The Ooies Come to SAFE
Obviously, we are a horse property first and foremost. But can you even call yourself a barn if you don’t have a barn cat or two? Or three? Our tuxedo trio of brothers Huey, Dewey, and Louie have been with us since kittenhood. They grew up at our old location, and…
Alumni Update: Sierra
Donna and Sierra are doing fine. Sierra is 21 this year and in good health. She shares the barn with two donkeys and gets just an hour a day of turn out in the pasture due to the fact that she is diagnosed with Cushing’s. She is on dry lot or in a stall with a run the…
Alumni Update: Champagne
Champagne is enjoying his life to the fullest. Kaydee adores him. Nothing is asked of him other than to be a good boy for brushing and trimming and for being a wonderful companion for the other horses. Champagne is thriving as a companion for two retired big mares. He…
Theo, Thrower of Shoes
Out in the tall grass, Theo casts off a shoe like a wish, its whereabouts known only to him and the earth that swallows that iron circle whole. It will surface again when it is ready, when the stars align and the planet is tipped on its axis just so. Maybe Theo’s…
Tiva is Adopted!
We met Tiva in early 2022. She was originally living as a feral horse out on the Yakama Reservation, and had been picked up at auction with a filly on her side. She’d found herself under the care of a woman who had initially planned to gentle her, but found Tiva to be…
Alumni Update: George
George is generally enjoying a quiet life as a pasture pet and occasional trail horse. He has a miniature horse and a miniature donkey for friends, and he is sweet to them. He occasionally has a cow as a roommate, and he is nice to cows also. Ana has a 1‑mile loop…
Alumni Update: Bliss and Evie (Racketeer)
Bliss looks great and is doing well! She is quite attached to her buddy, a German Riding Pony, who is now two. They are turned out together where the hot wire gets turned off and the fencing is a flexible panel fence, so if Bliss does hit the fence it has a lot of…
Alumni Update: Shiloh
Shiloh is doing well and is mostly retired now.
Blue’s Story
Some of the most difficult cases that come through SAFE are also some of the shortest. Blue’s was one such case. Several weeks after Porsche, we got a call from Animal Control about another horse who needed our help, a gelding named Blue. Blue was very thin, which is…
Alumni Update: Dottie
At 28, our friend Dottie is a healthy girl and living a good life with her pasture mate minis. She loves scratches and is happy to stand and receive all she can get.
Alunni Update: Jewel and Tilt (Korra)
Jewel had a saddling issue over 1.5 years ago and has had to be restarted. With Joel Conner’s suggestions she has been working slowly. For the first year Julie has been working on using a bare back pad with stirrups and finally was able to cinch her up. In the last 6…
Alumni Update: Flynn
At 27 years old, Flynn is retired and enjoys the horse life and being doted on by the children at the ranch. He is no longer in the children’s program and is no longer ridden but the kids get to groom him. He really enjoys that. He is a beloved family pet and is a…
Alumni Update: Kelly
Kelly continues to live a happy and healthy life. She shares a pasture with two horses, a mini, a cow and a llama!
Alumni Update: Picasso (Justice)
Justice is doing great. He was diagnosed with Cushing’s a while back, but Anastasia has him on meds and he is being monitored closely by both her and the Vet. The boarding stable where he is at has a lot of older horses some with Cushing’s. They are taking very good…
