by Bonnie Hammond | Nov 25, 2019 | Fancy
Casey had this to say about Fancy’s performance in both the Buck Brannaman clinic in October and the November Joel Conner clinic: Fancy has had a busy and productive couple of months. In October, we rode with Buck Brannaman in Spanaway, which was a great experience....
by Melinda Couvillion | Nov 21, 2019 | Horse Health
SAFE made a new friend in 2018 when we started Raven on her automatic feeder. We ordered a replacement power supply for a donated iFEED unit, and through a reply email we learned that the US division of the company was based right here in Western Washington. Not only...
by Terry Phelps | Nov 21, 2019 | Butterscotch, Joel Conner Clinic Reports
Lori helped Butterscotch get introduced to horsemanship in our recent Horsemanship clinic. Here is what she had to say about working with this smart senior mare: Butter came to SAFE about a month ago. She’s a sweet girl but didn’t understand much about horsemanship. I...
by Bonnie Hammond | Nov 19, 2019 | Commentary, Rescue Stories
There’s something especially sad about an elderly horse in need of a home. If this were a perfect world, every horse would grow old and eventually pass on in a comfortable, safe place, surrounded by friends and familiar faces. But this world is far from perfect, and...
by Melinda Couvillion | Nov 19, 2019 | Butterscotch
Bathing Butter has been something that we’ve wanted to tackle due to her perpetually grimy, shaggy haircoat. The hope was that a bath with a medicated shampoo would help her be less itchy. None of the oral supplements and antihistamines that she’s been on have seemed...
by Bonnie Hammond | Nov 19, 2019 | Past SAFE Events
We’re making preparations and planning for this year’s Holiday Open House at Safe Harbor Stables! We have a lot of fun things planned for everyone this year, including a holiday gift bazaar, photos with Sunny & Shasta, kids’ activities, face painting, and a visit...
by Melinda Couvillion | Nov 19, 2019 | Amelia
Sweet Amelia has battled GI issues since before she arrived at SAFE. But so far, we had only seen her have one colic episode, and it was a minor one. But just before Halloween we found her down in her turnout, not wanting to get up. She hadn’t finished her most recent...
by Melinda Couvillion | Nov 19, 2019 | Butterscotch, Horse Health, Mara
We’ve taken in several “shaggy” senior horses lately. Honeycutt, Butter, and Mara all came to us looking suspicious for pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), and all of them tested positive. Last year, our cute pony, Sage, also got the diagnosis. PPID, also...
by Terry Phelps | Nov 15, 2019 | Luna
Here are some highlights from Luna’s training with Donohue Horsemanship in Banks, Oregon at the end of 2019. SAFE is thankful for all their hard work in helping us offer such well trained horses to the public. What a great foundation this young mare has...
by Bonnie Hammond | Nov 13, 2019 | Jewel
