Dexter — NH clinic

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. ...

SAFE Alumni Update: Bloomer & Beamer

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...

SAFE Update — April 3, 2011

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...

Corona Update April 3 2011

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...

Romeo — April 3

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...

Sinatra — April 3

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...

Zan Update — April 3

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...

Charmeon arrives at SAFE — April 3

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...

2011 Q2 Impact Statement

New Horses Intake Date: April 5, 2011 Mr Pibb, 25+ yo Morgan gelding (King Co Animal Control) Shasta, 11 yo mini horse mare (King Co Animal Control) Sunny D, 2.5 yo mini horse gelding (King Co Animal Control) Intake Date: April 28, 2011 April, 6 yo paint...