by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | Past SAFE Events
SAFE Benefit Horse Show The SAFE BENEFIT OPEN HORSE SHOW was held on Saturday, July 28th at Mt Hood Equestrian Center in Boring OR, and it was a tremendous success! We had a huge turnout, wonderful participants, tireless volunteers, and happy spectators. Plans...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | Past SAFE Events
The SAFE Bodywork Clinic was held on April 21, 2007. It was presented by Dr Hannah Evergreen of Evergreen Holistic Veterinary. A group of 10 horses and their owners learned about several different holistic healing methods, and also benefited from a bodywork session...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | Past SAFE Events
SAFE Groundwork Clinic with Dorothy Love and Rick Merzlok Held on July 29 & 30, 2006 in Monroe,...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | Rescue Stories
Desert Spark, or “Desi” is a 6 year old 16h chestnut Thoroughbred gelding by Desert Rival out of Strip N Get, born in Arizona. He raced and trained at Turf Paradise up until 2005, no winnings on record. He was rescued on September 11, 2006 at a feedlot in Colorado. He...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | Redmond, Rescue Stories
Jaime & I went to the Yakima feedlot in Oct 2005 to help CBER evaluate a large group of new horses. Because there were so many horses at the lot, CBER had to focus on the sound, rideable horses that would be the easiest to find home for. There was a chestnut...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
The founding members of SAFE met online on the Chronicle of the Horse (COTH) bulletin board in the spring of 2005. What began as a few people pooling money to purchase a single horse off a feedlot turned into quite a large group of people banding together in support...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | In Memory
Calamity came to us after being surrendered by her owner — a surrender that came just days before animal control seized the rest of the horses and dogs living on the property. Calamity suffered several years of poor care before coming to SAFE, but she blossomed into a...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | In Memory
Jasmine was one of 17 horses that were seized from their breeder as part of a high profile abuse case in February 2008. Jasmine came to us with her 6 month old filly at her side — a filly that eventually succumbed to the abuse her body has been subjected to. Jasmine,...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | In Memory
Little Miss was one of three mares that were surrendered to SAFE by their owner in January 2008. In the two and a half years that Little Miss was cared for by SAFE, she was found to have many physical issues that caused her discomfort, and made her increasingly...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 13, 2011 | In Memory
Wishes was a 15 year old Thoroughbred mare who was surrendered to SAFE in late December 2008 by her owners, in conjunction with an Animal Control neglect case in Snohomish County. She arrived in extremely poor condition, with a BCS of about a 1.5, covered with rain...
