Annie Update from Jan 16 2010

by | Jan 16, 2010 | Annie

I rode Annie today and she continues to do really well. She is fairly solid W/T/C and we are starting to learn leg yeilding, first at the walk and then at the trot and she is picking it up so well. This has got to be one of the most intelligent horses I have ever met!...

Dexter Update from Jan 14 2010

by | Jan 14, 2010 | Dexter

Dexter got his booster vaccinations today and the final verdict on his age — he is definitely a coming 5 year old, not a coming 3 year old. I don’t think the vet looked very closely last time because we had already been told he was 3. But he has canines which put him...

Bo

by | Jan 13, 2010 | In Memory

Bo was a thin bay gelding with a sweet but sad face, bought by SAFE at the Enumclaw Auction in April 2007. SAFE paid $150 for Bo, bidding only against the kill buyer to win his bid. Bo was in his mid-twenties, underweight, with a poor coat and overgrown, cracked...

Fala

by | Jan 13, 2010 | In Memory

Fala (Dronefal) was a beautiful gray Thoroughbred mare with a severe right hind injury and wracked body. Nonetheless, she was mostly bright and curious, in that Thoroughbred way. She arrived in SAFE’s hands through a series of mishaps. A friend of SAFE’s with track...

Ernie

by | Jan 13, 2010 | In Memory

Ernie was humanely euthanized in August 2005 due to an advanced case of HERDA. He was a 13–15 year old black stud pony that was rescued from a feedlot in Eastern WA. HERDA is a genetic skin disorder, most common in certain QH bloodlines, that causes the skin to...

Mariah

by | Jan 13, 2010 | In Memory

Mariah was 15 year old QH broodmare that was rescued from a feedlot in eastern WA. Upon her arrival at her foster home, it was discovered that Mariah had a severely injured and septic stifle, most likely due to an injury sustained long ago. She was in considerable...