An afternoon visit with Marta
Thank you to Martaās foster mom Eileen for this wonderful update and video of our girl! Marta is doing well. She is sleek, shiny, a wee bit plump, perhaps, and getting fuzzier as the cool weather sets in. It is a little hard to judge her ideal weight because she was aā¦
Goodbye Dexter
This will not be an easy post to write. Iāve already made four or five attempts to get started, writing tired clichesā¦like āLetting a horse go is never easyā or āWe know we canāt save them allā ā¦and then hitting the delete key. Staring at an empty page. Andā¦
Charmeon joins the SAFE Harbor herd
Charmeon graduated from her refresher training course this past weekend and made the trip down to SAFE Harbor Stables where sheāll be staying while she waits for her perfect adopter to come! Char is a sweet and friendly mare who, as youāll see from these pictures, isā¦
Pictures of Sinatra, just becauseā¦
Measuring the fence this past weekend, my bright yellow tape measure caught the attention of Sinatra, who left his hay to come over and have a look. Always the social butterflyā¦
Chanceās Big Trail Ride
An update from Chanceās owner, Sandy: āChance has been doing great on the trails. I have taken him on a few rides by himself and although he needs a confident rider he has done great. Yesterday he went on a 5 1/2 hour ride for the first time with two horses he hadā¦
SAFE Tool Drive Information
Do you have extra tools cluttering your work bench? Can you really use three hammers at once? Pining for a shiny new lawnmower, even though your old one is perfectly functional? Donate your surplus unwanted tools to SAFE! We need just about everything to stock ourā¦
September Volunteer of the Month: Sherry Leake
After a short hiatus to support the July move in, and the August Benefit showā¦Volunteer of the Month returns in style. Please join me in congratulating the September Volunteer of the Month, Sherry Leake. Sherry is a hard working and dedicated SAFE volunteer who doesā¦
April Update
April has been on pasture rest for several months due to showing some signs of lameness. Weāre looking forward to her beginning to come back slowly at the end of the month and we know she is too. She needs to be in work to keep her weight in check and she gets boredā¦
New Intake: Stormy
Stormy is a 22 year old Appaloosa mare who was seized from her owner by Pierce Co Animal Control. Stormy, another horse, and several dogs were discovered living tied to trees and starving, on a wooded property where their owner was squatting. The horses were seizedā¦
New Intake: King
King is a 9 year old Tennessee Walking Horse cross gelding who was seized from his owner by Pierce Co Animal Control. King, another horse, and several dogs were discovered living tied to trees and starving, on a wooded property where their owner was squatting. Theā¦
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¦
