We have a new horse to introduce to everyone! Her name is Skittles, she is an 18 year old Arab mare who is supposedly trained and able to be ridden

Skittles was seized by King County Animal Control several months, and placed at Northwest Equine Stewardship Center for rehabilitation. She came to NWESC underweight, but as you’ll see from the photos below, they did an excellent job of returning her to good health, and getting her up to date on all routine care.

Skittles was wearing shoes when she arrived at NWESC and was supposedly being ridden at the time of the seizure. Terry will begin working with her after she gets settled in, and we’ll be sure to let you know how that goes. We are told that she can be a little marish and squealy around geldings, and we’ll be observing her behavior for signs of that as well. Terry says that so far she’s been a great little girl. A little messy in her stall so we’re putting her hay in a feeding box now. Other than that she’s real sweet, easy to groom and walk. We’ll start lunging and introducing tack next week.

Debi, who trailered her from NWESC to SAFE last week, describes Skittles as “in-your-pocket” with just a slight dominant attitude. Really easy to convince her to respect your space. She also has a scritchy spot mid-mane that will put her in lip-quivering giraffe mode! Cute!