Shasta and Sunny D — Intake 4/12/11
Shasta and Sunny D are two Miniature Horses that King County Animal Services seized from a property in Fall City on April 12th, 2011. They are eating well and past any refeeding concerns after a slow transition onto free-choice hay. They are also eating soaked hay…
Mr Pibb — 2 week post-rescue update — 4/30/11
Here are some photos of Mr Pibb from 4/30/11 showing his progress. Still a long way to go, and he is losing his winter coat in big chunks due to the rain rot and general neglect so has that typical “it looks worse before it looks better” stage.…
Mr Pibb — Intake photos and description — 4/12/11
“Mr Pibb” is a late-20s QH-type gelding that was surrendered by his owner, along with another horse, to King County Regional Animal Services and is currently in SAFE’s care as of April 12th, 2011. While we cannot discuss the details of the…
Bud and Brandy Update
Bud and Brandy came to us on February 27th after being surrendered by their owner to King County Regional Animal Services. While we cannot share any details of their situation as there is a case pending, we have been given permission by the…
May Volunteer of the Month: Caiti R
Our volunteer of the month for May is Caiti Raimer. Caiti is one of the volunteers at the SAFE farm in Monroe, but she’s done a lot more for SAFE than just cleaning stalls and grooming horses. This past November, Caiti’s passion for horses led her to write an article…
April — Before photo
Dr. Hannah’s assistant sent me this horrible photo of April’s injury, just before it was sutured up. THIS IS WHY BARBED WIRE IS NOT SUITABLE FENCING FOR HORSES!!! If this doesn’t convince you, I don’t know what will. Everyone horse owner should see this photo, as…
Lucky — post-surgery update
Lucky made it through his surgery with flying colors. Dr. Bryant said he removed some HUGE chips and Lucky should be feeling much better without them. The day after the surgery he was moved to NWESC to start his rehabilitation, which begins with stall rest and daily…
April — intake photos
Photos taken April 30th, two days after arriving at SAFE:
Lola keeps on going strong!
We have been steadily adding riding time to Lola’s workouts and she is doing great. She has been easy to start up again with no big issues and acts like she didn’t miss a day of work. We continue to stay on the rail or do big circles so we don’t over stress any…
Finding the Feel: Jewel
We are all very excited that for her senior community service project, volunteer Claire Crist chose SAFE! Here is a little about her first project with Jewel. You can follow her progress online at: http://learning.safehorses.org “My name is Claire Crist. I’ve been…
Ben & Oscar — An Unexpected Friendship
A few weeks ago, we had a wonderful group from Microsoft come to SAFE for a Day of Caring. All the horses had to be out of the barns since the group was pressure washing and replacing gravel and mats in the stalls. So we were a little short of places to put all the…
Phoenix shines in training!
Volunteer rider Jolene Duncan has been spending some quality time with Phoenix. When we talked about project horses Jolene could concentrate on, I was very happy she was willing to take on training with Phoenix. We both agreed that what this beautiful boy needed was a…
Ben: Follow up Bodywork
Dr. Christin Finn came to see Ben on Friday for his third bodywork session. Each time, the work has made changes to how he moves and even the shape of his back. This time it was clear that we needed to push through some very tight back and pelvic muscles. While the…
Anderson: Training update & Video
Anderson is coming along well in his training and shows every indication of making a great riding horse partner. Here is a video of his first ride with a saddle. You can see he is very cautious about this leather thing on his back but once Darik sits on him he had…
