Phoenix Photos
Here are a few photos I took of Phoenix yesterday during his grass time: Phoenix is doing very well! He got quite a bit of grass time yesterday with the other two colts, and I think the social time and the grass really…
Phoenix Intake
Phoenix is one of 10 horses seized from a Carnation farm, 6 of which were taken in by SAFE. Phoenix was removed from the property immediately a day prior to the seizure as Dr. Evergreen, after examining Phoenix, felt that he may not last even another 24 hours at the…
Annie Intake Photos
Annie Background
Annie is a chestnut Saddlebred mare from the Carnation seizure, who SAFE has recently taken on after spending the last two weeks with Equine Aid. This young pretty mare is thin, but not nearly as bad as Hope or Willow. Her feet were in horrendous shape, the worst of…
Sinatra photos
Sinatra Background and History
Sinatra (so named because of his beautiful blue eyes) is one of 10 horses seized from a Carnation farm on February 23. 2008. This little colt has a Body Condition Score of 1.5 on a scale of 1–9. Sinatra was living in a pen about 12x36 with another colt, Kokomo, which…
Deeds Update from Feb 9 2008
Update from volunteer rider Lucy: Deeds was fun today … with all the windy weather, he brought out his get-up-and-go! I was really excited because today was the first time he really accepted contact (rather than being behind the bit). So it appears we are making…
Greta Update — Feb 22, 2008
Here are some photos I took of Molly and Greta during their site check. Don’t they both look wonderful?
Chance Update
Brittney’s had the opportunity to work with Chance a few times since his arrival at SHS, and she likes what she sees so far. She says he’s a good boy, and she’s even tried having one of our volunteer riders hop on him and he did very well for her too. He’s pretty…
Summer, looking good!
We were delighted to receive these photos and updates from our friends at Jackson Valley Ranch who foster Summer: Here is Summer out in the round pen for a little lite exercise. Everyone here (staff & horse owners) all know Miss Summer, and stop by her stall/paddock…
Marta and Shay Update
Here’s an update from Eileen who is fostering Marta and Shay at her lovely Fall City Farm: Their daily lives are very straight forward and routine. They have grazing muzzles to keep them on a strict diet because they only need to look at food and they gain weight.…
Kai and Maggie go on a trail ride!
Kai’s first trail ride! His companion was the cute SAFE Maggie pony and volunteer rider, Kyrany. There was a busy running event taking place at the trail head with flags and banners hanging from the trees and tents, but both horses were great about it. They saw bikes,…
Misty Update
Here’s a great update on Misty from her foster mom Lisa: Misty is doing just great. She continues to progress in her Dressage work, becoming more balanced, with a longer stride and more stretch over her topline. We had a lesson with Cindy Akdeniz last Friday and…
Strider photos
These photos of Strider were taken by SAFE volunteer Kyrany, who we thank most sincerely for letting us use them!