Lola

It is so exciting to be riding Lola again!  This spunky little mare is doing great and she’s an absolute riot to ride.  She is ready for her forever home and to be with someone who is looking for fun.

We have been working on light aid transitions and some walk-canter departs.  This girl is athletic and smart; if Lola sticks around much longer, I’ll have to start teaching her flying changes!  Here are a few pictures of last week’s great workout.

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 recovering tissues. She has been very sweet and willing to work. She just needs a little reminder to go forward in the beginning of the ride and we are off with a light feel and actively off the leg aids. She is a lot of fun to ride and we are enjoying the opportunity to be working with her again.

Lola got new shoes from SAFE’s new farrier Marla Karabinos and she loved the new trim and shoes! She will continue her conditioning work and adding more canter and smaller circles as we move along in the work. Lola is ready to be shown for adoption and we are once again actively looking for her perfect match.

Bath time!

It’s time for Lola to start her rehab and get ready to be shown to potential adopters again soon! Her lameness first showed up in December. After new shoes, X‑rays and even injecting her right coffin bone we came to the conclusion that Lola most likely had a soft tissue injury somewhere in her foot. Simply put, only an MRI could help us know exactly what had been causing her pain. After a good amount of time off, I have started to lightly ride her in the arena at the walk for 20–30 mins and about 5–10 mins of trot. We will continue to increase the trot time and as she gets farther along add in the canter and then large circles.

2015 has not been a great year for Lola so far. She’s been lame on and off in front since the beginning of January, and although we’ve tried several shoeing changes and she’s been examined by our veterinarians multiple times, we still haven’t been able to pinpoint the cause of her lameness. 

Lola was seen by Dr Divine this week. She was examined a few weeks prior to this visit and the predominant lameness was in the right front and it was blocked to her heel. Radiographs of the right front were obtained and there were no significant findings. We decided to try some shoeing changes first to see if that would improve her lameness before doing anything more invasive. However, the shoeing changes (bring breakover back and a 2–3 degree wedge) did not improve her lameness.

A lameness exam showed Lola to be off in both fronts, but there were three possible joints that could be the source of the problem. The best way to diagnose her lameness would be to do an MRI, but the cost is prohibitively expensive. The next best thing to do is temporarily block the nerves to the joints in question and see when the lameness disappears…but that’s not a great solution for Lola because she’s pretty bad about needles. So Dr Divine advised us to take a leap of faith and go ahead and inject the coffin joint and see if that improved her lameness. The coffin joints seemed like a good guess since there was visible inflammation in that area.

So Lola was sedated and both front coffin joints were injected an anti-inflammatory medication. Dr Divine was encourage to see that there was a large volume of very thin and watery joint fluid in both of her coffin joints because that was an indication that she’s made the right guess and that the inflammation in those joints were the source of Lola’s discomfort. Lola was given 10 days off work, and we’re hoping to see signs of improvement very soon.

It’s been a but of a rough year so far for Lola. Her feet become very uncomfortable while she was barefoot and unfortunately we did not correct the issue fast enough. She became sore on her right front and had to take some time off riding. We’re working on a new shoeing package to give her comfort while her heels have some time to grow out and she can have a more upright foot. These things take time but with a horse like Lola, it’s so hard to be patient and let the healing and growth happen! She was going really nicely with her first set of shoes and seemed to be feeling great. So we’re really hoping the changes we’re making can give her comfort so we can get back to work. Lola has become so much fun to ride, it’s hard not being able to work with her and teach her new things. 

Lola has had a difficult month. She was becoming sour to work at the trot and canter about 4 weeks ago and we starting to question the saddle fit, other things that might be causing her discomfort and possible behavioral issues. She had been going so well this change in work ethic was very frustrating and confusing. A week ago she showed signs of pain in her front right hoof. We had the vet test her hoof and she was clearly in pain along the middle bars. We are going to work with our farrier to help fix the problem. Right now we are going to keep her in boots until her feet grow out a little. We hope to adjust the trim and keep her barefoot. If she is still sore we will consider putting shoes on her.

Lola did help us a great deal by riding along with Dottie in the trailer on the day we moved Dottie to her new foster home in Arlington. The two mares were delighted to see each other, and Dottie hopped right into the trailer when asked. Lola is our go-to-gal in situations like this…she really has a calming effect on other horses. The photo above is Lola wrapped and ready to go for a ride!

I am very pleased with Lola’s growth overall the last 7 months. I have had countless volunteers and others remark at what a different horse she is to handle and how nice she looks under saddle. She was a star at the SAFE Benefit Show. Honest and well-behaved throughout the weekend…I couldn’t have dreamed of a better showing.

Unfortunately, during turnout on Wednesday before the show, Lola was rolling in her paddock and injured herself by getting caught in the hotwire. Her left leg was swollen and she was tender on it Thursday. We took it easy with her and lightly worked her Friday. Wrapping, cold hosing, ice and hand walking helped some.

On Saturday she was still a little puffy in the fetlock but she was very well behaved for Casey and me in our classes. She placed in the top of almost all of her equitation and pleasure classes. That afternoon I took her into two walk trot canter classes. Of these she went into the Advanced Pleasure class in which she did very well in the canter and did her first walk canter transition without any fuss!

I am very pleased with her overall work ethic and willingness to go forward under saddle. She received the Champion Rescue Horse for the entire show which is a true testament to what a lovely and mature horse she is becoming.

I also wanted to say a special thank you to Casey for working with Lola both before and during the show! Lola and Casey are an amazing team together, and it’s great to see Lola’s new found attitude and willingness transfer so easily to another rider. Lola is lucky to have a friend like Casey!! And Casey is pretty lucky too…just look at that smile in the photo above! 

Here are more photos of our Champion Rescue Horse, thank you Karen Wegehenkel and Lorna Willard for these lovely shots!

Terry and Lola, with vital assistance from Heather, went to the Hollywood Hills Schooling Show this past weekend. It was Lola’s first horse show outing since Terry has started working with her, and she was a great girl! The pair competed in Walk/Jog and Walk/Jog/Lope classes and placed 3rd in one of them. Terry reports, “She was very good and never try to break into the walk. She trotted off nice and easy every time I asked in the arena. She was a great girl and everyone was very proud of her!”

Here’s a video of Lola’s experience, created for us by Lisa Garr!

Here are three new videos showing Lola’s progress under saddle. We’re also super pleased to report that Terry has had a couple of her volunteer riders working with Lola, and she has been as good for them as she is for Terry! Clearly, Terry and her team have unlocked the secret to a happy and productive Lola…and as much as they are enjoying working with her, we’d still love to see her get adopted before her next birthday rolls around on June 29th! Lola’s journey as a SAFE horse has had many ups and downs, but through it all, we’ve never stopped admiring the spirit of this incredible little mare. So think hard, SAFE friends, surely one of you knows who Lola’s partner is meant to be! She deserves the best and you can help us provide that for her!!

Lola canter:

Lola lunging over cavaletti:

Lola working over trot poles:

And just for fun, here’s our princess having a lovely nap in the sunshine!

Lola, photo by Deunan Berkeley

We’ve been a little quiet on the subject of Lola, but that doesn’t mean that everybody’s favorite Sassaloosa hasn’t been hard at work behind the scenes. Lola’s actually doing really terrific right now and we want to get everyone up to speed with what’s been going on for her.

Lola’s training came to a bit of a halt at the beginning of the year when we realized that we didn’t have a saddle that fit her very well anymore. So while searching for an adequate saddle, Terry spent several weeks focusing on ground work and liberty work with Lola. This sort of interaction had a great effect on Lola’s outlook, and Terry feels it did wonders for their relationship. Terry describes Lola as a mare who is not a pushover, someone whose respect has got to be earned. Once you’ve earned her respect, Terry says, Lola will then do just about anything for you. She’s got a very strong sense of what is fair, and she doesn’t take kindly to being treated in a way that she feels is unfair. Terry says she’s really a very sweet horse, but that it’s important to establish a respectful relationship with her first. If you’re hesitant or uncomfortable around horses, Lola will figure that out immediately, and then you may find yourself at her mercy if she decides she wants to go eat grass instead of working, for example! Earn her respect, and you are well on the way to an amazing partnership with her.

By the beginning of February, a nice Western saddle was loaned to us that fit Lola very well and allowed her noticeable freedom of movement in her shoulders and back. She and Terry started back into work together and at first, it was all about taking baby steps with this little mare. As we learned from the work that Brittney did with Lola last year, Lola was pretty adamant about testing her rider with a number of different evasions before settling down into some lovely work. Terry decided to take a different tack with her, and starting riding Lola with little to no contact in the reins. She describes a moment in which Lola decided to get upset and start something with Terry, but upon realizing that she was on a loose rein, seemed to surprise herself and sheepishly realize that there was no reason to get upset after all! They also had some disagreements about going forward, so Terry took her way back to basics and worked with a ground person at first, and then graduated to a lead pony (Kat being the best one for the job).

By taking things very slowly at first, Terry discovered some interesting things about our Lola. First off was that sense of fairness we’ve already mentioned. Lola will go beautifully as long as she is ridden correctly and fairly. Terry says her own timing has to be spot-on, so that when Lola deserves a release, she has to deliver that release quickly. She feels that Lola’s standards are actually making her a better rider, and you can see why! Lola really seems to dislike a lot of contact, but Terry says that if you keep light contact and ride her forward over her back, Lola has natural, beautiful self-carriage. She’s also extremely athletic, with a very solid, balanced feel to her, and she’s as responsive and maneuverable as a sports car. She’s a lot of fun to ride.

Terry is pleased to report that over the last two months, she’s actually seen no naughty behavior out of Lola, no attempts to unseat her or make her feel unsafe in the saddle. Again, the relationship that she and Lola have established through ground work and lots of time together has undoubtedly changed the way Lola views Terry — she sees her as a partner and not an adversary. Terry says it’s time to put some of our volunteer riders onto Lola to see if she changes the game for a new rider, fingers crossed that she’s matured past the point where she feels the need to test everyone who gets on her back.

So Lola is once again reaching a point in her training where we are almost ready to look at applications for her adoption. She’s going to require a confident, experienced rider who is willing to put in the time that she’ll need to establish a relationship, but the payoff is a young, healthy mare who will take her partner as far as he or she wants to go. Lola has been a SAFE horse since she was 6 months old. She’ll be six years old at the end of June, and we’d love to see Lola celebrate her birthday in a new home with a person of her very own!

Here’s a video of Lola doing some trot work, taken Friday 4/18:

Lola has been making good progress this month, including some good independent trotting without the help of a ground person. I found that she loves to trot with Kat in the arena so I’ve been riding her during Kat’s rides so she gets some “help” when she starts getting stuck and not wanting to move forward. Lola started to look a little thin recently so we increased her hay just a little to see if that helps. She is very happy about that!

Turns out all the trail riding that Lola & Brittney have been doing lately was in preparation for a big adventure: a four-day trip to Cle Elum in Eastern Washington!

DAY ONE: We meet up at SAFE Harbor Stables to pick up Lola. Her guests on this adventure are gigantic warmblood Odin, ridden by Darby Stewart, and gigantic OTTB Chance, ridden by SAFE ED Bonnie Hammond. Most little five year old Araloosas would be intimated by a pair of tall, handsome geldings like Odin and Chance, but not our Lola. She calmly establishes herself as the leader of the pack, and away we go to Cle Elum!

We arrive at the Washington State Horse Park which will be our home base for the next three nights. We quickly find the stalls we’ve reserved and are delighted by all the considerate little conveniences provided for us by the park, including wash racks with rubberized footing and cross ties; muck carts with rakes & shovels; fresh bedding for the stalls; and even mounting blocks to use! After everyone is unloaded and settled in, we saddle up for an easy walk around the park to stretch our legs and give our horses a chance to get acquainted. Then it’s early to bed in order to be ready for tomorrow’s first big adventure!

DAY TWO: The horses are loaded up and we’re off to Salmon La Sac to ride the Waptus River trail. At the trail head, Lola was saddled up in her Dressage saddle and then outfitted with packs in front and back. She also donned a full set of donated Easyboots, including a sassy red pair of boots behind. The trail started high above the Waptus River, and the combination of the river noise and another nearby group of horses caused all three of our steeds to lose their minds temporarily, but after a moment to regroup, we started off down the trail with Chance leading the way, Odin charging up behind him, and Lola bringing up the rear. The trail winds up and down rocky bluffs and through the forest, and some of the downhill stretches were quite challenging for horses the size of Chance and Odin. Lola, however, scampered up and down the hills like a surefooted mountain goat. It was only when we came to our first stream crossing that she expressed some doubt about going forward…and it was then that we realized that one of Odin’s Easyboots was broken and we had to turn around. The return trip was a lot more downhill and there were many places where the horses were walking over large rocks and boulders, but Lola was completely unfazed by any of this.We were disappointed that we couldn’t have gone farther, but all in all, it was a good ride and all the horses did very well.

DAY THREE: Today we headed off to Teanaway where we planned to do a ride that included 26 river crossings, just to give Lola the opportunity to practice her water skills. Upon reaching the first crossing, however, we realized that we might have been overconfident in choosing this particular trail. Brittney dismounted to lead Lola across first, and to her credit, Lola did cross the river in hand, but the large, slippery rocks under the fast moving water were quite a bit more of a challenge that what we were looking for! So we decided to change plans and ride up Yellow Hill instead. This involved an elevation gain of 2700 ft, but once we reached the top, the views were absolutely breathtaking! The last part of the trail was so steep that the horses had to practically bunny-hop their way up some of the inclines. We took a breather at the top to eat lunch and let the horses rest (and replace one of Lola’s Easyboots!) and then we walked the steepest bit back down in hand, just to be safe. Once we were back in the flatlands and headed to the trailer, Lola got her second wind and wanted to go for a few more miles! She’s amazing, and we’re wondering if perhaps she might like to try some endurance rides!

DAY FOUR: Our last day before heading home, and we decided that a nice easy ride was in order, so we packed up and said goodbye to the Washington Horse Park, and headed out to ride a portion of the Iron Horse trail. We did an easy eight mile ride along the flat, scenic trail that used to be a railroad grade. The geldings seemed pretty glad to take it easy after yesterday’s ride, but Lola was raring to go with lots of energy and a definite spring in her step. We had an exciting encounter with a small group of cattle that were on the trail, but all three horses handled it pretty well given a chance to have a long look at the cows and with lots of encouragement from their riders. After the ride, we all hopped in the trailer and headed home.

Photo Gallery

Lola got the opportunity to go out on not one but TWO trails rides this weekend! First she hit the trails at the Redmond Watershed with Brittney:

Then she headed out to the watershed again on Saturday, but this time with Brittney’s husband Darby in the saddle. Darby is a volunteer rider for SAFE and is most often seen riding Sinatra in lessons with Brittney. This was Darby’s first ride on Lola.

Lola and Darby after the ride

Darby says “Lola was very well behaved and listened to my seat and leg, she is sensitive in a good way. She reacted to surprises on the trail in a safe manner. I didn’t feel unsafe on her at anytime and she seemed to enjoy the trail ride. I would recommend her to someone that can ride young peppy mares.”

These stunning images of Lola were taken by photographer Karen Wegehenkel at SAFE Harbor in July.

These lovely photos of Lola were taken by photographer Karen Wegehenkel at SAFE Harbor in July.

Paid a visit to Miss Lola on Friday. She was being treated for a sudden onset abscess (which has already blown out through her heel bulb), and was not the happiest of campers, but she posed for some photos anyway. Take a look at the white spots that have developed on her nose over the past year…those gray horses are never boring, I tell ya!!

Lola is now consistently working over small jumps and was shown over fences at the SAFE show, where she placed 3rd. She has proven to be a bold and willing jumper and I think the next step is to try her over some cross country jumps. She has been steadily improving in her flat work as well and her lateral work is getting stronger with each ride. She is a sensitive mare that requires a tactful rider but she is developing into a fabulous little sport horse.

Another big thank you to our incredible trainer, Heather Roe, who showed Lola and Louie at the SAFE show. Heather has been working with all the SAFE horses under saddle at SAFE Harbor, and her hard work really paid off as every one of the SAFE horses was a star at the show. Here’s Heather report on Lola:

Lola was a complete delight all weekend. She was well behaved, cautious of new things but not spooky (even about the big watering truck) and very relaxed. She did her first dressage tests this weekend at Training 1 and got very respectable scores in the 60’s on both tests. She also completed in her first hunter classes and won a second in her flat class and a third in her cross rails class. She was an absolute blast to ride over fences, forward, willing and obviously enjoying herself. I am so proud of her!

Some photos of Lola at the SAFE show! More to come!

Some pictures of Lola enjoying the snow

Here is our Lola’s first ride after being back from training! She’s doing great and looking for a home. She is 3 years old, half-Arabian, half-Appaloosa (reg. 1/2 Arabian), 14h (and growing). Just finished 60 days professional training. Adoption fee is $1000.

Chelsey spent some time with Lola today, giving her the full spa treatment! Such an amazing transformation from the poor little filly who arrived at SAFE three years ago. 

Lola has been working quite hard at her in-hand halter and showmanship over the last few weeks and we were all disappointed when she could not get to the SAFE show last weekend due to a sudden illness in her foster family and a trailer/schedule mishap that left her and Coconut at home. Kelli had her all outfitted with a very cute western halter too It turns out that she even had a family that was interested in meeting her come out to the show to cheer her on and while the missed her, apparently they were excited to see the SAFE horses do so well 

This morning they came to meet her at home at KCJ. They’ve been Lola fans for some time and live in the area so we arranged a meet n greet and she got a little love in & they got to see how pretty she is…and how well she is doing in-hand as she practiced backing, pivoting, trotting & walking nicely beside Kelli who’s been working with her.

Kelli did report that Lola has been playing “Hard to get” lately and I got to experience that first hand when the farrier came today 

We finally devised a plan to halter up Basil and lead him to the gate and then she walked right up, stood still and let me halter her. This was after 20 minutes of running off every time I got close.

Once haltered, she was very respectful and nice on the lead. She did start to give John some attitude with the first foot, but he corrected her and she was actually the best she’s been for trims after that. 

John had lots of complements for her including that she has really nice feet and that she’s put together fairly well and should be a very nice riding horse when the time comes & expects that she may only grow another 2″ but if she takes after the Arab side in her, she could continue to grow & possibly get up to 14 hands at age 5–7. She’s currently in very good condition according to him as well.

He added that she could definitely be cross-registered Appaloosa because she carries all the marking requirements if someone was interested in a registry-based show career for her. Apparently he’s got some experience in that area. At least that’s something else to add to the possibilities that are Lola

I spent some time with Lola this weekend. I’ve been concerned about her since she lost her friend & pasture mate, Jasmine, this week.

She was very quiet for a couple of days but Saturday I got out in the pasture with her and she was engaged and interested in just hanging out. She had been mostly standing under a tree but as I moved around the pasture she followed so I planted myself in a cool place and she happily grazed in the shade around me.

The pasture she was moved to on Wednesday is a large rich grass pasture in the front of the property but next to what was going to be Basil’s summer pasture. They were getting along through the fence so Ken decided to turn them out together & they seem to be enjoying each others company a great deal. They’re both two years old and at one point yesterday they were racing laps around the pasture (much to the dismay of Uncle Ken who likes to keep the pastures looking pretty) By late yesterday, Lola had asserted herself as Alpha Filly and was nipping Basil and moving him around in play.

They both look very happy & we’re keeping an eye on things but we’re hopeful that this will be a good pairing for both of them while Lola is still here.

As I left last night around 9pm, they were grazing together side by side. I think that’s a good sign.

Update:
Here’s some photos from a couple weeks ago of Lola on her new pasture that she now shares with Basil. They are so cute together. We often find them grazing side by side or laying next to each other in the sun. They also play “race horses” from time to time and chase each other around the pasture. They always put a smile on my face when I pull into the barn

As the sun came out this afternoon, Lola & Jasmine got some turnout on one of the grass pastures while Basil got his lesson today. It was kinda hard bopping back and forth taking photos of everyone so I mostly got grazing photos of the girls…

Grazing

and then she made a friend.…a BIG friend…Mike the Mule! He kinda took a liking to her too 

Hello Mike!

so they spent most of the rest of the time grazing next to each other.…with a fence between them.

New friends

Two friends

We are loving having her and Jasmine here. They share a pasture off the back of the owner’s house and as we”ve mentioned over on Jasmine’s thread, he’s got a special love for Arabians so Lola is part of an (almost) all Arabian inhabited area of the farm we call Arabian Plateau. 

She’s adorable and is a hit with the other boarders. Having these girls here has really put a face to the stories and made it a lot more personal. I’m really glad to see that these two and other horses, like Sinatra, have been able to get out to public facilities where they get some exposure and people can see what wonderful horses they are.

Lola is very animated and curious. Jasmine is very much the alpha between them but Lola likes to make sure she gets your attention and is quite nosy actually. I’ve noticed that she’s taking on more grown up horse like features but she’s so compact and petite that she still carries that look of a baby. From my calculations, she’s about the same age as my gelding, Basil but they have about the same level of maturity (or perhaps, lack thereof) but he’s 15+ hands and she’s pony sized and not as intimidating. I will say that she’s quite patient and a sweet girl on the lead. In fact the day we were hauling her, Jasmine wasn’t convinced she wanted to get in the trailer and Lola stood by patiently in-hand while we took about 20 minutes to get Jasmine in. Once that happened Lola hopped in like a pro and the attitude of “what’s the problem with YOU, Jasmine…sheesh!!”

We give them both a little turnout in the arena periodically and they both seem to like to get out and stretch their legs. The first video is of them running together and the second is a short of one just Lola, complete with her flagged Arab tail!!! 

New photos of Lola! She was really good in the cross-ties for her grooming. She is such a sweet girl and has the kindest eye.

Wish I had had my video camera handy this afternoon. I went out to the back pasture to look for one of Rolo’s shoes that he pulled and Lola and Sinatra started racing each other around the entire perimeter of the pasture, then back into their paddock, and then back around the pasture, back into the paddock, etc etc. Lola was running so fast!! She’s such a tiny thing but she can really move. I think she wants to be Zenyatta when she grows up. And she was bucking and jumping in the air and just have a great time.

She’s been here for a couple weeks now and she’s been a lot of fun to have around. She and Sinatra are joined at the hip, but every so often she’ll show him what’s what. She’s a little flirt with my big boys, especially Rolo, and whenever I load him into the trailer, she’ll start calling for him in this little tiny whinny that is SO cute.

We were contacted today by the person who bred Lola and owned her at the beginning of her life. Here is information about her registration and breeding:

Registered name: JMJ CALA LILLY — HAHR*1A367932
Foal date: 29 Jun 2008
Sire: GRADE
Dam: CAMILIA SAGLAWIYA
Dam’s Sire: SABAR PASHA

Her story: I gave her dam, Cami to a lady in Idaho three weeks after (Lola) was born because she had some of (Lola)‘s relatives and wanted her and Cami as riding horses. At the time I was out of work so it was a hard choice to send them away. The lady sent me photo updates every couple weeks and then about November 2008 I never heard from her again. I have been trying to contact the lady ever since. Her phone’s disconnected and it shows she no longer owns the property I delivered the horses to in Idaho. How they got to Snohomish county I have NO idea.

She sent us this video of Lola’s birth:

While I was out today, Lola was showing her Naughty side…digging into Daphne’s bag and stealing a plastic bag with treats in it, running off with it…it was all quite funny. I was a bit too busy watching the antics but did manage to get this shot of Daphne catching the thief in the act!

What are you up to, little girl?

And then while Scotti was being a pretty good boy about getting his feet done, Lola decided that Daphne’s hair was very very interesting and kept sticking her nose into the procedure…

I want to eat your hair!

…which got her a mini pedicure since she was so interested in what was going on…

Fine, then it’s YOUR turn!

While Aiden was getting castrated, Lola got some attention from adoring fans. You can see she was soaking it up!

Lola is ready to be offered for adoption. She has made such a turnaround since I last saw her and not just because she has grown and shed her nasty coat. Gone is the little filly with the ‘tude, she is a total sweetheart now! Allison and I were able to groom her head to tail without even a halter and she just stood there and loved every minute of it. What a good girl!

Here are some photos of her! She is definitely black and absolutely adorable!

Lola is shedding out the matts and will soon be so pretty.
Daphine did her feet today and was impressed with the color she will be soon.

Lola — Apr 9, 2009

A Lola update… She now weighs 333 pounds and is looking much better than when she came here. She is on a power pak worming program right now and got debugged yesterday. She is shedding. Lola and Aiden play together a lot now and it’s fun to watch them.

Lola — March 2, 2009

Lola — March 2, 2009

Lola is growing and doesn’t have as much rain rot as Aiden had. She is still putting on the tough girl act but once you touch her the ears come back up. Silly filly!! She sometimes will stand to have her blanket on and off. She is getting the leading down but would prefer if we did it her way. They are starting to shed. can’t wait to see the color under all that hair.

Lola got her feet done today as well…she was a very good girl and we had no issues getting her done quickly. She really likes attention, she just likes to act grumpy but as soon as you start petting her, her little ears come up. She’s just insecure and trying to tell us she’s a tough girl. It’s absolutely adorable.

Here’s photos of the possible Lola taken today. Sorry for the too-big halter, that’s a yearling halter, going to have to pull out the foal halters, she’s tiny!  She’s very weak and wobbly on her hind end, and stocked up behind, as you can see:

She’s very sweet and affectionate. She does have some food-aggression issues (ear pinning when there is food near her), but the rest of the time, she’s a doll.

New arrival at SAFE. Due to the fact that this is an open neglect case, I cannot provide many details at this time. This filly was surrendered by her owner to SAFE with encouragement from Animal Control. She is about 8 months old, black with a blanket, by an Appaloosa stallion out of an Arabian mare who did not survive. She’s in extremely poor condition, with a BCS of about a 1.5–2.0, and is covered with rain rot. She’s sweet and somewhat halter broke. Currently located at the main facility in Monroe.

She came with the name Lily and for those of you who knew our dearly missed Lily from the Elledge case that did not survive, can understand why this filly needs a new name.

More info and better photos to come. Photo below was taken prior to rescue.