Miah goes to training!
Miah is off at the trainer’s to get re-started under saddle. She’s already trotted under saddle and Andrea reports she’s doing great and easy so far. We’ll have more updates on her progress soon, but for now, here’s a picture of our lovely girl after her first bath!…
Louie under saddle
An afternoon visit with Marta
Thank you to Marta’s foster mom Eileen for this wonderful update and video of our girl! Marta is doing well. She is sleek, shiny, a wee bit plump, perhaps, and getting fuzzier as the cool weather sets in. It is a little hard to judge her ideal weight because she was a…
Goodbye Dexter
This will not be an easy post to write. I’ve already made four or five attempts to get started, writing tired cliches…like “Letting a horse go is never easy” or “We know we can’t save them all” …and then hitting the delete key. Staring at an empty page. And…
Charmeon joins the SAFE Harbor herd
Charmeon graduated from her refresher training course this past weekend and made the trip down to SAFE Harbor Stables where she’ll be staying while she waits for her perfect adopter to come! Char is a sweet and friendly mare who, as you’ll see from these pictures, is…
Pictures of Sinatra, just because…
Measuring the fence this past weekend, my bright yellow tape measure caught the attention of Sinatra, who left his hay to come over and have a look. Always the social butterfly…
Chance’s Big Trail Ride
An update from Chance’s owner, Sandy: “Chance has been doing great on the trails. I have taken him on a few rides by himself and although he needs a confident rider he has done great. Yesterday he went on a 5 1/2 hour ride for the first time with two horses he had…
SAFE Tool Drive Information
Do you have extra tools cluttering your work bench? Can you really use three hammers at once? Pining for a shiny new lawnmower, even though your old one is perfectly functional? Donate your surplus unwanted tools to SAFE! We need just about everything to stock our…
A Beautiful Heart
Here’s an update from a new volunteer to SAFE that has us beaming. Diana lives in Bellingham, so volunteering at Safe Harbor is difficult, but she’s making a difference by spending quality time with Dottie. She wrote this morning to tell us how her friendship with…
What’s up, Anakin?
An update on Anakin from his new home! Thank you, Barb!!! You will be pleased to know that our lovely Chestnut boy has taken up yoga (stealing a page from Kai’s playbook), he’s doing downward dog before turnout 🙂 He’s also decided to challenge Kai from across the…
Saddling Session at the Joel Conner Clinic
Sunday morning, three young redheads were saddled up and worked in the roundpen at the start of the clinic. This included Jessel (who met the saddle for the first time at yesterday’s clinic), Sophie, and Lacey. Here are photos from this session: [gallery link=“file”…
Adoption Announcement: Khianna!
Stanalee came to meet the SAFE horses in hopes to find a companion for her mare Haley. While she thought they were all lovely, she saw Khianna and it was love at first sight. Stanalee told us she could see many of them joining her family but Khianna needed her the…
Introducing the saddle to Jessel
Jessel is still too young to be started (she turns 3 in April) but it’s not too soon to introduce her to the saddle and get her accustomed to carrying it on her back. Joel Conner worked with Jessel during the morning Groundwork session at the clinic, and then saddled…
New Intake — Mason
Mason is a 15 year old Thoroughbred gelding who has come to SAFE because his owners could no longer care for him. He’s a nice fellow who is very friendly and willing, but whether he can be safely ridden is yet to be determined. As we start to piece together his past,…
