Founded by sisters from Long Island, NY, Janice and Dot Anderson, Swish-Gurr Farms is the fulfillment of life-long dreams.  For Janice, her pursuit of having her own horse training facility and for Dot, TMCNP, enough land and good soil to plant just about any decorative plant and shrub in her uniquely artistic landscape designs.  Having plenty of compost from the horses is certainly a plus!

Swish-Gurr Farms got it's name from a song the sisters sang as young girls at Camp Marlyn in Andover, NH, which is also where Janice started her competitive career in three-phase eventing, as a member of Andover Horse Center. Through her youth, Janice spent many training-intense summers there learning from the likes of Denny Emerson, Kim Meier and many wise horses.

Unfortunately, life-changing events in Janice's family made access to horses nearly impossible in her mid-teenage years.  As soon as she was out on her own, she found a way to be back in the saddle whether it was breezing young Thoroughbreds for racing at Belmont Race Track or helping local, backyard equestrians with trouble horses.  Janice quickly developed a reputation for working with "greenies" and "problem" horses.  (The horsy community is a tight-knit group no matter where you live.)

She was asked by the owners of Angelic Ways to train and compete their beloved Thoroughbred.  Janice's experience with race horses came in handy with this bold filly.  After showing and Eventing for over ten years on Long Island and the Tri-State Area, Janice's life took her to Las Vegas, Nevada where she met Gail Alterwitiz, B.H.S.I. and focused on Classical Dressage for six years.

The rest, as they say is history. Janice has hasn't slowed down since.  She has a growing training business in East Texas, where she educates riders and horses of all ages, shapes, sizes, disciplines and breeds.

Although no longer competing, Janice is not the only sister with horse-sense and a love of equines.  Dot and her best buddy, King Solomon, were quite something.