Justice for Bud and Brandy
Yesterday in King County Superior Court, a jury returned a guilty verdict on two counts of felony animal cruelty against the woman who starved and neglected Bud and Brandy. Here is their story. The call came late on a Sunday afternoon in Februaryā¦two elderly horses,ā¦
Straight to the horseās mouth!
Once a year we hold the Fall Into Winter Feed Drive, and ask our good friends to donate funds that will be earmarked for purchasing hay, grain, and a moderate amount of horse treats for the horses in SAFEās care. Weāll all feel more secure knowing that our hayloftsā¦
Chanceās History
Chance is a Thoroughbred cross gelding that was one of the first horses rescued by SAFE in early 2005. He was supposedly a failed bucking stock horse who was so sweet and friendly that no one wanted to see him be sent to slaughter. SAFE paid his feedlot ransom, andā¦
Oscar: A Perfect Geldingā¦A Perfect Gentleman
Oscar came to SAFE as a stallion, one of 16 horses seized from a breeding operation by Pierce County Animal Control in Dec 2011. Oscar had been starved and badly neglected. As a breeding stallion, heād lived a life of isolation and was aggressive and āstuddishāā¦
Chance/Waldo
Chance (formerly CBER Waldo) is a 13yo (1999) 16.1hh Bay TBx gelding. As a youngster, he flunked out of bucking horse school and was rescued from slaughter by SAFE. Currently ridden English; previously had some dressage training and an introduction to jumping. Alsoā¦
Fall Work Party Thank You!
We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the worldās greatest team of volunteers for their hours of hard work donated on Saturday, September 22nd. Record turnout and hard work made a lot of improvements to SAFE Harbor Stables happen. SAFE appreciatesā¦
A new day for Khianna
The past several months have been a journey for Khianna. She went into training last June to be restarted under saddle, but unfortunately, she had some issues with bolting. Andrea put a lot of time into trying to work through these issues, and felt that Khiannaāsā¦
Louieās new foster home
Weāve gotten a great update on Louie who moved to a great new foster home this past weekend. Weād also like to welcome Lisa to the SAFE family as a new foster āmomā! Louie has settled in great at his new foster home. He and the other Arab gelding ā Shazam ā have hitā¦
A Beautiful Heart
Hereās an update from a new volunteer to SAFE that has us beaming. Diana lives in Bellingham, so volunteering at Safe Harbor is difficult, but sheās making a difference by spending quality time with Dottie. She wrote this morning to tell us how her friendship withā¦
Whatās up, Anakin?
An update on Anakin from his new home! Thank you, Barb!!! You will be pleased to know that our lovely Chestnut boy has taken up yoga (stealing a page from Kaiās playbook), heās doing downward dog before turnout š Heās also decided to challenge Kai from across theā¦
Saddling Session at the Joel Conner Clinic
Sunday morning, three young redheads were saddled up and worked in the roundpen at the start of the clinic. This included Jessel (who met the saddle for the first time at yesterdayās clinic), Sophie, and Lacey. Here are photos from this session: [gallery link=āfileāā¦
Adoption Announcement: Khianna!
Stanalee came to meet the SAFE horses in hopes to find a companion for her mare Haley. While she thought they were all lovely, she saw Khianna and it was love at first sight. Stanalee told us she could see many of them joining her family but Khianna needed her theā¦
Introducing the saddle to Jessel
Jessel is still too young to be started (she turns 3 in April) but itās not too soon to introduce her to the saddle and get her accustomed to carrying it on her back. Joel Conner worked with Jessel during the morning Groundwork session at the clinic, and then saddledā¦
New Intake ā Mason
Mason is a 15 year old Thoroughbred gelding who has come to SAFE because his owners could no longer care for him. Heās a nice fellow who is very friendly and willing, but whether he can be safely ridden is yet to be determined. As we start to piece together his past,ā¦
