Viewing Parties for Bucky B Lucky’s TV Premier!

SAFE will be hosting two separate viewing parties for Lucky’s big debut as a TV star!  As we mentioned previously, PBS will be doing a story on what happens to racehorses after their racing careers are over, and Bucky B Lucky will be featured prominently in this…

Corona Update Feb 13 2011

Quick update on Corona — he is doing very well, on antibiotics now and the vet reports he is very tolerant for his twice-daily chlorahexadine scrubs.  She does feel bad for him as he is probably in some amount of discomfort, but she has not felt comfortable giving him…

Lucky Update — Feb. 13, 2011

We also had one of our newer volunteers Victoria ride Lucky for the first time in a lesson.  Lucky however, was having a “Thoroughbred day” — his brain was simply not in the game today and he was fidgety, agitated, and unable to concentrate.  Lunging settled him…

Annie and Zanadu Update — Feb 13, 2011

Today was lesson day at the farm today.  We had a potential adopter come out to watch Zanadu and Sara in her lesson today.  I missed the lesson but Sara reported Zanadu did great today, no bucking or kicking out in the canter at all today and the trainer set up trot…

Charmeon Update — Feb 12, 2011

Charmeon’s owner has hired a trainer to start her under saddle. She sent us this photo. Looks like she is doing well!  Also, I double checked her height as she looks much taller than 15h in the photo.  She is 16 hands and 1800 lbs!

SAFE Journal — Feb 12, 2011

Another busy day at SAFE! This morning Allison, one of our volunteers and myself hauled Annie and Zanadu up to the Evergreen Fairgrounds in Monroe where they participated in an event for the Snohomish County 4H called Equine-O-Rama. Dr. Hannah Evergreen gave a talk…

Training Update on Baxter & Delilah — Feb 12 2011

Delilah and Baxter both went on trail rides this week at the Pilchuck Tree Farm! Both did great, Delilah was relaxed and on a loose rein and Baxter was also extremely good. Sara was able to ride him in a lesson on Thursday, he gave her one buck at the canter but she…

Tia Update Feb 12 2001

Tia seems to have settled down and is no longer agitated as long as she is in her stall, but her left eye is still bothering her quite a bit and very swollen and oozing. She may have banged it during her bout of anxiety, or its possible she is having a uveitis…

Corona Update Feb 12 2011

Corona is doing very well! Dr. Hannah has spoken to the vet who saw him earlier this week and she feels like the injury will be relatively minor once we get the infection under control.   We’ve been contacted by three people who knew Corona back when he lived in…

Tia Update — Feb. 11, 2011

Just a quick update on Tia. This morning she was again very agitated when the barn crew arrived and once again was given Ace to settle her down, which only brought her anxiety level down from about an 8 or a 9 to maybe a 5. Tia’s bloodwork came back and was somewhat…

SAFE Journal — Feb 11, 2011

Yesterday was an extremely busy day at SAFE!  First of all, we have the new horse Corona who came in late yesterday afternoon.  Dr. Hannah finally got a chance to look at him last night.  She has not yet spoke to the vet who treated him previously (hopefully will do…

Corona Update Feb 11 2011

Dr. Hannah finally got a chance to look at Corona last night.  She has not yet spoke to the vet who treated him previously (hopefully will do that today) but her overall impression is that it is “not too bad”, despite how bad it looks.  She was not able to get his…

Vet Day at SAFE

Dr. Hannah had a busy day at the SAFE farm doing spring shots and dental floats on Annie, Dexter, and Lexi. Lexi was a good girl and we are hoping to wrap up her adoption soon and send her on her way to her new beginning! Dexter was good right up until the sheath…

Tia Update — Feb 11 2011

As I mentioned in my last update on Tia, she was very nervous and worked up yesterday when I went to visit. In fact, while Dr. Hannah was at our farm working, she received several calls about Tia from her farm help at NWESC. They thought she was upset because the…

Tia Update — Feb 10, 2011

When I stopped by NWESC today to take pictures of our new horse, I checked in on Tia and also talked to Dr. Hannah a bit about how she has been doing.  Tia has gained quite a bit of weight and looks much better.  Dr. Hannah would still like her to gain a few more…

Corona — Initial Intake — Feb 10, 2011

Corona is a coming 10 year old bay Reg. TB gelding (registered name “Triple Copy”), 17h who was surrendered by his owner to a private individual who then surrendered him to SAFE.  As we understand the situation, the owner had fallen on hard times and the horse has an…

Sasha — Feb 8, 2011

From Megan: Hello everyone–sorry I’m not as good at keeping up with posts here as I should be. I wanted to share a quick update on Sasha. She had about a year off and back in September we started into work. Once we got back to full work in December (including…

Baxter Update — Feb. 5, 2011

It’s been a while since we have given a Baxter update. Baxter is a tough nut to crack, he’s clearly got a strong distrust of people and shows clear signs of being abused. However, he’s also retained a lot of his stallion-like behaviors from being gelded late in life…

Sinatra Update — 1/27/11

Our volunteer Sara stopped in and visited Sinatra on Thursday and also got a chance to watch him being ridden in a jumping lesson.  He is just as cute a button jumping, and what was on his stall but FOUR BLUE RIBBONS!  He won all four of his cross-rails classes at the…

Sinatra — Jan 22 2011, Gold Creek Jumper Schooling Show

This past Saturday Sinatra attended his first show under saddle at Gold Creek Equestrian Center in Woodinville!  Sinatra has been fostered by Sundance Equestrian Center and has been ridden by a teenage girl under the guidance of trainer Katherine Wade-Easley. They…

Delilah Update — Jan 20 2011

Delilah is coming along beautifully in her training and is going walk/trot/canter under saddle. Today we put shoes on her as she has been a little footsore ever since the ground was frozen. She immediately was moving much more comfortably. The trainer called me today…

A Special Offer from January’s HeARTist

Here’s a wonderful gift from SAFE’s HeARTist of the month, Liz Stabbert Photography! A free desktop wallpaper calendar featuring Liz’s portrait of Honeycutt! Click here to visit Liz’s site and download your free gift. Our Featured HeARTist, Liz Stabbert is just going…

Welcome to the new SAFE website!

The new SAFE website debuted today. It’s located at www.safehorses.org. My hope is that this website will incorporate all the best features of our Message Board, our old website, and Facebook. This post is somewhat of a test to try out our ability to automatically…

Zan Update — Jan 12 2011

Zan and I rode last night, despite the wind. I decided to lunge her first to see how she felt with the wind whipping and let her adjust to the sound the arena roof makes with a big gust (it even made me jump the first few times I heard it!). She gave a few bucks on…

Charmeon Update

Charmeon has had some training now and lightly started under saddle but still needs more. The owner has since lost her home and sold her furniture to pay for board and training for her two horses. This is a nice mare that still has a lot of potential!

Zan Update from Jan 9 2011

I liked Zan so much I called the trainer to see if she’d come down and give me a lesson today. While Zan was a bit of a nut on the lunge line yesterday (bucking and racing around before settling in) today she gave me a quiet, rythmic trot instead. I’ve been told this…

Lexi Update from Jan 9 2011

I just thought I’d update Lexi’s thread. She’s a volunteer favorite. She’s so sweet and easy to handle. It seems like she’s always out getting groomed or loved on. I rode her a few times last fall in anticipation of her being looked at by a potential adopter (and of…

Dexter Update from Jan 8 2011

I’m sad to report that Dexter is back at SAFE. While I like to hang out with him- I was really hoping to never see his cute face again. He was a very good boy for his potential adopter for about 2 months and then he had some behavioral issues and was returned. It…

Lola & Bubbles Photos

Here are some lovely photos of Lola and Bubbles taken by Karen Wegehenkel this fall. This photo shoot included photos of Sampson and Lucky too. All of the photos can be viewed by visiting Karen Wegehenkel’s website.

Monroe Monitor: Featured Non-Profit

Featured Non-Profit: SAFE by Polly Keary Published Dec 16 2010 Editor’s Note: Each week through the holiday season, the Monroe Monitor features a local non-profit, as many non-profits depend on the donations they get during the season of giving. This week we go to a…

Honeycutt Update from June 9 2010

We were worried that Honeycutt might have troubles adjusting to his new foster home, as change is hard for him as he is such a worried, timid horse. We needn’t have been concerned, he has settled in just fine. 🙂

2010 Best of Western Washington

SAFE is honored to be among the winners of the KING‑5/Evening Magazine 2010 Best of Western Washington awards. We were voted 5th place in the category of Favorite Local Charity, out of a total of 132 nominees in that category with more than 400,000 votes cast. Thank…

Seattle Times: Animal-cruelty charges filed against Enumclaw woman

Animal-cruelty charges filed against Enumclaw woman by Christine Clarridge Originally published Friday, March 5, 2010 at 2:53 PM An Enumclaw woman who has been blamed for the deaths of more than two dozen farm animals over the course of two months was charged Friday…

KOMO-TV: Investigation finds gruesome horse neglect

Investigation finds gruesome horse neglect By Michelle Esteban and KOMO News Staff Aired on Feb 5 2009 SNOHOMISH, Wash. — A Snohomish woman has been linked to a gruesome animal cruelty investigation that was launched after one of her horses was found starved to death…

Everett Herald: Horse Rescued from Starvation Still Struggling

Horse rescued from starvation still struggling By Debra Smith, Everett Herald Writer Published Dec 22 2008 MONROE — Whisper, the horse rescued from a Snohomish field, lived through the weekend, but she’s not out of danger yet, said her caretaker. “We’ll keep trying…

Everett Herald: Cold is Cruel to Ailing Filly

Cold is cruel to ailing filly By Debra Smith, Herald Writer Published Dec 20 2008 MONROE — Jaime Taft is trying to save a horse’s life, and Mother Nature isn’t helping. The filly — gaunt and covered in sores — was rescued along with two others from a Snohomish…

KOMO-TV: Help needed for starved horses

Help needed for starved horses by KOMO staff Aired on Dec 8 2008 SNOHOMISH, Wash. — Animal control officers are asking for help caring for neglected horses after finding one horse dead and several others starving at a Snohomish home in what they’re calling the worst…

Horsebytes: Crocodile Tears

Crocodile Tears by Monica Bretherton Published Nov 4 2008 Do crocodiles cry for the victims they are eating, as legend holds? Certainly not — they have no tear ducts. Jean Elledge does, as she demonstrated again at her sentencing hearing in Snohomish County Superior…

Horsebytes: Facing the Ghosts

Facing the Ghosts by Monica Bretherton Published Oct 19 2008 Jean Elledge appeared before Judge Ramsdell at the King County Courthouse at 2:45 yesterday for sentencing on the three counts of Animal Cruelty in the First Degree to which she entered a guilty plea in…

Seattle P‑I: 9‑month sentence in case of starved horses

9‑month sentence in case of starved horses By LEVI PULKKINEN Published Oct 17 2008 Lilly was a foal when animal control officers saved her from Jean Marie Elledge’s pasture. Skinny and sick, she was still better off than the four horses found dead on the Carnation…