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  • From: bonnie elster <elster530@yahoo.com>
  • To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] Training Agenda
  • Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:22:07 -0700 (PDT)


Una, do you have dates for 2004. We have to put in for
vacation days Jan 1. The granting of days applied for
naturally go by seniority. I'm one of those that has
to plan w/great advance notice! Bonnie

--- Una Smith <una@lanl.gov> wrote:
> It is possible to combine both riding and non-riding
> courses
> in an MSAR conference venue. It's just difficult.
> Chris is
> correct; the key is to provide a safe place for the
> horses
> nearby while riders are in class. Non-horsey SAR
> management
> have a hard time grasping what constitutes a "safe
> place",
> so planning requires a very long lead time (on the
> order of
> many months). Another opportunity for snafu:
> non-horsey
> people don't realize that some equine vaccinations
> are given
> only as needed, and hence may require a lead time of
> weeks
> or months in advance of travel.
>
> At the New Mexico SAR conference (ESCAPE 2003), the
> dog teams
> arrived several days ahead and held a field clinic.
> During
> the conference proper most of the dogs were tied out
> of the
> way. For ESCAPE 2004, I would really like to
> arrange an MSAR
> field riding clinic ("bootcamp") in the days before
> or after.
>
> Una Smith
> Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse, in New Mexico
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