by Bonnie Hammond | Apr 10, 2011 | Charmeon
Today my neighbor, Natalie, who happens to be a Grand Prix show jumper/trainer, came over and helped me work with Char for her first ride since she arrived at SAFE a week ago. We took her out and put her in the cross-ties, and she was very, very good for being...
by Bonnie Hammond | Apr 9, 2011 | Holly
Holly has had quite a bit of interest in her (no surprise there). Merle’s been understandably picky about where her Holly will go, but we think we may have found a great home for her. Pending adoption!
by Bonnie Hammond | Apr 8, 2011 | Dexter
One of our volunteers, Debi, has a small boarding facility in Clearview and she has a Parelli instructor named Michael Sparling come to her barn and do clinics. She spoke to Michael about Dexter and he agreed to work with Dexter at no charge to SAFE. ...
by Bonnie Hammond | Apr 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Desert Bloom and At The Ready are two ex-racehorses that SAFE placed for Emerald Downs trainer Sharon Ross was back in August 2006. Their adopter Vicki has done a terrific job with both of them and has worked hard to make them good riding horses. She sent an update on...
by Bonnie Hammond | Apr 3, 2011 | SAFE Journal
Crazy busy weekend, no time even for pics, unfortunately. Lots of staff meetings and planning meetings and a lot of great ideas in the works! We have a really great events and fundraisers coming soon so stay tuned! Zanadu was a popular girl this...
by Bonnie Hammond | Apr 3, 2011 | Corona
Corona is doing well, but still not completely healed. He remains very tolerant for his treatments, however. He is also doing something we have seen with a few starved horses, where they come in with a thick winter coat with a top layer of really long, wiry...
by Bonnie Hammond | Apr 3, 2011 | Romeo
Romeo is doing very well after his castration, and tolerating his forced exercise well. Dr. Hannah reports he is still somewhat agitated and pacing in his stall, which is actually helping keeping the swelling under control. That should go away in a couple...
by Bonnie Hammond | Apr 3, 2011 | Sinatra
Sinatra has been lunged the last several days to see if his lameness issue got any worse, and to make it more easy to detect with nerve blocks because it was very mild at best and not sensitive to hoof testers and not positive on a flexion test. So far, he has...
by Bonnie Hammond | Apr 3, 2011 | Zanadu
Zanadu was a popular girl this weekend, having two potential adopters come and meet her this weekend. She has been a little grouchy lately on the ground, not sure if it is related to coming into heat or what. She’s fussy and overly sensitive about being...
by Bonnie Hammond | Apr 3, 2011 | Charmeon
Charmeon arrived at the SAFE facility on Saturday afternoon. As part of our commitment to Char’s owner, we had placed her on a waiting list for when we had an opening for Char to come into our program, and meanwhile she had kept her in training until the end of...
