Newsletter

New Magic Update! Magic's surgery was performed on February 6 and she came through it with flying colors. She spent five days in a stall to make sure that she was pain free and comfortable, and then placed in a small outside pen with shelter with neighboring horses for company. She will remain there until she comes home to Harmony HorseWorks in early March after spending approximately 4 weeks at the veterinary clinic for healing and observation. She is in good spirits and is putting weight on her right hind leg and using it in normal ways, even though she is confined to a safe space. Her demeanor is calm. On her return to Harmony, she will continue to be safely enclosed for several more months. She will also receive monthly x-rays to measure the rate of bone fusion in her pastern and may be placed on pain medications if the nerve endings reconnect. Due to the chemical fusion, the nerve endings were deadened, providing instant pain relief. Once the bone fuses completely, and only x-rays can determine when that happens, she will slowly be rehabilitated for light riding. Thank You for Making Room for a Horse In Your Heart!

March 14, 15 and 16 - Rocky Mountain Horse Expo, Denver CO

Sunday, April 27, Lexington KY - ESCT/PEAT workshop for fearful riders and spooky horses in Lexington, KY with Barbara Wright and John Skaggs, Ph.D., venue to be announced. Hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come and enjoy the fabulous Rolex three-day equestrian event and learn ESCT and PEAT. More info: Barbara Wright at (303) 816-0766.

$150 for horse and rider	$25 for auditors

May 1 - October 30 - ESCT training and rehab programs in Conifer CO

May 30 to June 1 - Equine Stress Control Therapy (ESCT) 3-day workshop including a day for fearful or spooky dogs in Canine Stress Control Therapy (CSCT). Details available by calling (303) 816-0766. Equestrian Performance Coaching (EPC) processes will be demonstrated for fearful riders, based on PEAT energy psychology.

Saturday, July 27, 2008 - ESCT demonstration and open house at Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic, Conifer CO. Will include groundwork, rider-up work, and pulser demonstrations, as well as traditional hand method for administering ESCT to fearful horses. Vendors will be selling items to support the horse sanctuary and Aspen Creek will provide lunch and beverages for visitors. Ashleigh Olds, DVM is your host. More info: Barbara Wright at (303) 816-0766.

Saturday, October 4, 2008 - The Barn at Evergreen Memorial Park, Third Annual Spirit of the West Fundraiser to support the horse sanctuary. Evergreen CO. Details will be posted as event approaches.

Our Mission

Harmony HorseWorks is a horse sanctuary for special needs horses with good dispositions and otherwise general good health. Some cannot be ridden but can serve as companion horses and horses in programs involving humans on the ground in horse/human interactive learning programs. Some horses are rehabilitated for light riding. A few are adopted out to carefully screened individuals who have the capability to care for special needs horses. A few more are completely healthy and serve as riding education horses in our horse/human programs. Periodically, we take on a special rehabilitation case requiring extra medical or rehabilitation attention in consultation with our veterinarian. We focus on making the sanctuary horses comfortable and useful in educational programs involving high school students, local crisis centers, and other community outreach programs.

We teach Equine Stress Control Therapy (ESCT), a method for de-spooking horses using bilateral brain integration with bilateral body tapping. Proceeds are donated to the horses. Our program is conducted by the ESCT teaching and certification division of Harmony HorseWorks.

We also coach fearful riders back to courage using a riding coaching technique called Equestrian Perfomance Coaching (EPC) based on PEAT energy psychology that removes the energetic charge around riding and performance issues. It brings riders to optimum activity and restores them to confidence and courage using methods originally created by Zivorad Slavinski and modified for the horse/human riding relationship. Proceeds are donated to the horses. Our program is conducted by the EPC teaching and certification division of Harmony HorseWorks.

Using these two processes, ESCT for the horse and EPC for the human, we create a sound and trusting riding partnership. Several times yearly, we offer clinics in each of these processes. Clinic proceeds are also donated to the horses.

We help place unwanted horses in cyber-space by networking with the USA horse rescues and sending out special newsletters for these deserving horses to our 15,000 name email list. Because we cannot take on rescue horses here at our property, we try to do what we can for the unwanted horses by supporting the cyber-rescue coalition. We receive no funds from these efforts and do this on a voluntary basis.

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation registered in Colorado and our IRS FEIN is 200763702. We received our nonprofit status from the IRS on February 23, 2004. Our fundraising efforts bring in almost all our annual revenues to support and maintain our herd with feed, grain, supplements, veterinary care and farrier care. We are run by volunteers.