Welcoming Ivy to Safe Harbor!
Ivy has just arrived at Safe Harbor after 60 days in the care of the vets at NWESC. Sheās part of an active Animal Control case, and although sheās currently in decent weight and condition, another horse seized from the same owner had to be humanely euthanized due toā¦
A happy home for Skittles
We talk a lot about dreams coming true for our horses when we finally get to send them off to their new home, but weāre happiest when an adoption can make a dream come true for the human side of the new partnership as well. Susanne M has supported SAFE for quite someā¦
Boone Intake
to come
February Volunteers of the Month: Chloe and Allison
Celebrate with us Februaryās Volunteers of the Month, Chloe & Allison!! Allison and Chloe have been volunteering with SAFE for almost three years. They are a wonderful Mother/Daughter team that we have come to depend on for many reasons. They have a regular Sundayā¦
Aiden Update!!
Hereās a note we received from Aidenās adoptive family: āAiden has been here at our house for a couple of months now with his new buddy. He is continuing his training and we are getting ready for the upcoming show season. He has been doing lots of trail riding,ā¦
Emmy veterinary update
Emmy was seen by Dr McCracken at Rainland Equine last week for continuing diagnostics, following the discovery of the OCD lesion in her stifle. The results of these diagnostics were informative but not completely conclusive. Dr McCracken used Rainlandās āLamenessā¦
Michael Sparling Clinic: Kai
Kai did well for Stephanie in the Michael Sparling Clinic. He was, as Michael put it, the trickiest horse that came to the clinic. To ride Kai successfully, your timing has to be dead on and you have to be right there to support and help him find balance. It isā¦
Sad news about Emmy
A few weeks ago, Terry was showing Emmy to some potential adopters. She looked fine at liberty and on the lunge line, but when Terry got on her to ride, Emmy pinned her ears and kicked out at her legā¦behaving in a way that was very non-Emmy like! Terry got off andā¦
August Training Update: Ben
Checking in with Lisa and Ben: Ben is doing so well! He is soft, tuned in to my feel, learning to pick up and carry a soft feel at the canter, and figuring out how to lift and shape himself around my leg on a gentle bend. This last piece was actually something I wasā¦
July Training Update: Ben
Checking in with Ben and Lisa!! Itās been very interesting getting to work with Ben every day, with no other horses on my roster. Iām able to get down to some nitty gritty details, get back to some Super Basics, and really work on some holes that I knew were in there,ā¦
July Volunteer of the Month: Pat Banner
Redmond resident Pat Banner has been named as Save a Forgotten Equineās July Volunteer of the Month. She was selected for this honor because of her tireless energy and work ethic, her incredible reliability (unless thereās snow!) and her all round cheerfulness. Patā¦
Ru: Happy at Home
Hereās a lovely update from Ruās adopter, Sierra: I have had Ru for a week now, and he is settling in so well. I love this horse more everyday that heās with us, and everyday we make progress with his training and with our relationship. We are working hard to makeā¦
Remyās Rescue Story
to come
Getting to know Star
Star began his training today at SAFE. He definitely has some training in there, some typical late cut Arabian attitude, jumpy but comes back quickly, a sweet cuddly side and a āwalk all over you with my left shoulderā issue. He was a very good boy for his firstā¦
