by Bonnie Hammond | Nov 14, 2010 | Bucky B Lucky
Had a visit today from one of Bucky B Lucky’s former part-owners. Tara confirmed that Lucky was always a barn sweetheart. She also brought two win pictures of Lucky that his future adopter will get to keep. Very cool, thank you Tara! This might be a great time to...
by Bonnie Hammond | Nov 13, 2010 | Nadia
Nadia is a 12 year old gray Arabian mare that was original part of a Pierce County Animal Control seizure in early June 2010, out of a hoarder situation involving 18 ponies and horses and 55 dogs that were living in filthy conditions. This is also the same place where...
by Bonnie Hammond | Nov 9, 2010 | Bucky B Lucky, SAFE in the News
Rescue Groups Save Racehorses from Slaughterhouses by Lynn Thompson Published Nov 9 2010 Bucky B Lucky, a grandson of Seattle Slew and a former racehorse at Emerald Downs, was rescued before he was to be transported to Canada for slaughter. The Humane Society...
by Bonnie Hammond | Nov 7, 2010 | Holly
Update from Holly’s adopter: Yesterday Holly and I had a centered riding lesson from Karen Ireland. It was awesome! We did a group class with three of our friends. After so many years of trail riding, I had lots to work on. We did walk and trot. Holly was wonderful!...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 25, 2010 | Baxter
Oct 25 Spent the day in court today speaking as a witness for the prosecution in the 1st degree Animal Cruelty case against Baxter’s neglecter. I was able to stay the rest of the day and hear the defense’s case and the closing arguments. Tomorrow the jury begins their...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 25, 2010 | Delilah
Unfortunately, Delilah got into it with the other dominant mare in her foster-to-adopt situation and Delilah did a bit of damage to the other horse. The other horse will be ok, but as Delilah clearly isn’t going to work out in her herd long-term, Delilah is once again...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 24, 2010 | Aiden
I am Aiden’s current foster mom and I just looked at all of the pictures from when he was brought to SAFE and I need to say, I am amazed at the transformation, all who were involved in his rescue have done an amazing job! He is still such a sweet baby, but has really...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 23, 2010 | Baxter
Sara’s been working through a few forward issues with Baxter…he’s been doing a little bucking at being asked to go forward. I got him last night and worked through some of it, and today she had a very good lesson on him. He tends to be a little sulky about having a...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 18, 2010 | Holly
Update from Holly’s adopter: Well, we learned something this last week. I brought Holly over to Julie’s to play. Julie hadn’t been on her in a long time. Julie had gotten new sand in her arena. I rode Holly and showed Julie some of the things we were working on. Then...
by Bonnie Hammond | Oct 17, 2010 | Zanadu
Zan has turned out to be a really super riding horse. Our trainer reports she is super cute under saddle, with a really pretty trot, naturally on the bit, very sweet. She’s solid walk/trot/canter now and while in training, she caught the eye of a young girl that takes...
