Mounted search and rescue

[Una Smith <una@lanl.gov>]

Barbara Zabriskie wrote:
>I'm trying get a mounted SAR equiptment list gathered

See http://www.ibiblio.org/msar/units/santafe/skills.pdf and 
http://www.ibiblio.org/msar/trotsar.txt for some examples.

>I want to see WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE AT ESCAPE as far as
>training, classes etc. any ideas. Please pass this on.

We had an equine first aid training session with a vet.  Time
was limited, so it was all show and tell.  I would like to have
a class like a standard first aid class, where the students do
some hands-on stuff.  Specifically:  roll wraps;  wrap legs;
apply bandages;  remove a shoe;  replace a shoe (using a metal,
easy boot, or other type of shoe, duct tape, whatever);  put
on tack properly (eg, no breastplate or back cinch before the
front cinch);  repair a lost or broken bridle (eg, use string
to hang the bit from the horse's forelock);  repair/replace a
broken cinch;  etc.

Barbara, exactly when and where will ESCAPE 2004 be held?

        Una Smith
        Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse, in New Mexico