by Lily Leitkowski | Jul 26, 2025 | Cleopatra, Deja Vu
Having a community of trustworthy organizations in our network that can call on us for support — and vice versa — helps us to help more horses, not to mention each other. In exchange for taking Hayden into our program, Care Fur Life took in not just one, but two of...
by Lily Leitkowski | May 21, 2025 | Deja Vu, Joel Conner Clinic Reports
Meghan N worked alongside Deja Vu in the May Joel Conner groundwork Clinic, and has the following to say about her experience: “Over the past three days, Deja and I had the opportunity to learn and grow together during the Joel Conner Clinic. This mare is incredibly...
by Bonnie Hammond | Feb 24, 2025 | Announcement, Bandit Bay, Brandy Snap, Clarissa, Cleopatra, Deja Vu, Mirana, Ranger, Sienna, Trixie, Tulip, Zuri
If you look at the current population of horses at SAFE right now, eleven of them are what we call “companions” — older horses that can’t really be ridden anymore…but still need a safe, permanent home. Any of these horses would tell you that caring for a companion...
by Lily Leitkowski | Feb 8, 2025 | Deja Vu
Deja is what you might call, in layman’s terms, a silly goose. When she is in her space with her friend-sister-mother Cleopatra, aka, comfortable, she is a mellow sight — a mare who can nap for hours in the sunshine and who enjoys mutual grooming. But once removed...
by Lily Leitkowski | Nov 14, 2024 | Deja Vu
Deja Vu is ‘seen before’ in French, that sensation of having experienced an event, even if it is completely novel. But working with this mare is entirely unique each time, no sense of a ‘been there, done that.’ Well, some sense of having been there, since we do not...
by Lily Leitkowski | Aug 26, 2024 | Deja Vu
Having the chance to work with Deja Vu — a horse who has not had much in the way of experience with this style of horsemanship — during the recent Joel Conner clinic was a challenging and tremendous learning experience for the both of us. At first, working...
