by Terry Phelps | Jan 18, 2018 | Raven
When you look at Raven, it’s hard to believe that this big, beautiful filly was a rough-coated, dull-eyed, rain rot covered baby less than a year ago. She has truly blossomed! She amuses us daily with her playful personality and enthusiasm for life. Right now our...
by Terry Phelps | Jan 18, 2018 | Joel Conner Clinic Reports, Ruach, Valencia
Terry and her volunteer riders have been working with Ru and Valencia regularly since the last Joel Conner clinic in November. She has this to report on their progress: The more time I spend with Ruach and Valencia the more I fall in love with them. Both are probably...
by Terry Phelps | Jan 18, 2018 | Jessel, Joel Conner Clinic Reports
Jessel is back on the payroll at Joel Conner’s after a light fall schedule. She is now old enough to be in full time work and so we have bumped her work up in preparation to move her back to Safe Harbor in the spring. Joel’s ranch has been a great place for Jessel to...
by Terry Phelps | Jan 15, 2018 | Duchess
Duchess is a lovely gentle mare that we really hope will prove to be suitable for a beginner rider. She settled into Safe Harbor last week nicely and we have lightly started groundwork as we becomes accustom to our barn and getting back into work. Overall, things are...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2018 | Duchess
We welcomed back an old friend today. Duchess is a 12 year old palomino Saddlebred mare, who came to SAFE as a two year old during a major Animal Control seizure in 2008. Duchess arrived at SAFE emaciated and unhealthy with badly overgrown feet and a dreadful parasite...
by Terry Phelps | Jan 12, 2018 | Valor
Valor’s rehabilitation is going super! The barn managers at SAFE began with walking him 2x a day, added ground poles and walking up hills. He then was able to graduate to roundpen work with Jolene to prepare him for saddling and ultimately to be ridden. As part of his...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 9, 2018 | Announcement
2017 was an absolutely incredible year for SAFE. We moved our entire operation from 3 acres in Woodinville to 11 acres just down the road in Redmond. We also had a record setting year in terms of adoptions, new intakes, and new volunteers, but the story for 2017 is...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 5, 2018 | Past SAFE Events
Such a fun afternoon for SAFE’s second annual Paint & Sip fundraiser last month at The Painted Palace in Redmond, with everyone creating their own version of “Winter Solstice”, enjoying snacks and great conversation. Thanks to everyone who helped us raise almost...
by Bonnie Hammond | Dec 31, 2017 | Quarterly Impact Statements
New Horses Intake Date: October 4, 2017 Aurora (owner surrender) Belle (owner surrender) Intake Date: October 17, 2017 Ruach (owner surrender) Valencia (owner surrender) Intake Date: December 1, 2017 Zoe (Snohomish County Animal Control) Piper...
by Bonnie Hammond | Dec 31, 2017 | Volunteers of the Month
Washington native Cathy Olson has been honored as Save a Forgotten Equine’s (SAFE) December Volunteer of the Month in recognition of four years of consistent service that includes working barn shifts and performing night shift, various clerical tasks, editing the...
