Alumni Update: Freya
Freya’s adopter, Manuela, provided us an update in April. Freya is now 35 years old. As of last month (March) she has entered hospice care due to her arthritis and degradation, especially of her right front foot. She seems to feel very well these days despite the…
Alumni Update: Arrow
Arrow is doing very well. Penni and Arrow enjoy spending time together and riding when the weather allows.
Tucker’s Tale
It has been a while since we’ve brought a new horse into our barn, but that doesn’t mean that we haven’t been helping horses in other ways. Thanks to the hard work of our outreach team, we’ve been able to actively support horses in our community without them needing…
Alumni Update: Inky
Inky is well cared for and is doing great! He has three other horse pals also in excellent care. Inky’s best friend is a Gypsy Vanner in the paddock next to him and he is a very happy boy.
This Barbie is Adopted!
In 2019, we met this Barbie for the first time. Back then, she was a filly, running feral as part of the Fall City 40, malnourished and lacking in basic care. At SAFE, Barb got several fresh starts – halter and saddle included. During her time with us and over many…
Alvaro Wears a Saddle!
Over the last 12 years, we have saddled (or re-saddled) over 130 horses here at SAFE. As the saying goes, the Trojan Horse wasn’t saddled in a day, and the same is true for the vast majority of our herd. Each and every horse is put through their groundwork paces…
Alumni Update: Shortbread and Whisky
We caught up with Shortbread and Whisky in early March. At age 24 and 26, these two little cuties continue to live the good life with Sherrie and Richard. Sherrie ran a fence to divide their grass pasture in half, allowing them more pasture time for grazing and…
Alumni Update: Asha (Ria) and Jax (Rex)
Sandy runs the non-profit, Raven Rock Ranch, that combines her professional training as a therapist and her love of horses. She works with trauma-impacted people. Asha, now Ria, and Jax, now Rex, are such calm and wonderful horses and the kids that come through her…
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…
