Ottoās Tummy-ache
I played a lot of horse games on the computer growing up, most of them focused on eventing (the act of jumping or a piaffe reduced to pressing a single button on the keyboard). While this was fine, my main interest was drawn to the care parts of the simulators -ā¦
KUOW Soundside Podcast: Giving Neglected Horses a SAFE Home
Last week, Bonnie was interviewed by KUOW about the Graham horses! Listen as she introduces the Soundside team to Henry on their recent visit to SAFE. Listen to Soundside on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Or visit the KUOW website atā¦
Jaxās Racing Past
Jax has a lip tattoo that denotes his past as a racehorse. Itās always fun when we get a horse who comes in with some kind of marker about who they were in their past ā so often we donāt have any clue a horseās history. Looking into Jaxās lip tattoo, we discovered heā¦
Alumni Update: Millie
Mille lives a happy life as the āqueenā of her pasture! Although she is not being ridden, she is able to go on trail rides being ponied behind her pasture mate. She does very well on trails, even when they encounter bicycles, hikers, and other horses. We are so happyā¦
Volunteer(s) of the Year: Meghan, Monique and Trela!
We know you all have been holding your breath, waiting for us to announce our 2022 Volunteer of the Year! We wanted to surprise them in person (and film it to share with everyone! No pressure ladies) and it just so happened we couldnāt get them in on the property atā¦
Alumni update: Flynn
Cute photo of Flynn and a lesson student enjoying the warmer weather!
A Horseās Best Friend
Veronica loves dogs! Not only if they just happen to be walking by her as she snoozes next to the fence line, but when she spots them, she comes right over and wants kisses. Our Saturday Barn Staff, Trudy, brings Titan her adorable husky to work each weekend. Trudyā¦
Alumni Update: Lucca
Jane loves trail riding and spending time with Lucca. When they are not riding the beautiful trails near Luccaās boarding barn, Jane spends time hand walking, just to spend more time with her. Jane even brought Lucca to a Joel Conner clinic so our volunteers couldā¦
Alumni Update: Henry (James)
James over the past month. Heās been making some friends at the barn.
Alumni Update: Rae
From Christina: Rae says pre-dinner/post-ride snacks hit different on these chilly fall days (especially when your friends arenāt invited to the buffet and are jealously thundering around their paddock!)
Guard Pony Lacey
Trudy, our wonderful Saturday barn staff, recounts an interaction that she and our sweet (and brave!) little Lacey had recently: āItās arena turnout seasonā¦ Where some of our sweetest pairs of horses get time playing together in the squishy sand footing. They get aā¦
Inula Learns to Pony
Just because you canāt (or shouldnāt) ride a horse doesnāt mean there isnāt a host of fun activities you can get up to with them! The basics are obvious ā extended grooming sessions, hand walking and grazing, and the tried and true classic for any and all horseā¦
Giving Thanks at SAFE
There is always so much to be thankful for here at SAFE, but for this season of thanks giving, we went around and asked some of our herd to name one thing they were thankful for this year: Brandy, during a recent arena turnout session with BFF Bandit, took a moment toā¦
November Clinic Report: Bandit
Kirsten AL worked alongside Bandit in the November Joel Conner clinic, and said the following about this smart lady: āThis sweet 26 year old has never heard the saying, ā you canāt teach an old dogā¦ā because she continues to not only learn but enjoys theā¦
