Latest SAFE News
2016 Volunteer of the Year: Caren McMillen
by Bonnie Hammond | Dec 31, 2016 | Volunteers of the Month
Choosing just one SAFE volunteer to be named Volunteer of the Year is never an easy task, but when someone like Caren McMillen is part of your family, the choice becomes utterly obvious. Caren has been with SAFE as a volunteer for almost three years, but there are…
2016 Q4 Impact Statement
by Bonnie Hammond | Dec 31, 2016 | Quarterly Impact Statements
New Horses Intake Date: October 7, 2016 Rico (owner surrender) Rosie (owner surrender) Ruckus (owner surrender) Vida (owner surrender) Prince (owner surrender) Intake Date: December 16, 2016 Sierra (SAFE Alumni/owner surrender) Placed Horses Oscar
Vida’s First Ride at SAFE
by Bonnie Hammond | Dec 30, 2016 | Vida
Stormy & King in Turnout
by Bonnie Hammond | Dec 23, 2016 | King, Stormy
Stormy and King enjoy some indoor turnout on a snowy day.
Video: Emmy Trot Work
by Bonnie Hammond | Dec 23, 2016 | Emmy
Adoption Announcement: Oscar!
by Terry Phelps | Dec 20, 2016 | Oscar, Placed Horses
It is with great happiness that we announce the adoption of SAFE horse Oscar! He has spent the last month getting used to his new life and proving to be the best boy ever! Oscar joins his new owner Vickie C and her family on their lovely farm in Redmond. He has fit in…
Training Update: Rosie
by Terry Phelps | Dec 20, 2016 | Rosie
I have been working Rosie over the last week to prepare her for riding. It is my belief that Rosie must have been used in some sort of sport where she was asked to be very hot with not a lot of relaxation. This showed in a few ways beginning with her work the ground.…
Training Update: Anderson
by Terry Phelps | Dec 19, 2016 | Anderson, Joel Conner Clinic Reports
I don’t know if I will be able to put into words how pleased I am with the work Joel Conner did with Anderson. Anderson and I had hit a pretty hard spot in our training this last summer and while I loved working with him, I knew that he needed a better hand to get him…
Sierra History
by Bonnie Hammond | Dec 16, 2016 | Sierra
Sierra (aka Baby or Wildfire) was rescued by SAFE in early 2006 as a 6 month old filly, along with her dam Brandy, a pony mare. Her sire was reportedly a mustang. As a filly, Sierra was black with a blaze and two blue eyes. At the time of her rescue, Sierra was…
Stormy Update
by Bonnie Hammond | Dec 14, 2016 | Stormy
We had a bit of a setback in Stormy’s healing process post-surgery. After the bandage removal, we continued to clean the incision site daily and administer antibiotics as Dr. Fleck had prescribed. He said to continue to treat and monitor it, but there was potential…
Training Update: Jessel and Lacey
by Terry Phelps | Dec 6, 2016 | Jessel, Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Lacey
Jessel and Lacey made their way over to Ellensburg to start working with Joel Conner. They are both doing well and I checked in with Joel this week to see how the girls are doing. The plan is to give Lacey 90 days of professional training and let Jessel winter over…
Training Update: Sophie
by Terry Phelps | Dec 6, 2016 | Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Sophie
Sophie is just reaching about 40 rides this week in her training with Joel Conner. We were all very excited when Joel surprised us and brought Sophie over to ride in the clinic here at Safe Harbor. She looked AMAZING and while he explained about her “baby stuff” that…
