Summer Winds Stables LIED ABOUT HORSES AND REFUSED TO GIVE REFUND Hartly Delaware

The first rule is just because it's on the Internet doesn't mean it's TRUE!

The first rules of Internet posting are always save a draft of a letter written in anger and wait a day before you post it.

As a satisfied adopter of the SUMMER WINDS STABLE may I point out a few contradictions from Oj121? There is no predictor of how a horse is going to react to any given situation, no matter how long of a test ride you gave him at his Summer Winds home where he had grown to be comfortable and feel safe. Why you decided to do ground work after being thrown is amazing. Perhaps a solid groundwork foundation before riding him would have given your horse the opportunity to impress you instead of disappointing you.

The ADOPTION FEE is a DONATION to care for and save additional horses. Would you ask the RED CROSS to refund part of your donation because you didn't think the hurricane was severe enough?

No matter what deal you felt you had arranged, writing and passing a check that cannot be funded is FRAUD! I mean that in the criminal (felony) sense, not the moral sense.

As for Reputable, any horse without a good home is in need of rescue. Ask any horse standing in a kill pen, no matter how healthy, if he needs rescuing I can assure you the answer will be a vocal Hay YES!. Auction is just a word used because slaughter makes people uncomfortable giving up on their horses.

Before anyone makes any judgment about adopting a horse from the SUMMER WINDS STABLE take time to visit this farm and try to find 1 unhappy horse! My adoption experience with the SUMMER WINDS and Elena could not have been more POSITIVE! Our guy we adopted is AWESOME and in the near future we will be getting a pasture buddy / husband horse from Elena as well.

The last rule of the Internet, if you want to call someone a name, at least have the common courtesy to spell check it.

I am the owner of the SummerWinds Stables, a non-profit equine rescue and outreach center. Our facility operates only on grants and donations, and we strive to rescue horses from abuse or neglect, and we also take horses from auction or race tracks and retrain them. Our horses are then evaluated, worked with, rehabilitated, and given every possible opportunity to find new, loving homes.

We thought this adopter met our adoption standards. The horse she chose was a 6 year old horse, retrained, Secretariat lineage. In a nutshell, he was beautiful and very well trained - small children could ride him. She rode him at our farm and he did very well. When she took him home, there was a problem - the horse scared her once and she gave up on him. She returned the horse to us within 30 days and no money was exchanged. This horse is now a hunter/jumper show horse at a local barn and doing very well.

The second horse that was adopted was a lovely mare. They wanted a safe, trail horse and this horse fit the bill. She is kind, slow and very eaager to please. Our dentist checked this horse and aged her at 11. They rode this mare, and agreed that she was a wonderful choice. Unfortunately, after the trial period ended, they decided that they wanted half of their money back, which is not something we negotiate. We are a non-profit and all donations go toward helping other horses in our care or those needing a safe haven. We told her to return the mare and we would refund her ENTIRE adoption fee. To date, we have not heard from her.

We tried calling but to no avail. Our organization thrives on helping horses find new, loving homes. In this case, lack of communication was the cause of much upset. We are thankful to have gotten our TB back so that he could find a new, loving home.

summer winds stable is one of the biggest scammers out there! they claim to rescue horses that don't need any type of rescuing they state they are rescues to make some more in donation money.
i have email after emails from this woman about a certain horse she bought off of a friend of mine, the horse was in wonderful health, full vet check, grat home ect. owner was selling because of HIS health. she wanted a draft horse and she stated great home, she bought the horse and i was getting updates on it for months, that is until i checked out her website and she had a whole NEW story on the horse.... how she got it, the note at the so called auction, its life story ect.
she is a LIER and a SCAM artist! do not trust her!

summer winds stable is one of the biggest scammers out there! they claim to rescue horses that don't need any type of rescuing they state they are rescues to make some more in donation money.
i have email after emails from this woman about a certain horse she bought off of a friend of mine, the horse was in wonderful health, full vet check, grat home ect. owner was selling because of HIS health. she wanted a draft horse and she stated great home, she bought the horse and i was getting updates on it for months, that is until i checked out her website and she had a whole NEW story on the horse.... how she got it, the note at the so called auction, its life story ect.
she is a LIER and a SCAM artist! do not trust her!

summer winds stable is one of the biggest scammers out there! they claim to rescue horses that don't need any type of rescuing they state they are rescues to make some more in donation money.
i have email after emails from this woman about a certain horse she bought off of a friend of mine, the horse was in wonderful health, full vet check, grat home ect. owner was selling because of HIS health. she wanted a draft horse and she stated great home, she bought the horse and i was getting updates on it for months, that is until i checked out her website and she had a whole NEW story on the horse.... how she got it, the note at the so called auction, its life story ect.
she is a LIER and a SCAM artist! do not trust her!