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SAFE News and Updates
Charmeon: Adopted!
If you’re a fan of Dutch Mills Farm on Facebook (and if you’re not, you should be!) then you already know the incredible news that we have for you today: Charmeon is adopted!! Congratulations and a huge, happy thank you to Helga Roberts, who came to the realization that her life would not be the same without Char in it. We are overjoyed that Char has found herself such a wonderful home, and we…
Setbacks for Jewel
Jewel has been making great progress with the help of her foster mom, Janelle, but she’s had some recent setbacks that have us a little worried. Janelle recent adopted an older gelding from NWESC, and brought him home to join Jewel and her daughter’s pony Lucky. Jewel took an immediate dislike to the new horse, and began displaying some extreme aggressive behaviors toward him. In particular, she…
Hello Skye!
Kat videos
Kat under saddle with volunteer rider Casey:
Welcoming a new horse to SAFE!
We have a new horse to introduce to everyone today. His name is Kai (pronounced Kye) and he is an 8 year old dark bay Thoroughbred gelding who raced under the name Santorini Island. He’s a gorgeous beast…here he is meeting Strider for the first time yesterday: Kai might look familiar to those of you who also support Pony Up Rescue for Equines, and that is because he was originally…
Sleeping ponies
If you listen closely at the beginning, you’ll hear Sunny nickering in his sleep…
2013 Q1 Impact Statement
New Horses Intake Date: February 20, 2013 Bucky B Lucky (returned to SAFE) Placed Horses Louie Tilly Euthanization none
A slight change in scenery for April
April used to occupy the first stall & paddock in the main barn at SAFE Harbor, but recently, after some re-shuffling to accomodate a new intake, she took up residency in the covered paddock next to the Indoor Arena where we originally kept Strider. It’s a good size area for a single horse, but because it doesn’t share a fenceline with any of the other paddocks, some of the horses don’t…
Checking in on Bucky B Lucky
Stopped by SAFE Harbor this afternoon to visit Bucky B Lucky, who is looking as handsome as ever. He’s tough to photograph because he just wants come up and say hello! I got the best photos from outside the fence! After his photo session, he got to enjoy a little bit of hand grazing on the new grass growing just outside his paddock fence. A nice visit! [gallery columns=“2” link=“file”…
Strider’s Best Buddy
Strider and Bucky B Lucky have been close friends since Lucky arrived at SAFE Harbor last month. Lucky is a big boy, but Strider makes him look like a pony!
Miah video 3/27/13
Miah had a great ride today with SAFE trainer Brittney Stewart. This video was taken after she’d been ridden for about 35 minutes so she’s a little bit tired but still going nicely!
River Training Update
River continues to make good progress with trainer Andrea Lucianna. Here is a video of his first ride in the “big arena” taken on March 19 2013: Andrea has started cantering him under saddle, but just in short stretches for now. We’ve decided to extend River’s training with Andrea another 30 days, and we hope that some additional time will help him gain more confidence under saddle.
March Volunteer of the Month: Heather Evans-Keliher!
It’s time once again for Volunteer of the Month! Please join us in congratulating our March recipient, Heather Evans-Keliher! Heather can be found at SAFE Harbor Stables on Mondays and Thursdays helping with feeding and farm chores. You will recognize her by the friendly smile and trademark braids popping out from under her ball cap. Heather started with SAFE over year ago, and was barely…
Sasha is looking for a new home
Due to some recent changes in her owner’s life, former SAFE horse Sasha is now looking for a new home. She is available as a SAFE-Assisted placement, which means that SAFE will be overseeing her adoption while she remains in the care of her current adopter, who has provided us with a wealth of wonderful information about this horse, as you will see below. Sasha has been given the very best care…
April training update
April is being ridden on a regular basis by SAFE volunteer Kyranny and the two of them are getting along fabulously. April has shown some resistance to going forward when being ridden but SAFE trainer Brittney Stewart worked her through most of these issues. Happily she’s moving very well for Kyranny! Brittney would like to take April out on some trail rides, in hopes that April might make a…
Lucky Update
Lucky and Brittney, enjoying the sunshine today at Safe Harbor. Brittney reports Lucky has been super so far and is several rides into his rehab. Lucky will receive 30–60 days of one-on-one time with Brittney before we make him available for adoption. So far, with consistent, no-nonsense, handling by an experienced handler Lucky is right on track to be available for adoption again soon.
What’s new with Chip?
In order to make room at SAFE Harbor Stables for the return of Bucky B Lucky, we decided to give Chip a bit of a vacation and send him to the farm of SAFE’s Executive Director Bonnie Hammond, home of the infamous Honeycutt and Bonnie’s two OTTB gelding’s Jay and Chance. We felt it would do Chip some good to spend some time with some other geldings and have an opportunity to work on his social…
Jewel Update!
A terrific update from Jewel’s foster mom! Thank you Janelle for taking such wonderful care of this filly! Just wanted to let you all know that Jewel has been doing really well. She has calmed down tremendously and is not spooking as easily, especially with being touched. Yesterday, I went into the barn to let the horses down to the pasture and she was laying down in her stall. She let me come…
February Volunteer of the Month: Lara Lutz
SAFE is surrounded by wonderful people who each contribute to the mission in different ways. Our volunteer of the month for February, Lara Lutz, first came to us as an adopter, taking home the lovely Amber in May 2010. A long time supporter, Lara became a volunteer a few years later when she took over as our bookkeeper. Lara has done an excellent job in keeping SAFE on the straight and narrow,…
The return of Bucky B Lucky
We have an old friend back in the herd…Bucky B Lucky has been returned to SAFE. He will be undergoing some remedial training and vet care before he will be once again offered for adoption as a SAFE horse. It is our intention — and our fondest hope — that when a SAFE horse is adopted, it has a home for life. That is why we put so much care and effort into our adoption process, and why we work…
Heart of the Horse
Sunny and Shasta reprised their role as official greeters at the 2013 Heart of the Horse. Not a lot of horses get to visit Chateau Ste Michelle, so it was a special occasion to all. Special thanks to Kim and Sage for spending the evening with our two little stars, keeping them safe, dry, and happy! Photos by Justin Schmauser [gallery…
ASPCA Awards Travel Grant to SAFE
A generous grant from the ASPCA Equine Fund will allow several of SAFE’s Board members to attend the ASPCA/Rosalind & Franklyn Schaefer Family Equine Welfare Professionals Workshop in Spokane on June 12, 2013. We are very excited to participate in this seminar where our leadership will learn about effective fundraising, board development, coalition building, and achieving national…
2012 SAFE Volunteer of the Year: Chelsey Braswell
The SAFE Board of Directors has selected the 2012 Volunteer of the Year. Please join us in extending our congratulations to this year’s recipient, Chelsey Braswell!!! Chelsey has been a volunteer with SAFE for over 2 years. During that time, she has filled many roles to benefit the SAFE horses. She started where everyone starts, as a Farm Chore volunteer. Her reliability and dedication quickly…
Kat video Jan 2013
Shenanigans!
Bridgit left NWESC for her new foster home on Wednesday, where she made the acquaintance of our good friend Moonshine. The two youngsters hit it off right away! But Jackie awoke the next morning to find Miss Bridgit had had a little too much fun the night before!
Jewel Update
Here’s an update from Jewel’s fabulous foster mom, Janelle! Jewel has been very respectful of me and my space without running away from me, just really polite. She is a bit nervous being caught but if you go slow she will let you halter her. She is terrified of the blanket going on her back. She’ll smell it and be ok, but when you lift it to put on her she dances around and when you try to flip…
Welcome Brittney Stewart!
It is my great pleasure to formally introduce the newest member of the SAFE Harbor team: trainer and barn manager Brittney Stewart. Brittney joined SAFE as its second full time paid employee on the first of January, and already she has had a tremendously positive impact on our horses and our organization. Brittney works full time at SAFE Harbor Stables, dividing her time between managing the…
Three pinto ponies on the move!
Our three recent intakes, River, Jewel, and Bridgit, have spent the past six weeks at NWESC regaining their health and their weight. They are all going to be moving on to their next accommodations and starting their new lives. Jewel has already left NWESC for a foster home where she will get a lot of handling and attention. She’s been the problem child of the bunch, and so she needs to learn…
Thank you, Dawn Anderson!
We are so lucky here at SAFE to have many outstanding individuals in the local equine community who support the work we do. One of the kindest, most generous of those is Dawn Anderson, of Anderson Equine Saddle Fitting Services. We first met Dawn when she contacted us to offer her services not only to check the fit of the saddles that we were using for the SAFE horses in training, but also to…
Cameo update
Cameo got her feet trimmed earlier this week. Brittney reports that while Cameo seems to be getting over her fearfulness, and is no longer shaking in fear as she leaves her stall, she is now exhibiting some truly bratty behavior when it comes to allowing herself to be caught. Brittney and our fabulous farrier Daphne Jones spent more than 2 hours playing good cop/bad cop with her. She pulled some…
