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age: 5 years old (YOB 2005)
sex: mare
breed: registered Arab
color: steel grey, starting to dapple
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Seized by Snohomish County Animal Control on Feb 23, 2008, Adopted to SAFE on Aug 12, 2008, Adopted October 28, 2008, Re-Listed as a SAFE-Assisted adoption Feb 5, 2010
Status: Available as a SAFE-Assisted adoption
Location: Auburn WA
Adoption Fee: $250
Sasha is a five year old Arab mare who was seized as a 2 year old by Snohomish County as part of a neglect case. Upon her arrival at SAFE, Sasha was unhandled and very wary of people. She was riddled with worms, covered in lice, and had very severe rain rot. She was also very thin under her scruffy winter coat.
With time, Sasha became a changed horse. Her winter coat shed out, and her rain rot healed, to reveal a beautiful steel gray coat that shows signs of starting to dapple. Gone completely was the aloof, standoffish mare from before. Sasha became a filly who LOVED people and would follow everyone around looking for attention. She became probably the most social horse on the property right now and everyone that met her fell in love with her sweet disposition.
In late October 2008, Sasha was adopted and moved to her new home in Auburn WA. Her adopter got her training underway with ground work and by March 2009, she was training 5 days a week at Pond-de-Luca Stables in Auburn. Starting with lunge line work, she was soon started under saddle. She proved to be a quick learner and a lovely mover.
Her adopter was also able to confirm Sasha's pedigree and register her. Sasha is one of the last daughters of Arab stallion Snowlion RSI. Sasha was named by SAFE, and her adopter decided to honor that by registering her as Sashana Bint Snowlion.
Update (2/5/10):
Megan has opted to list Sasha via our SAFE-Assisted rehoming program. Sasha suffered a suspensory injury to her right hind last summer. Here is a write-up that was provided by the vet:
Having just reviewed Sasha's history, the summary is that she has a suspensory injury to her RH, which shows up as mild on ultrasound but has not responded to conservative therapy (i.e., stall rest and rehabilitative exercise program.) How she injured the ligament we have no idea, it could have been during a bucking or rearing or kicking session in the pasture. There is a poor prognosis for return to riding soundness, (approx 35% chance), with continued conservative therapy. There is a surgery called suspensory fasciotomy which helps a great deal with suspensory origin injuries - to qualify for that she would need another ultrasound to see if the injury really is at the origin of the ligament, (on the initial ultrasound it appeared to be more mid body), and the surgery itself is several thousand $$ and has a success rate of approximately 80%. It functions to relieve pressure on a permanently enlarged suspensory origin and also cuts the nerve specifically to that area. Other treatment modalities include shock wave therapy and continued exercise rehabilitation, or just turning her out in the pasture for 6 months to a year and rechecking her for soundness at the end of that time.
Prior to her injury, Sasha had been in training with Amber at Pond-de-Luca Stables and was doing well at all three gaits. Sasha has been registered with the AHA at considerable expense to the adopter and can be shown should she return to soundness. Sasha will make an excellent companion horse and possibly a riding horse with further treatments and/or pasture rest. Sasha is located at Pond-de-Luca in Auburn. Her adoption fee is $250.
SAFE has a strict no-breeding policy.
Send email to adopt@safehorses.org if you are interested in adopting Sasha.
Please read SAFE's adoption policies prior to submitting an adoption application for any SAFE horses listed on this site. SAFE Adoption Policies can be found HERE. SAFE has a strict no-breeding policy.