Sweet As Sugar

Can you guess who I saw the other day?
If you guessed Jill Schnedler, you are correct!

I was at the tack shop getting more fly spray and treats and catching up with my friend who works there.  After a few minutes of chatting, my phone rings and it's my mom so I start wandering around the store, talking to my mother.  I'm sitting in the back on the demo saddle and when I hop down, I hear my friend say "Oh hi Jill!" in a very audible voice and I hear Jill Schnedler's voice...

Immediately my blood boils a little and I get the panic.

She responds, "Oh hi!  I'm just here to look at bridles."

I look to my right and there are the bridles so I know I have to find somewhere else to be.  I watch her circle around the store to her right so I head to her left to avoid her.  My boyfriend immediately realizes I'm trying to hide from someone.  He doesn't know who, but he stands between me and said person to block any view of me.  I'm standing at the door, ending my call with my mom and trying to say bye to my friend.  Somewhere along the line, Jill got a spy on me and just as I'm about to leave, I take one more look and I see a blur of her dark hair and purple sweatshirt.

Jill: Oh hi Kille!  So nice to see you
(running through my head:  Nice?  Less than two months ago you said my mom threatened your life!)
Me: Oh hi Jill!  It's nice to see you too!

From here, she proceeds to say sorry about Louize (who passed almost 3 years ago now) and asked if it was the adenoma my mom suspected and blah blah blah.  I then mentioned that I heard about her horse, KC, who she very recently lost (hinting at the fact that I hear things and I know what is being said about her and about me.  Whether she got my subtle hint or not, I have no idea.

I tried very hard from that moment on to hint that I was leaving and wanted out of the store.  For nearly four years I have managed to avoid seeing and talking to her.  It was NOT nice to see her, as she has been the one to spread horrible rumors about me and my mom.

Would someone really greet me so nicely if it was true that I left in the middle of the night, did not pay board for seven months, stole a bunch of her stuff, ruined her credit, posted her medical history on Facebook, and threatened her life?  Honestly?

My boyfriend and my friend are all a witness to this.  And the other employee and the few customers wandering.  The part that really got me is that she seemed genuinely curious and concerned about how I lost Louize.

She's good at giving a show and acting SO nice to me.  Unfortunately, I know her true side and this is how she can so easily manipulate people.  Very very sweet and kind to everyone in person but turn your back for even a second (or four years) and her true colors show through.

Just nuts...

Everything at the barn and in my life has been pretty steady and quiet. Nothing crazy happening for the most part until my mom was scheduled at work to be in a room she normally is not working in at the hospital. One of her coworkers thought it was kind of funny and snooped a bit to figure out why.

As the tale goes, a certain woman named Jill Schnedler came into EMMC for some procedure. I do not know what it was for and I really could not care less. Jill Schnedler asked a bunch of the staff if my mom was working and where. When she found out she was, she requested my mom be somewhere far away and busy because apparently my mom is a stalker! WHAT?!  Of all the things, my mom is not a stalker and of all the people to stalk, Jill would not be the one to go for. In fact, if Jill disappeared off the face of the planet we might celebrate!

It has been since July 4th, 2012 that we have seen or been around Jill. We really want nothing to do with her. I cannot stand the woman for all the trouble and lies she has been causing and spreading.

Jill Schnedler at Coldbrook Equestrian Center is just getting crazier and crazier. Just let it go, lady! We have tried but you keep butting your way into our lives over and over and will not give it a rest.

In other news

So a couple of days ago I took Yada and a girl from the barn rode Stitch on a short trail ride. I was happy to see that Stitch did very well! He even overcame his fear of bicycles. Those big scary things with two wheels that could jump out and bite you at any moment! We would have gone farther but both horses started acting like jerks because of the bugs and wouldn't go too far from the barn so we eventually had to turn back because it was useless to force them further. Next time, we'll go with some other horses as well to boost their confidence and have a good time.

I also hear that someone, unknown to me, drove by Coldbrook Equestrian Center on a 70 degree day and saw a horse with a rain sheet on (though Jill never puts rain sheets on her horses, let alone when it's that hot out) and you could still see the bones of the horse's back and hips. That's disgusting that this happened and she's calling herself a rescue since this is the very horse I went to New Hampshire with Jill to get two years ago! She wasn't that skinny then and we thought she was thin when we got her. 

Word travels quickly, Jill Schnedler and people are watching. I wish the State or Town would step up and do something but only time will tell, I suppose. Karma's a bitch and she's waiting, I'm sure. I'll just sit back and wait it out.

Jill Schnedler, at it again with Manes Danes and Everything Maine

Well, it's been a long time since I posted but I've been very busy with school, work, and other life things.

A few updates: Yada jumped for the first time (by accident) in December! I was free lunging her and she flew over some bales of hay in the arena! I didn't mean to but she looked great! She jumped it a few more times before getting tired. She was so willing and she was adorable. SO proud!

I also have more updates on Jill Schnedler at Coldbrook Equestrian Center in Hampden, ME. She's started running a "rescue" and 4-H Group called Manes Danes & Everything Maine. She's just doing this to get money from the state and "donations" to pay for the horses and animals she already can't take care of or afford. I can't believe people are buying into this!

Since she started this, two of her "rescues" had to be put down due to health issues and such. I don't really know the specifics other than one came in very underweight and one had a split hoof that required surgery, which she obviously couldn't afford because she can't manage money. She also had to put down Duke who has only had cushings as any kind of health problem I know of. Not really sure why but she put him down. She also killed Sir Leonidas, an OTTB that came directly off the track. HE WAS NEVER A RESCUE! ... though she advertises him as one. 

Leon was purchased for her by some very generous, former boarders. They left after they had weight issues with their horses. After spending hundreds of extra dollars a month for their horses, they kept getting skinnier. She was clearly feeding their grain to her horses because she couldn't afford to feed her own. They left and she was left with $900+ less a month in board checks. Somehow, less than a year later, she claims that Leon had shoulder problems and had to get surgery. Something happened with the surgery and his shoulder swelled up and he eventually had to be put down. I'm sure he just had some kind of injury occur and she couldn't afford to get the vet over, or she owes the vet money, and he ended up dying from it. These generous people bought her a horse. A horse that didn't need to be sold but was sold in the hopes of him having a wonderful retirement home and now he's dead. We all feel terrible about it because I helped encourage it. We all put him in that situation without realizing she could be such a terrible human being. I'm speechless.

To go along with my theories that she, in fact, did not get him any kind of surgery, Manes Danes & Everything Maine has a "wish list" On this wish list has normal things that people might need if they have a lot of horses like these:

Food for the animals (dogs & horses)
Halters
Lead Ropes
Feed & Water Bowls
Leashes
Collars
Toys
Treats
Etc.

But she also has things like:
Power drill
Screw driver set (who can't get one of these on their own? They're cheap!)
Table saw
Chain saw
Ladders
Lawn care
Mulch
Paint & Brushes
Harnesses for horses
GIFT CARDS for gas, feed, tack, hardware, etc
Diesel Duly Pick up Truck 350 (Are you serious? You want someone to buy you a new truck?)
Hay Trailer (You've got to be kidding)
Tractor/Back Hoe (Seriously?)
Tiller
Dump Truck (Really??)
2 - 6 Horse Trailer with a Camper (Those are $30,000+! NO WAY!)
Water Softener (Because her water is undrinkable right now, but it's okay if the animals drink it. Crazy.)
Water Heater (Because she broke hers)
Clear Span Indoor Arena (Because she's ruined hers)
Wind Mill (What?)
Solar Power (Because she owes Bangor Hydro $1,000s)
Roofing Supplies (Since she wants people to pay for her new roof, obviously)

And she goes as far to ask people to pay her bills/accounts on:
Hay guy in Etna - hay
Hay guy in Levant - hay
Feed & Tack Store - grain (I'm so sorry they let her have credit, they're great people and don't deserve people like her)
Hardware Store - grain
Foxcroft Vet - because she can't afford her bill
Ridgerunner Vet - because she still can't afford her bill

This is so absurd. I can't believe her. 

While you're at it, might as well pay her electric bill and mortgage! Oh, and cut a check for her too so she has a little spending money while she drives around in her FREE duly diesel truck. OR you could just simply donate a new barn and house... since if the Town of Hampden or the State of Maine inspected either, they would be condemned. Especially her house. I'm surprised the place hasn't completely crumbled from water damage since she has no roof and the water goes straight inside and through a spare bedroom upstairs into her kitchen downstairs.

If anyone is looking for a rescue, DO NOT go to Coldbrook Equestrian Center or Manes Danes & Everything Maine. Jill Schnedler is a manipulative cheat and she will suck you dry before you see the light and realize what she is.

She's also selling great dane puppies... unpapered. They live in her house or "kennel". I've been in their. Not a suitable place for anything to live where cats and her ferret poop and pee everywhere and she doesn't clean and the place is riddled with mold from water damage. Oh, and she has no heat or running water. Fun stuff.

So it has started...

So quite a bit has happened since Tuesday.  Tuesday she said "I still value your friendship and I hope we can talk this over when you have cooled off". Yeah, I'm not likely to believe that. Well, I was posting on Facebook about moving my horses and many friend inquired out of curiosity. Jill posted on one of my statuses "Good luck to you. Hope all goes well with the girls." My mom posted back with "Too bad Jill didn't like to pay her employees. Funny how she has money for an expensive Great Dane puppy but not for hay, grain, electric bills, roofing, fixing the plumbing to have running water in her house, hauling the rotting trash away or registering/inspecting her truck, but she can spend a fortune on ANOTHER Great Dane she can't afford to feed or do vet care...." Shortly after that, Jill blocked me. Oh, my friendship meant MILLIONS to her, clearly! So I blocked her on Louize's profile back. After I posted on her wall "Two can play that game. Consider this bridge burned."

I decided to post my previous blog post on Facebook. I posted it publicly so the entire Facebook community can view and share it. It's already had 2 shares by two of my friends who have had bad run-ins with Jill. It's apparently had many views already! Good... the truth needs to be spread since the other 3 people I know decided to keep their stories private so Jill could drag them through the mud without being able to defend themselves. No fair.

Things started to settle out and things were calm until Jill posted a status one of my friends took a screen shot of and sent to me. It said "What a NORMAL boarder, can it be???!! I won't know how to act!!! Welcome back Nicole, bullet and Jazz!!! It will be nice to actually get paid for a change!!!" I'm sorry. She was paid in full for every month I was there. The day we moved Louize we paid her board that very day including a $20 tip for trailering her. In March my mom gave her a $200 bonus for feeding Louize 5 times a day chopped apples and carrots. It was a payment and thank you for going the extra mile to help Louize in her time of dire need. In April, we paid full board for Louize and a pro-rated amount for Yada when she arrived the 16th. We paid full for May for both horses. For June, we refunded the money we lent her for hay and grain by deducting it from board. For July, we deducted the $200 for my early rent from board to refund that since we knew she wouldn't pay it back and didn't have the cash. And then we were only there for 3 days in July do she got $464 extra for that month after we left.  She can't dare say we didn't pay. Even if we hadn't, that $464 extra from July would more than cover most of board for 2 horses.

I took this very status screen shot, posted it to my wall, and let my friends have free access to it! Then I posted a screen shot of the status, my caption, and my mom's comments of "It is nice to not have a barn owner who uses the supplements I bought for Kille's horses on all her horses, who doesn't expect me to "gift" her multiple bags of grain extra every month or to pay for entire trailer loads of hay as "gifts" which weren't gifts! I don't know of anyone who has a good story to tell at the end of it all about Jill Schnedler and CEC!" and " Jill would know about not paying bills, since she owes the electric company $6500 and only still has power because she fraudulently indicated to them she uses a nebulizer. She has gone into foreclosure/Chapter 7/Chapter 11 for not paying her mortgage, and people like vets and farriers won't come out for her animals because she doesn't pay her bills. She doesn't register her car, doesn't have a valid safety inspection - who is SHE to judge normal anyway?" to her Coldbrook Equestrian Center Facebook fan page for everyone to see including every student and parent who likes the page on Facebook. If she deletes it, I can just tag the page in the picture and then everyone can see it still!

Now, I'm just waiting for the Fireworks to start. Two can play this game. For future reference, don't piss off a Branson. Just not a good way to go. She should have just shut her mouth and played nice and I would have shut mine. I didn't even post my note until she started getting nasty and one of her helpers tried defending her with the lies from her mouth.

But fun fact, Saw Chuck and Carrie Dixon at Triple D today! They were smiling and joking and having a grand time! I haven't seen them that happy in a long time! No wonder, Jill speaks poorly of them behind their backs. She complains about their riding technique, teaching, horses, personalities, the way they work their horses, and everything else she can think of. Apparently they used to ride there back when they first met years ago! They had their horses there and helped build the house on the property and everything. They have wonderful memories of the place! Wouldn't it be great if they boarded there too? I really hope they change barns. They deserve to go to a place where they can actually ride without summer camp always in the way and where the barn owner actually respects them.

Louize and Yada's adjustment post will go up tomorrow. I want it to be separate from this. So stay tuned! Maybe more drama will pop up when Jill realizes I posted that picture on her page! Mwahahaha!

Leaving CEC from my view (without the lies that Jill throws out)

So before Jill Schnedler can slander my good name in the mud as she has done with many of her past boarders, I am going to clarify to the public my side of the story.
We'll start from the beginning. On February 29, 2012, I moved Louize out of Starwalk to Coldbrook Equestrian Center so Louize wouldn't be starved to death. You know the background to that one already.
Things might have been fine if she didn't think we owed her money all the time. If you give her a penny, it's a gift. If you loan her $100, it's a gift. My early rent of $200 was a nonrefundable deposit apparently. That wasn't the agreement on that. I lived there for 3 days. I want my rent back since her house was UNLIVABLE. My mom paid her in advance for riding lessons twice. Once was $100 and another was $200 plus two times that my mom bought her some bags of grain totaling at least $100 for grain. When my mom stopped taking lessons due to feeling uncomfortable at the barn, she wanted to be paid back in full so she deducted it from Jill. Jill got so mad and offended and said "You've been so generous, I thought those were gifts! You just handed me money so I just assumed it was a gift!" Sorry... when someone hands you $200 you can't seriously just think it was a gift out of the kindness of her heart.
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She hasn't even paid me for the two weeks of summer camp I put in. I should be getting $240 by the original agreement that I would get $150 a week but $50 per week would be "rent" but since I'm not living with her, I should get the full $150, right? Not in Jill's head. She took out $60 from my summer camp money for a Judy Westlake lesson so $300 - $60 = $240. Oh well. I know I won't get paid. She got two weeks of free labor out of me. And then she tried to tell the police officer we had with us that she was waiting for my mom's check to clear before she paid me because she thought my mom had stopped payment like at Starwalk. She cashed it Friday. She's lying. She tried to make the cop believe her. Sorry, I witnessed Jill open the check from the mail and head to the bank right after.

Well, in short, to get my $200 back, my mom deducted it from the $700 for board. She gave Jill $500 and explained it through an email. All was good until I never got paid for summer camp. So oh well. Jill can keep the $38 of gas money I lent her once, the $240 for summer camp, the $10 tea kettle, the $20 iced tea maker, the $100+ futon upstairs, and my $100 washer and dryer. I'm just going to walk away from those. But if she DARES have the balls to say I owe her even one penny, not going to happen.

Sorry Jill. I’m not going to keep this quiet. I want the community to know about this. I’m not letting you lead people into your plea of innocence and saying you’re always the victim and that everyone else tries to use you. Sorry, who’s using who? I was getting paid $3 an hour for summer camp! I think I’m being used. Oh, wait. I wasn’t paid. I was EXTRA used. Not including all those days March - April when I did stalls, bring in, hay, water, feeding, etc. with you EVERY fucking day. I didn’t ask to be paid for those, but after all I have done for YOU I don’t owe you shit.