Khianna arrives at SAFE
Khianna is one of a group of horses belonging to a woman who is battling cancer. When she realized that her strength would soon be fading and her finances depleted, she contacted SAFE for help. We listed the horses under our SAFE-Assisted Placement program, and…
Oct 18, 2011
A porpoise AND a goal!
After eating many hays, I have had time to think about the rescue that I will be making. I’m not so good with words, so maybe rescue is the wrong word. I can really only actually give hays and tasty, tasty grain to the two horses who live with me — and Jay and Chance…
Mr Pibb Before & After
The Honeycutt Nation
There is a new SAFE horse named Dixie, do you know this horse? She is very pretty but she is also very thin and sad. If I were near Dixie, I would not steal her hays because she needs to eat lots of hays and tasty grain and not be so sad. A horse should be a thing…
Dixie Intake Photos
Dixie arrived at SAFE on Sunday Oct 9, 2011. She has a Body Condition Score of about 2–2.5. She has lots of old kick wounds and is covered in bot fly eggs. Dixie shows signs of a recent abscess or puncture wound to her left front foot but seems sound today. She’s…
Bud & Brandy Update
Bud & Brandy (aka: B&B) have been in their current foster home in Federal Way since late July. They spend their days just hanging out and occasionally chatting over their fence line with the young (27 years old) gelding next to them. While they don’t do much…
Deeds — 10/8/11
We haven’t updated Deeds’ page in a while. He spent his summer at a foster home up in Stanwood, where he was a companion to an older mare. We have now moved him down to a foster home in Redmond, where he has a nice dry paddock and shelter and a buddy, a warmblood…
Behind the Scenes Photos from Anakin’s News Story
KOMO-TV reporter Steve McCarron and cameraperson Robin visited Anakin at Cedarbrook Vet Care today to film for the story that appeared on the evening news. Here are some behind the scenes photos of the shoot! click to enlarge and view as slideshow [gallery link=“file”…
Anakin’s Amazing Story
For us, Anakin’s story began early Monday morning, with an email asking for our help. It was from a woman in Winlock WA who wanted to know if SAFE had room to take in an emaciated Thoroughbred gelding. He had been rescued a few days earlier by her young boarder, and…
The Older Horse — a commentary by SAFE President Kyle Putnam
“Old horses have a place in this world and it deeply saddens me that people can’t give them the retirements they deserve.” My Operations Director, Terry Phelps, wrote this in response to assistance we were working to provide through our Community Outreach services.…
November Volunteer of the Month: Tiffany Lindan!
Congratulations and thank you to our November volunteer of the Month, Tiffany! Tiffany has been volunteering with SAFE for almost 2 years. She started as a special events volunteer but quickly became much much more. Tiffany has been directly involved in coordinating…
Khianna: Training Update
Volunteer Rider Erika fills us in on her work with Khianna this past month: “Recently, I started working with Khianna, a sweet, beautiful mare. Though she is a bit wary of new things, and still thinks the flag might eat her, our time working together has helped her…
Finn Gets a Photo Shoot
This fall Finn got a visit from one of his favorite volunteer friends Jessica. She took some beautiful photos of him and his foster mom Carrie. What a pretty boy he is! Thank you Jessica for visiting him and taking these pretty photos! You can see how much Carrie…
