by Bonnie Hammond | Jul 5, 2013 | Chance
Sorry to share that Chance is not feeling well and had to see Dr Hannah yesterday for an emergency visit. He did not seem to be himself on Wednesday and volunteers reported that he was not moving around much or interested in food. Yesterday morning we discovered that...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jul 2, 2013 | Announcement
SAFE Board of Directors members Kyle Putnam, Sara Hall, Jeanette Parrett, and Debi Shatos recently attended an all day seminar hosted by the ASPCA. The Equine Welfare Professionals Workshop provided an opportunity for our Board members to learn about effective Board...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jul 2, 2013 | April
The story of how April came to be a SAFE horse is a sad tale: she lived alone in a small muddy pen, her owner barely cared for her, and often she had nothing to eat but stale bread and potatoes. Her living conditions had already attracted the attention of Animal...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jun 30, 2013 | Quarterly Impact Statements
New Horses Intake Date: April 5, 2013 Kai (trade between SAFE and Pony Up) Intake Date: June 7, 2013 Ginger (owner surrender) Intake Date: June 18, 2013 Nora (Buckley WA Sheriff ) Intake Date: June 7, 2013...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jun 28, 2013 | Volunteers of the Month
Congratulations to our June volunteer of the month, Ann Amort! Ann joined the SAFE team of volunteers nearly a year ago. She has been working the AM Feed/Chore shift on Fridays. For the last couple of months, Fridays have been occasionally understaffed. Ann is an...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jun 26, 2013 | Portland
Portland is a 16 year old Thoroughbred gelding who was seized as part of a neglect case by Snohomish County Animal Control and signed over to SAFE late last week. Portland was removed from his owner with a Body Condition Score of 1 (out of 9) meaning that he was very...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jun 25, 2013 | Khianna
It’s been a while since we’ve updated everyone on Khianna. If you recall, Khianna “flunked out” of training after our trainer advised us that she would need extensive one-on-one work after she displayed a tendency to bolt under saddle. She went to a foster home for a...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jun 24, 2013 | Skye
Friday, June 21 Skye has had an easy day of roaming the round pen full of scary stuff. Dave said that she was a little wound up early on but by the end of the day, despite the tarps, barrels and the Cowboy Curtain of doom, she has calmed down. She got a chance to...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jun 20, 2013 | Skye
Skye has come a long way from the horse she was when she first came to SAFE. Back then, she was so accustomed to being shut up in a stall all the time that the relative freedom of a stall with an outdoor run was very strange and scary to her. Everything scared Skye at...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jun 18, 2013 | Bucky B Lucky
Bucky B Lucky was moved into foster care with Helga Roberts at Dutch Mills Farm to continue his dressage training. We just got this wonderful update from Helga and we’re really pleased that he’s doing so well for her! SAFE is so fortunate to have Helga working with...
