Talby's is located at 5 Seymour Road, Plympton PL7 4NX (opposite
'Heles' school).
Telephone/Fax: 01752 331332 and Mobile:
07970 439303.
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SNUGGY HOODS -
Is a family run business specialising in horse wear. Visit their
website www.snuggyhoods.co.uk or e-mail
sales@snuggyhoods.co.uk
or phone 01225 783399
for further details.
SNUGGY HOODS are pleased to offer a discount to SWEP Loan Ponies
for their 'Sweet Itch' Body rugs. These rugs come with
excellent testimonials from horse loving owners and recommends
from EqWest Equine Clinic, Devon and Vetsrearch,
Shropshire.
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