by Lily Leitkowski | Feb 27, 2025 | Winter
These are the posts that we never want to write. It is with deep sadness that we inform you that we lost Winter to a colic last week. During her time here at SAFE, Winter made good friends — both human and horse. She gained a great deal of confidence in herself,...
by Lily Leitkowski | Jan 15, 2025 | Winter
We’re not body shaming, but when Winter arrived back in April 2024, she was in need of a diet. Being overweight as she was put Winter at risk for various health conditions, including laminitis, and so we cut her calories immediately upon intake. Now, nine months...
by Lily Leitkowski | Nov 19, 2024 | Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Winter
Paige N has been spending some time working with Winter, and has the following to say about their time spent together over the last two Joel Conner clinics: “Over the past two Joel Conner Clinics Winter has made phenomenal progress both mentally and physically. ...
by Lily Leitkowski | Sep 23, 2024 | Winter
Barbie’s Dream Horse was named Prancer, and technically she was cremello. But it’s hard not to look at these beautiful pictures of Winter and not conjure up images of the toy you’d bring to show and tell. If one thing is true about Winter, it’s that she is calorically...
by Lily Leitkowski | Aug 28, 2024 | Winter, Wren
Winter, who was without horse friends for a number of years, was recently introduced to some herdmates here at SAFE. As you can see, Wren took to her immediately, and the two quickly became thick as thieves. In the herd hierarchy, Winter has shown herself to be a...
by Lily Leitkowski | Aug 5, 2024 | Winter
The journey of 1,000 instances of picking your hooves up for the farrier begins with a single lift. There was a time in Winter’s life when she had seen the farrier for hoof care, but it had been a number of years, so high on the priority list for her was getting those...
